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Grey Falcon - Channel Country: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Last updated: 25 Nov 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Grey Falcon is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Channel Country Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bulloo	Predicted	None
Bulloo Dunefields	Predicted	None
Central Depression	Predicted	None
Core Ranges	Known	None
Sturt Stony Desert	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Grey Falcon - Channel Country is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
- Gibber Transition Shrublands
  - 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
  - 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
  - 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
- North-west Plain Shrublands
  - 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
  - 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 213 Murrays Wattle sparse shrubland/forbland on sand rises of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 264 Supplejack woodland of the NSW north-western semi-arid plains
  - 77 Yarran shrubland of the NSW central to northern slopes and plains
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- Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
  - 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
  - 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
  - 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
  - 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
  - 128 Nelia tall open shrubland of semi-arid sandplains
  - 139 Prickly Wattle tall open shrubland of dunes and sandplains of semi-arid and arid regions
  - 220 Purple Wood wattle shrubland of the arid zone sandplains
  - 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
  - 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
  - 232 Senna - Mulga - Needlewood open shrubland on loam-clay soils in swales and on the edges of claypans in the arid zone
  - 69 White Cypress Pine - Mulga shrubland on plains and sandplains in the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) climate zones.
  - 215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
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- Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
  - 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
  - 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
  - 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
  - 138 Desert Paper-bark shrubland wetland of semi-arid and arid climate zone watercourses.
  - 194 Heather Bush - Mulga - Umbrella Mulga open shrubland on gravelly rises mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 130 Horse Mulga - Umbrella Mulga shrubland on ranges in the arid and semi-arid climate zones
  - 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
  - 132 Mulga - Rock Fuchsia-bush sparse shrubland of silcrete scarps and mesas of the Channel Country Bioregion
  - 120 Mulga shrubland on stony rises in the arid and semi-arid climate zones, mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 359 Porcupine Grass - Red Mallee - Gum Coolabah hummock grassland / low sparse woodland on metamorphic ranges on the Barrier Range, Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
  - 121 Umbrella Mulga - Beefwood open shrubland on Peery Hills, Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 68 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low open woodland on the stony ranges of the arid zone (far north western NSW).
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Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
- Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
  - 153 Black Bluebush low open shrubland of the alluvial plains and sandplains of the arid and semi-arid zones
  - 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
  - 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
  - 152 Lunette chenopod shrubland mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 154 Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
  - 151 Sandhill Cane Grass hummock grassland on siliceous sands on dune crests of the arid zone
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- Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
  - 156 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
  - 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
  - 150 Bottlewasher - Copperburr grassland of the arid zone
  - 224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
  - 167 Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
  - 61 Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
  - 136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
  - 210 Shrubby Twinleaf - saltbush open shrubland on silcrete scarps of the arid zone
  - 183 Windmill Grass - love grass - daisy derived grassland/forbland of arid climate zone
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- Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
  - 196 Australian Boxthorn open shrubland in the semi-arid or arid climate zones
  - 254 Black Oak - Bladder Saltbush on light clays in the arid zone
  - 216 Black Roly Poly low open shrubland of the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
  - 157 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on alluvial plains in the semi-arid (warm) zone including Riverina Bioregion
  - 212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
  - 377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 164 Cotton Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid (warm) zone
  - 168 Derived Copperburr shrubland of the NSW northern inland alluvial floodplains
  - 236 Derived Giant Redburr low shrubland on alluvial plains of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 163 Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
  - 466 Galvanized Burr derived low shrubland of the Brigalow Belt South and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 158 Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
  - 159 Old Man Saltbush shrubland mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (south western NSW)
  - 211 Slender Saltbush - samphire - copperburr low open shrubland wetland on irreguarly innundated floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4023 Coastal Valleys Riparian Forest
  - 4025 Cumberland Red Gum Riverflat Forest
  - 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
  - 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  - 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
