Nature conservation

Threatened species

Black Bittern - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Ixobrychus flavicollis

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 08 Mar 2018

Distribution of the species within this region

The Black Bittern 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	None
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Upper Hunter	Known	None
Yuraygir	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Black Bittern - 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.

Alpine complex
- Alpine Bogs and Fens
  - 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
  - 3891 Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
  - 3892 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
- Alpine Fjaeldmarks
  - 3881 Alpine Snowpatch Feldmark
  - 3882 Alpine Windswept Feldmark
- Alpine Heaths
  - 3878 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassy Open Heath
  - 3879 Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
  - 3880 Namadgi Subalpine Rocky Shrubland
- Alpine Herbfields
  - 3883 Alpine Short Herbfield
  - 3884 Alpine Snowpatch Grassland
  - 3885 Alpine Snowpatch Herbfield
  - 3886 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassland
  - 3887 Kosciuszko High Peaks Alpine Grassland
  - 3888 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Wet Meadow
  - 3889 Nimmo-Long Plain Frosty Dry Grassland
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3472 Bungonia Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3473 Bungonia Slates Shrubby Open Forest
  - 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3475 Burragorang Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3476 Burragorang Escarpment Rocky Woodland
  - 3481 Burragorang Gorges Felsic Stringybark Forest
  - 3479 Burragorang Gorges Grey Gum-Stringybark Dry Forest
  - 3482 Burragorang Gorges Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3477 Burragorang Gorges Moist Fern Forest
  - 3478 Burragorang Gorges Quartzite Grey Gum Forest
  - 3484 Burragorang Gorges Red Gum-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - 3509 Capertee Escarpment Slaty Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3480 Capertee-Wolgan Escarpment Dry Forest
  - 3483 Central Gorges Box-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3487 Douglas Scarp Woodland
  - 3488 Ettrema Gorge Ironbark-Grey Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3489 Hunter Escarpment Grey Box Forest
  - 3490 Hunter Valley Footslopes Slaty Gum Forest
  - 3491 Jenolan-Tuglow Limestone Forest
  - 3493 Southern Highlands Red Gum Forest
  - 3494 Western Blue Mountains Gorges Box Forest
  - 3495 Western Blue Mountains Monkey Gum Gully Forest
  - 3496 Western Hunter Colluvial Grey Gum Forest
  - 3497 Western Hunter Escarpment Slaty Gum-Pine Forest
  - 3498 Wingecarribee Gorges Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3486 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Slopes Grassy Open Forest
  - 3499 Yerranderie Enriched Forest
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- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3417 Baryulgil Serpentinite Woodland
  - 3418 Clarence Foothills Bloodwood-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3421 Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
  - 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3424 Drake Hills Spotted Gum Forest
  - 3425 Far North Hinterland Swamp Turpentine-Apple Forest
  - 3426 Mid Clarence Valley Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3428 Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
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- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3448 Castlereagh Ironbark Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3431 Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
  - 3438 Hunter Escarpment Footslopes Ironbark Forest
  - 3439 Hunter Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 4158 Hunter Escarpment Pokolbin Ironbark Woodland
  - 3441 Lower Hunter Clay Heath
  - 3442 Lower Hunter Lowland Ironbark-Paperbark Forest
  - 3443 Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Scrubby Transition Forest
  - 3444 Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3445 Lower North Coastal Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3446 Lower North Foothills Ironbark-Box-Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3447 Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
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- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
  - 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3502 Maryland Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3503 Northeast New England Granites Stringybark Forest
  - 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
  - 3505 Northeast New England Stringybark Grassy Forest
  - 3506 Stanthorpe Plateau Flats Gum-Stringybark Woodland
  - 3507 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3508 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau White Gum Flats Forest
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- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3455 Clarence Gorges Granite Grassy Forest
  - 3456 Clarence Gorges Grey Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3457 Curricabark Serpentinite Mallee Spinifex Scrub
  - 3458 Gibraltar Range Gorge Stringybark Forest
  - 3459 Koreelah Ironbark Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3467 Lower North Serpentinite Red Gum Woodland
  - 3470 Macleay Gorges Riverflat Grassy Forest
  - 3461 Macleay Gorges Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3462 Northern Gorges Blakes Wattle Rock Scrub
  - 3463 Northern Gorges Granite Stringybark-Apple Grassy Forest
  - 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
  - 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3466 Northern Gorges Red Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3460 Northern Gorges Sheltered Grassy Forest
  - 3468 Nymboida Rhyolite Moist Forest
  - 3471 Upper Guy Fawkes Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - 3513 Kaputar White Box-Apple Sheltered Forest
  - 3526 Warrumbungle Rockplate Scrub
  - 3512 Western Hunter Basalt Cap Woodland
  - 3527 Western Hunter Broombush Grassy Scrub
  - 3528 Western Hunter Flats Apple-Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3532 Western Hunter Ironbark-Box Forest
  - 3529 Western Hunter Sandy Colluvial Gully Forest
  - 3530 Western Hunter Sandy Riparian Red Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3531 Western Hunter Trachyte Spinifex Forest
  - 3511 Western New England White Pine-Tumbledown Gum Woodland
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- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3533 Avisford Sandstone Moist Sheltered Forest
  - 3510 Capertee Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3534 Central West Stony Hills Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3535 Central West Stony Ranges Pine-Ironbark Forest
  - 3536 Mudgee Ranges Stony Slopes Shrub Forest
  - 3537 Murrumbidgee Currawang Rocky Shrubland
  - 3538 Snowy Gorge White Box-Pine Woodland
  - 3539 Southwest Foothills Red Box-Stringybark Forest
  - 3540 Southwest Foothills Stringybark-Box Grassy Forest
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3550 Far North Coastal Cypress Grassy Forest
  - 3555 Lower North Sand Swale Banksia Woodland
  - 3549 Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
  - 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest
  - 3552 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - 3553 Northern Sands Bloodwood-Swamp Turpentine Forest
  - 3554 Northern Sands Tea-tree-Banksia Littoral Scrub
  - 3556 Umina Coastal Sand Woodland
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- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3557 Banyabba Creekflat Orange Gum-Paperbark Forest
  - 3558 Banyabba Rockplate Shrub Woodland
  - 3559 Chambigne Mahogany-Brown Bloodwood Forest
  - 3560 Chambigne Square-fruited Ironbark-Stringybark Forest
  - 3561 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple-Paperbark Forest
  - 3563 Clarence Sandstone Blackbutt-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3564 Clarence Sandstone Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
  - 3566 Clarence Sandstone Rockplate Scrub
  - 3567 Clarence Sandstone Rough-barked Apple Shrub Forest
  - 3568 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
  - 3569 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3570 Coorabakh Conglomerate Banksia Forest
  - 3565 Glenreagh Sandstone Riparian Scrub
  - 3572 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Outcrop Shrub Woodland
  - 3571 Mount Warning Caldera Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 4159 Nightcap Rhyolite Rocky Red Gum Woodland
  - 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
  - 3573 Northern Lowland Scribbly Gum-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3575 Urbenville Plug Peaks Shrub Woodland
  - 3576 Yarriabini Granite Dry Forest
  - 3577 Yuraygir Range Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
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- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3672 Carrai-Werrikimbe Blackbutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3673 Chaelundi-Mann River Granite Scrub Woodland
  - 3674 Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
  - 3675 Far North Peaks Scrub Woodland
  - 3681 Nymboida Rocky Slopes Low Forest
  - 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
  - 3684 Timbarra Granite Strawberry Gum-Stringybark Woodland
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- Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3697 Bingara Tumbledown Gum Spinifex Woodland
  - 3713 Macintyre Hills Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3707 Mole River Blackbutt Woodland
  - 3708 Mole River Hills Wallangarra White Gum Woodland
  - 3717 Mole River Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Shrub Woodland
  - 3709 Moonbi Range Rocky Granite Woodland
  - 3699 Moredun Ranges Stringybark Exposed Forest
  - 3711 Northern New England Orange Gum Exposed Woodland
  - 3701 Northwest New England Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - 3703 Northwest New England Felsic Ironbark-Red Gum Gully Forest
  - 3700 Northwest New England Granite Blackbutt-Apple Forest
  - 3706 Northwest New England Laterite McKies Stringybark Forest
  - 3702 Northwest New England Ranges Caleys Ironbark Woodland
  - 3718 Northwest New England Rocky Riparian Forest
  - 3704 Northwest New England Stringybark-Pine Exposed Forest
  - 3716 Northwest New England Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Exposed Forest
  - 3714 Pindari Ironbark-Pine Exposed Woodland
  - 3715 Pindari Orange Gum Rocky Woodland
  - 3720 Torrington Riparian Forest-Scrub
  - 3722 Western New England Box-Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3724 Western New England Caleys Ironbark-Tumbledown Gum Forest
  - 3698 Western New England Granite Orange Gum Gully Woodland
  - 3726 Western New England Granite Pine-Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3705 Western New England Hills Apple-Stringybark Forest
  - 3728 Western New England Hills Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - 3710 Western New England Hills Orange Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3723 Western New England Panic-Wiregrass Grassland
  - 3725 Western New England Ranges Orange Gum-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3727 Western New England Silvertop Stringybark Forest
  - 3729 Western New England Youmans Stringybark Shrub Forest
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- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
  - 3639 South Coast Sands Bangalay Littoral Forest
  - 3640 South Coast Sands Littoral Scrub
  - 3641 Wonboyn Sand Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - 3186 Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - 3107 South Coast Red Gum-Fig Sheltered Forest
  - 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
  - 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
  - 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
  - 3645 Deua Rocky Slopes Woila Gum Woodland
  - 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
  - 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
  - 3652 Gulaga Rocky Scrub
  - 3653 Kanangra Peaks Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3655 South Coast Escarpment Rocky Scrub
  - 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
  - 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
  - 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
  - 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - 3300 Southeast Escarpment Peaks Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
  - 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3666 Southeast Mountain Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3667 Southern Highlands Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3668 Southern Highlands Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3492 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Quartz Hills Forest
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- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
  - 3737 Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3731 Capertee Conglomerate Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3732 Capertee Uplands Enriched Stringybark Forest
  - 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3736 Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
  - 3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
  - 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3743 Monaro Ranges Exposed Shrub Forest
  - 3744 Palerang Hills Peppermint Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3745 Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3746 Southern Tableland Snow Gum-Candlebark Shrub Forest
  - 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3749 Western Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Forest
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- Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3669 Brogo Wattle Scrub
  - 3670 Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
  - 3671 Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
  - 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
  - 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
  - 3582 Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3583 Hunter Coast Lowland Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3584 Illawarra Escarpment Cliffline Scrub
  - 3585 Morton Plateau Shrub Forest
  - 3586 Northern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3587 Pearl Beach Sand Forest
  - 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3589 Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3591 Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
  - 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3594 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
  - 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
  - 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
  - 3597 Watagan Escarpment Rocky Shrub Forest
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3776 Goulburn River Grassy Mallee Scrub
  - 3785 Goulburn River Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3780 Goulburn River Ironbark-Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3781 Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
  - 3767 Upper Hunter Escarpment Colluvial Ironbark Forest
  - 3768 Upper Hunter Ranges Enriched Ironbark Forest
  - 3769 Upper Hunter Sandstone Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - 3770 Western Blue Mountains Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3771 Western Hunter Broombush Mallee Shrubland
  - 3772 Western Hunter Caleys Ironbark Low Forest
  - 3773 Western Hunter Currawang Low Forest
  - 3774 Western Hunter Dwyers Red Gum-Pine Woodland
  - 3775 Western Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3777 Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3778 Western Hunter Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3782 Western Hunter Rockplate Micromyrtus Heath
  - 3783 Western Hunter Rocky Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3784 Western Hunter Rocky Scrub
  - 3786 Western Hunter Scribbly Gum-Pine Woodland
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Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4015 Central Hunter Riparian Forest
  - 4016 Clarence Floodplain Swamp Oak Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
  - 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
  - 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - 3991 Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - 3995 Hunter Coast Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Forest
  - 3997 Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - 3998 Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
  - 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 4002 Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
  - 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4005 Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
  - 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  - 3992 Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
  - 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
  - 4010 Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub
  - 4012 Tomago Drooping Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 4013 Wyong Paperbark-Woollybutt Swamp Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4061 Bega-Towamba Riparian Scrub
  - 4062 Capertee Riparian Paperbark Thicket
  - 4064 Central Eastern Ranges River Oak Forest
  - 4065 Central Tableland Riverine Complex
  - 4066 Clarence Valley River Oak Wet Forest
  - 4067 Deua Riparian Wattle Scrub
  - 4068 Ettrema Plateau Riparian Scrub
  - 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
  - 4079 Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
  - 3020 Northern Hinterland River Oak Sheltered Forest
  - 4080 Northwest River Oak-Apple Forest
  - 4081 Northwest River Oak-River Red Gum Forest
  - 4083 Southeast Tableland Rocky Riparian Scrub
  - 4084 Southern Escarpment River Oak Forest
  - 4085 Southwest Tableland Gorges Riparian Shrubland
  - 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
  - 4087 Upper Orara Riparian Wet Forest
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- Inland Riverine Forests
  - 4089 Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest
  - 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3958 Castlereagh Gravel Sedgeland
  - 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
  - 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
  - 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
  - 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
  - 3963 Estuarine Reedland
  - 3964 Far North Floodplain Fern-Forb Wetland
  - 3965 Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
  - 3973 Far North Floodplain Paperbark Sedge Wetland
  - 3966 Foredune Swale Marsh
  - 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
  - 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
  - 3914 Northern Sands Chorizandra Sedgeland
  - 3969 Northern Sands Machaerina-Eleocharis Sedgeland
  - 3970 Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
  - 3971 Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - 3974 Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 4098 South Coast Dune Sea Spray Wetland
  - 3957 South Coast Sands Shrub Swamp
  - 3975 Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
  - 3976 Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
  - 1738 Spirodella freshwater wetland
  - 3977 Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
  - 3972 Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
