Nature conservation

Threatened species

Finger Panic Grass - Brigalow Belt South: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Digitaria porrecta
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 03 Jan 2019

Distribution of the species within this region

The Finger Panic Grass is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Brigalow Belt South Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Liverpool Plains Known None
Liverpool Range Known None
Northern Basalts Known None
Northern Outwash Known None
Pilliga Known None
Pilliga Outwash Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Finger Panic Grass - Brigalow Belt South is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Grasslands
    • Riverine Plain Grasslands
      • 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
      • 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
      • 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
      • 214 Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 49 Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
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    • Western Slopes Grasslands
      • 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 484 Derived tall spear grass grassland on mainly basalt hills of the Liverpool Plains, Liverpool Range and in the upper Hunter Valley (Merriwa district), south-eastern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 619 Derived Wire Grass grassland of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
      • 102 Liverpool Plains grassland mainly on basaltic black earth soils, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 1076 Plains Grass - Bluegrass grassland of the Nandewar and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 1179 Slender Bamboo Grass - Spiny Saltbush grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 1324 Windmill Grass - Bluegrass derived grassland of the Moree plains of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
      • 628 Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
      • 56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
      • 101 Poplar Box - Yellow Box - Western Grey Box grassy woodland on cracking clay soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
      • 81 Western Grey Box - cypress pine shrub grass shrub tall woodland in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 510 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 599 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on flats and hills in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
      • 711 Bluegrass - Spear Grass - Redleg Grass derived grasslands of the Nandewar Bioregion
      • 441 Carbeen - White Box +/- Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy tall woodland on basalt hills, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 451 Derived Spear Grass - Slender Bamboo Grass mixed tussock grassland mainly of the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
      • 395 Derived speargrass - wallaby grass - wire grass mixed forb grassland mainly in the Coonabarabran - Pilliga - Coolah region
      • 202 Fuzzy Box woodland on colluvium and alluvial flats in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion (including Pilliga) and Nandewar Bioregion
      • 847 Grey Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 516 Grey Box grassy woodland or open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3390 Liverpool Range Red Gum-Yellow Box Forest
      • 3393 Northwest Basalt Box Plains Grass Woodland
      • 3394 Northwest Basalt Grassland-Woodland Complex
      • 3395 Northwest Elevated White Box Woodland
      • 3398 Northwest Slopes Box-Apple Woodland
      • 3396 Northwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Woodland
      • 4147 Northwest White Box Sparse Grassy Woodland
      • 3397 Northwest Yellow Box Grassy Woodland
      • 511 Queensland Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Rats Tail Grass - spear grass - panic grass derived grassland of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 544 Rough-barked Apple - White Cypress Pine - Blakely's Red Gum riparian open forest / woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 593 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine grassy woodland mainly in the northern Nandewar Bioregion
      • 444 Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy tall woodland on clay-loam soils on plains in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 589 White Box - White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy woodland on mainly clay loam soils on hills mainly in the Nandewar Bioregion
      • 434 White Box grass shrub hill woodland on clay to loam soils on volcanic and sedimentary hills in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 1383 White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 590 White Box grassy woodland on the Inverell basalts mainly in the Nandewar Bioregion
      • 433 White Box grassy woodland to open woodland on basalt flats and rises in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, BBS Bioregion
      • 1315 White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion
      • 1329 Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion
      • 421 Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine alluvial terrace flats grassy woodland in the Pilliga forests and surrounds, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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  • Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
    • Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
      • 35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Inland Floodplain Woodlands
      • 454 River Red Gum grassy chenopod open tall woodland (wetland) on floodplain clay soil of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 438 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland wetland on basaltic alluvial soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 83 Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
    • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
      • 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
      • 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
      • 39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
      • 87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Riverine Plain Woodlands
      • 1766 Weeping Myall - Plains Grass grassy woodlands of the Brigalow Belt South
      • 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion