Nature conservation

Threatened species

Desert Cow-Vine - Darling Riverine Plains: Distribution and vegetation associations

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

Distribution of the species within this region

The Desert Cow-Vine is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Darling Riverine Plains Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Culgoa-Bokhara Known None
Warrambool-Moonie Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Desert Cow-Vine - Darling Riverine Plains is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Forested wetlands
    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 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)
      • 36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
      • 115 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains
      • 247 Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 241 River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains