Nature conservation

Threatened species

White-flowered Wax Plant - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Cynanchum elegans
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 26 May 2020

Distribution of the species within this region

The White-flowered Wax Plant 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 predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Barrington Predicted None
Cataract Predicted None
Coffs Coast and Escarpment Known None
Comboyne Plateau Known None
Dalmorton Known None
Ellerston Predicted None
Karuah Manning Known None
Macleay Gorges Known None
Macleay Hastings Known None
Mummel Escarpment Known None
Tomalla Known None
Upper Hunter Known None
Yuraygir Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the White-flowered Wax Plant - 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.

  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3318 Cumberland Moist Shale Woodland
      • 3327 Illawarra Lowland Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 1603 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
      • 1604 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
      • 4052 South Coast Low Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 4106 Illawarra Escarpment Cool Temperate Rainforest
      • 4108 Northern Escarpment Rocky Peaks Cool Temperate Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 2079 Blakes Wattle - Wilga - Wild Quince - Kurrajong thickets, NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tablelands Bioregion
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 3074 Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3076 Hunter Valley Whalebone Dry Rainforest
      • 3120 Hunter-Peel Ranges Dry Rainforest
      • 3077 Illawarra Complex Dry Rainforest
      • 4110 Lower North Estuarine Sand Dry Rainforest
      • 4111 Lower North Grey Myrtle Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 2068 Moreton Bay Fig - Myrtle Ebony dry vine rainforest on sandstone at Pillar Rock, east of Grafton, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion
      • 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 1543 Rusty Fig - Native Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of the Central Hunter Valley
      • 3082 Western Sydney Complex Dry Rainforest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 4146 Illawarra Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3134 Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
      • 4114 Lower North Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
      • 3131 Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
      • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3144 Craven Grey Box Grassy Forest
      • 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
      • 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
      • 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
      • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
      • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
      • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3115 Western Hunter Sandstone Grey Gum-Grey Myrtle Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest