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Threatened species

Dwarf Heath Casuarina - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Allocasuarina defungens

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Last updated: 31 Mar 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Dwarf Heath Casuarina is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Coffs Coast and Escarpment	Known	Within 15 km of coast
Karuah Manning	Known	North of Bulahdelah
Macleay Hastings	Known	Within 15 km of coast
Yuraygir	Known	Within 15 km of coast

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Dwarf Heath Casuarina - NSW North Coast is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3794 Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath

Images

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