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- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 84 River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
  - 1270 Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands
- Inland Riverine Forests
  - 112 Black Tea-tree - River Oak - Wilga riparian low forest/shrubland wetland of rich soil depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 11 River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 233 River Red Gum - Poplar Box grassy woodland wetland on Quaternary alluvial sandy-loam soils of the Cobar Peneplain
  - 8 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - Couch Grass riparian tall woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 78 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
  - 36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 234 River Red Gum woodland wetland of rocky creeks in the ranges of the arid climate zone
  - 362 Weeping Bottlebrush - Rough-barked Apple riparian low open forest / tall shrubland wetland mainly in the Briglaow Belt South Bioregion
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Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
  - 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
  - 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
  - 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
  - 3963 Estuarine Reedland
  - 3964 Far North Floodplain Fern-Forb Wetland
  - 3965 Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
  - 3973 Far North Floodplain Paperbark Sedge Wetland
  - 3966 Foredune Swale Marsh
  - 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
  - 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
  - 3969 Northern Sands Machaerina-Eleocharis Sedgeland
  - 3970 Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
  - 3971 Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - 3974 Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 3975 Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
  - 3976 Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
  - 3977 Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
  - 3972 Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
- Inland Floodplain Shrublands
  - 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
  - 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
  - 115 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains
  - 161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
  - 17 Lignum shrubland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) plains (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 25 Lignum shrubland wetland on floodplains and depressions of the Mulga Lands Bioregion, Channel Country Bioregion in the arid and semi-arid (hot) climate zones
  - 247 Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 160 Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
  - 241 River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 240 River Coobah tall shrubland wetland of the floodplains in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 271 Spotted Fuchsia shrubland wetland in drainage depressions on inland plains
  - 261 Swamp Paper-bark shrubland wetland ringing depressions in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - 66 Artesian Mound Spring sedgeland wetland mainly of the Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
  - 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
  - 226 Cyperus - Typha sedgeland wetland of the arid zone climate zone
  - 205 Marsh Club-rush wetland very tall sedgeland of inland watercourses, mainly Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
  - 416 Pilliga tank gilgai wetland sedgeland rushland, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 465 Reedland - tussock grass - segeland fen swampy wetland of impeded creeks in southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 400 Riparian sedgeland rushland wetland of the Pilliga to Goonoo sandstone forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 447 Sedgeland - forbland wetland in depressions on valley flats of the NSW North-western Slopes
  - 361 Sedgeland fen wetland of spring-fed or runoff-fed creeks in the southern Pilliga - Warrumbungle Range region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
  - 12 Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 47 Swamp grassland wetland of the Riverine Plain
  - 410 Swamp Paper-bark very tall shrubland wetland on sodic soils in the Pilliga Scrub region
  - 1291 Warrego Grass - Nardoo wet grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 204 Water Couch marsh grassland wetland of frequently flooded inland watercourses
  - 364 Wetland on sodic soils in the Yetman-Yelarbon region, mainly Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Montane Lakes
  - 3978 Morass Margin Shallow Wetlands
  - 3979 Northern Basalt Benches Intermittent Swamps
  - 3980 Southern Lacustrine Herbfield
  - 3981 Tableland Semi-permanent Shallow Wetlands

Grasslands
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
  - 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
  - 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 44 Forb-rich Speargrass - Windmill Grass - White Top grassland of the Riverina Bioregion
  - 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 1203 Speargrass natural grassland of the sandplains of the Murray Darling 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
  - 250 Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW

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
  - 248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
  - 251 Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain 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).
  - 237 Riverine Western Grey Box grassy woodland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 82 Western Grey Box - Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on red loams mainly of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 80 Western Grey Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on loam soil on alluvial plains of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
  - 76 Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland on alluvial loam and clay soils in the NSW South Western Slopes and Riverina Bioregions
  - 70 White Cypress Pine woodland on sandy loams in central NSW wheatbelt
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Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
  - 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.
- Terrestrial saline environments
  - 99998 non vegetated terrestrial saline environments
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
  - 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
  - 189 Ephemeral forbland wetland of low-saline lake-beds of the arid and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
  - 253 Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi-arid and arid plains
  - 65 Halosarcia lylei low, open shrubland saline wetland of arid and semi-arid regions
  - 149 Neverfail Grass - ephemeral herbaceous grassland forbland of interdune claypans mainly in the arid climate zone
  - 64 Samphire - Water Weed - Sea-Heath shrubland saline wetland of depressions of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
  - 62 Samphire saline shrubland/forbland wetland of lake beds and lake margins in the arid and semi-arid (hot) zones
  - 18 Slender Glasswort low shrubland in saline wetland depressions in the semi-arid and arid climate zones, far western NSW
  - 198 Sparse saltbush forbland wetland of the irregularly inundated lakes of the arid and semi-arid (persistently hot) climate zones
  - 63 Spiny Lignum - Slender Glasswort open forbland sailine wetland on lake edges in the semi-arid and arid climate zones
  - 162 Sturts Pigface sparse forbland of saline soils of the arid zone
  - 263 Submerged flora of saline permanent wetland of the arid zone
  - 262 Submerged flora of saline temporary wetland of the arid zone
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- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - 4094 Estuarine Club Rush-Arrowgrass Wetland
  - 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
  - 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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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
  - 629 Brigalow - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- Inland Floodplain Woodlands
  - 13 Black Box - Lignum woodland wetland of the inner floodplains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 16 Black Box grassy open woodland wetland of rarely flooded depressions in south western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 15 Black Box open woodland wetland with chenopod understorey mainly on the outer floodplains in south-western NSW (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 208 River Red Gum low woodland of rocky gorges and creeks in the Cobar Peneplain
- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
  - 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
  - 38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
  - 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
  - 231 Coolabah open woodland wetland dunefield depressions of the arid zone
  - 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
  - 230 Coolabah woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses in arid zone, mainly in the Channel Country Bioregion
  - 87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
  - 41 River Red Gum open woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses mainly of the arid climate zone
  - 200 River Red Gum woodland wetland of lake fringes in the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
  - 67 Yapunyah woodland wetland of Cuttaburra-Paroo River system, Mulga Lands Bioregion
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- Riverine Plain Woodlands
  - 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion

Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Desert Woodlands
  - 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
  - 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
- Dune Mallee Woodlands
  - 172 Deep sand mallee of irregular dunefields of the semi-arid (warm) zone
  - 191 Snap and Rattle Mallee - Moonah open mallee shrubland in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
  - 257 Dwyer's Red Gum - Currawang grassy low woodland of the central western plains of NSW
  - 184 Dwyer's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Currawang low shrub-grass woodland of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 176 Green Mallee - White Cypress Pine very tall mallee woodland on gravel rises mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 256 Green Mallee tall mallee woodland on rises in the Pilliga - Goonoo regions, southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 218 Grey Mallee - Mulga shrubland of the north-western Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 180 Grey Mallee - White Cypress Pine woodland on rocky hills of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 258 Gum Coolabah - Mugga Ironbark - White Cypress Pine woodland on granite low hills in the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 104 Gum Coolabah woodland on sedimentary substrates mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 122 Gum Coolabah woodland on slopes of sandstone ranges in the Paroo - Darling region, mainly Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 175 Ridge mallee woodland on hills of meta-sediments and volcanics, eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 106 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low woodland on siliceous rocky ranges mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
  - 71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
  - 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 19 Cypress Pine woodland of source-bordering dunes mainly on the Murray and Murrumbidgee River floodplains
  - 22 Semi-arid shrubby Buloke - Slender Cypress Pine woodland, far south-western NSW
  - 21 Slender Cypress Pine - Sugarwood - Western Rosewood open woodland on sandy rises mainly in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 48 White Cypress Pine - Drooping Sheoak grassy open woodland of the Riverine Plain
  - 631 White Cypress Pine - Western Rosewood - spinifex grass open woodland on sand-dunes in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 23 Yarran tall open shrubland of the sandplains and plains of the semi-arid (warm) and arid climate zones
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- Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
  - 142 Broombush shrubland in the mallee landscapes of the temperate and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
  - 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
  - 474 Dwyer's Red Gum - she oak mallee shrubland on eolian sand in the Gilgandra region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 174 Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 190 Mallee Box open woodland mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 193 Red Mallee - White Mallee extremely tall tree mallee on silty-loam-clay soils of central south-western NSW
  - 173 Sandplain mallee of central NSW
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- Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
  - 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
  - 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 221 Black Oak - Pearl Bluebush open woodland of the sandplains of the semi-arid warm and arid climate zones
  - 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 252 Sugarwood open woodland of the inland plains mainly Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
  - 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
  - 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
  - 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
  - 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
  - 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
  - 245 Pine - Belah low open woodland of the western Cobar Peneplain and northern Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 246 Pine shrubland of the western Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 103 Poplar Box - Gum Coolabah - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 109 Poplar Box - Mulga - Ironwood woodland on red loam soils on plains in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and north-eastern Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 98 Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine - Wilga - Ironwood shrubby woodland on red sandy-loam soils in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 105 Poplar Box grassy woodland on flats mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 145 Western Rosewood - Wilga - Wild Orange - Belah low woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 72 White Cypress Pine - Poplar Box woodland on footslopes and peneplains mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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