Native vegetation
Native vegetation in NSW is broadly defined as a plant native to New South Wales if it was established in New South Wales before European settlement and includes trees (including any sapling or shrub or any scrub), understorey plants, groundcover (being any type of herbaceous vegetation) and plants occurring in a wetland.
Vegetation
The definition of vegetation associated with an Item of Heritage or within a Heritage Conservation Area - means any plant life not defined as a ‘tree’ and includes, but is not restricted to, any sapling, shrub, scrub, understorey plants, groundcover (being any type of herbaceous vegetation) and plants occurring in a wetland.
The definition of other vegetation – not associated with an Item of Heritage or not within a Heritage Conservation Area – means any plant life not defined as a ‘tree’ which is located:
(a) in the riparian zone associated with a creek, river, watercourse wetland, stream, or other aquatic habitat as delineated in the Natural Resources Sensitivity Maps of the LEP,
(b) within a wildlife corridor as delineated in the Natural Resources Sensitivity Maps of the LEP,
(c) on land owned by Council or under its care, control or management, including road reserves. or performs an environmental role, as described below:
- provides habitat or likely habitat for threatened species, populations and endangered ecological communities as defined within the Threatened Species Conservation Act, or
- is koala habitat.