Nature conservation

Threatened species

Silver Indigo - Channel Country: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Indigofera leucotricha
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 01 Nov 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Silver Indigo 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 predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Core Ranges Known None
Sturt Stony Desert Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Silver Indigo - 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
      • 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 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
      • 68 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low open woodland on the stony ranges of the arid zone (far north western NSW).