Nature conservation

Threatened species

Forrest's Mouse - Mulga Lands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Leggadina forresti
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 07 Sep 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Forrest's Mouse is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Mulga Lands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Cuttaburra-Paroo Predicted None
Kerribree Basin Predicted None
Nebine Plains Known None
Paroo Overflow Predicted None
Paroo-Darling Sands Known None
Urisino Sandplains Predicted None
Warrego Plains Predicted None
Warrego Sands Predicted None
West Warrego Predicted None
White Cliffs Plateau Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Forrest's Mouse - Mulga Lands 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)
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
      • 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
      • 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
    • 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
      • 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
      • 377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern 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)
  • Grasslands
    • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
      • 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
      • 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Western Slopes Grasslands
      • 250 Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW