Grey Snake - Darling Riverine Plains: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Distribution of the species within this region

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
  • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
    • 212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
    • 168 Derived Copperburr shrubland of the NSW northern inland alluvial floodplains
    • 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

• Forested wetlands
  • 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
  • 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
    • 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)
    • 9 River Red Gum - wallaby grass tall woodland wetland on the outer River Red Gum zone mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
    • 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)
    • 7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
    • 5 River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
    • 78 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 79 River Red Gum shrub/grass riparian tall woodland or open forest wetland mainly in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • 2 River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
    • 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
  • 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
    • 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
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  • Inland Floodplain Swamps
    • 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
    • 360 Gilgai wetland mosaic in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 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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• Grasslands
  • Riverine Plain Grasslands
    • 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
  • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
    • 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains

• 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

• Saline wetlands
  • Inland Saline lakes
    • 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW

• 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
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 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
    • 41 River Red Gum open woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses mainly of the arid climate zone
    • 67 Yapunyah woodland wetland of Cuttaburra-Paroo River system, Mulga Lands Bioregion
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• Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
    • 19 Cypress Pine woodland of source-bordering dunes mainly on the Murray and Murrumbidgee River floodplains
    • 21 Slender Cypress Pine - Sugarwood - Western Rosewood open woodland on sandy rises mainly in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  • Western Peneplain Woodlands
    • 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