TERN Alice Springs Mulga Core 1 ha Five Photopoint Image Collection 

High quality digital site reference images are captured for the core 1 hectare vegetation plot of the site on an annual basis to provide context for researchers to understand the general layout and vegetation of the study site, and as a visual reference to monitor any changes over time. Photopoints will be taken annually using the five point photopoint method. The set of images for each year usually consists of twenty images: four images taken at each corner of the plot facing each of the four cardinal points, and four images taken from the centre of the plot facing each corner.
The Alice Springs Mulga flux tower site was established in 2010 at Pine Hill Cattle Station, with a new core 1 ha established in September 2025 within the flux tower footprint. The core 1 ha plot is located in a dense Mulga woodland (cover 70-80%). Other images collected at the site include digital hemispherical photography, phenocam time-lapse images taken from a fixed overstorey camera, panoramic landscape and ancillary images of fauna and flora. 

We at TERN acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians throughout Australia, New Zealand and all nations. We honour their profound connections to land, water, biodiversity and culture and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. The Alice Springs Mulga flux station is managed by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and is funded by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN), an Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) project. 

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Data was collected at the site using the five point photopoint detailed in the TERN SuperSites Vegetation monitoring protocol.