The purpose of this web page and associated images is to demonstrate what can be done with the New Zealand National Vegetation Survey (NVS) databank and GIS visualisation tools. Each species listed below is linked to a graphic that shows the environmental characteristics of where the species is known to be present. A summary of environmental characteristics of where the species is known to be absent is also shown. This initiative is discussed in the paper "The Use of GIS for Biodiversity Mapping in New Zealand". The GIS visualisation tool requires the input data to be in a relation data format. Only a subset of the NVS databank is available in this standard relational format.
 

Aspenium bulbiferum  (Hen and chicken fern)
Asplenium flaccidum  (Hanging spleenwort)
Beilschmiedia tawa  (Tawa)
Blechnum discolor (Crown fern)
Carpodetus serratus  (Putaputaweta)
Coprosma foetidissima  (Stinkwood)
Cyathea cunninghamii  (Gully fern)
Cyathea smithii  (Soft tree fern)
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides  (Kahikatea)
Dacrydium cupressinum  (Rimu)
Dendrobium cunninghamii
Dicksonia lanata
Fuchsia excorticata  (Kotukutuku)
Grammitis billardieri
Hymenophyllum ferrugineum
Hypclepis
Leptospermum ericoides  (Kanuka)
Metrosideros diffusa  (Small rata vine)
Microlaena avenacea
Mycelis muralis
Myrsine australis  (Mapou)
Nertera dichondrae folia
Nestegis montana  (Oro-oro)
Nothofagus fusca  (Red beech)
Podocarpus totara  (Totara)
Pseudopanax colensoi  (Orihou)
Pseudopanax crassifolius  (Lancewood)
Rhipogonum scandens  (Supplejack)
Schefflera digitate  (Pate)
Stellaria parviflora  (Stellaria)
Viola filicaulis  (Thread-like violet)
Weinmannia race mosa  (Kamahi)