  - 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
  - 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3896 Budderoo-Morton Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
  - 3899 Clarence Sandstone Plateau Wet Heath
  - 3920 Coastal Clifftop Shrubby Marsh
  - 3921 Coastal Sydney Sand Saw-sedge Wet Shrubland
  - 3901 Far South Hinterland Heath
  - 3903 Far Southeast Lowland Heath Swamp
  - 3902 Far Southeast Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - 3904 Hunter Coast Grasstree Graminoid Swamp Scrub
  - 3905 Jervis Bay Headland Dune Wet Heath
  - 3897 Lower Clarence Sandy Creekflat Sedgeland
  - 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
  - 3909 Mellong Creekflat Wet Heath
  - 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
  - 3911 Northern Sand Swale Fernland
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - 3900 Northern Sandplain Saw-sedge-Fern Swamp Heath
  - 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
  - 3916 Sandstone Cliff Soak
  - 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
  - 3919 Southern Highlands Wet Swamp Heath
  - 3922 Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
  - 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
  - 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
  - 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - 3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3926 Barrington Granodiorite Subalpine Swamp Woodland
  - 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
  - 3928 Blue Mountains Damp Coral Fern Swamp
  - 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3324 Far South Hinterland Red Box Rocky Woodland
  - 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
- New England Grassy Woodlands
  - 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
  - 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
  - 3353 Guyra Silvertop Stringybark Moist Forest
  - 3354 Liverpool Range Box-Silvertop Stringybark Forest
  - 3355 Moonbi Range Stringybark-Yellow Box Forest
  - 3358 New England Fuzzy Box Grassy Forest
  - 3356 Northwest Ranges Apple-Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3357 Western New England Flats Apple-Box Grassy Forest
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - 3485 Central Hunter Slaty Gum Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3793 Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3840 Mount Warning Sheltered Spear-lily Scrub
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3842 Northeast New England Granites Outcrop Scrub
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
  - 3811 Sydney Coastal Headland Cliff Scrub
  - 3812 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Headland Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Marine environments
  - 99994 Dune and Shorelines
- Terrestrial saline environments
  - 99998 non vegetated terrestrial saline environments
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3057 Chaelundi-Carrai Rocky Peaks Myrtle Scrub
  - 3074 Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
  - 3120 Hunter-Peel Ranges Dry Rainforest
  - 3014 Liverpool Range Daphnandra Rainforest
  - 3010 Lower Richmond Lowland Hills Dry Rainforest
  - 3469 Macleay Gorges Low Scrubby Dry Rainforest
  - 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - 3109 Southern Lismore Basalt Dry Rainforest
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
  - 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
  - 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
  - 3034 Northern Gorges Riparian Rainforest
  - 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
  - 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
  - 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
  - 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
  - 3042 Tenterfield Rocky Gully Rainforest
  - 3043 Upper Blue Mountains Gully Rainforest
  - 3044 Watchimbark Serpentinite Lilly Pilly-Fig Rainforest
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- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
  - 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3047 Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
  - 3005 Far North Floodplain Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3007 Far North Lowland Black Bean Riverine Rainforest
  - 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
  - 3008 Far North Lowland Sub-Littoral Rainforest
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3006 Far North Riverine Bangalow Palm Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3012 Far North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
  - 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3015 Lower Richmond Sandflat Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3016 Lower Tweed Hills Subtropical Dry Rainforest
  - 3017 Mid North Lowland Floodplain Rainforest
  - 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
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- Western Vine Thickets
  - 3119 Upper Hunter White Box Vine Thicket

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4140 Far North Mangrove Forest
  - 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - 4092 Coastal Headland Sea Spray Grassland
  - 4094 Estuarine Club Rush-Arrowgrass Wetland
  - 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4102 South Coast Bracelet Honey-myrtle Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
  - 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
  - 4104 Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
  - 3306 Kosciuszko Alpine Ash High Wet Forest
  - 3309 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Moist Shrub Forest
  - 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
  - 3231 Cordeaux Crinanite Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3144 Craven Grey Box Grassy Forest
  - 3063 Craven Grey Box Wet Forest
  - 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
  - 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3235 Hunter Escarpment Enriched Moist Forest
  - 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
  - 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
  - 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
  - 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
  - 3236 Hunter Valley Hills Wet Vine Forest
  - 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
  - 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3243 Lower North Sheltered Valley Red Gum Forest
  - 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3246 Mount Warning Caldera Wet Grassy Forest
  - 3247 North Brother Rocky Slopes Moist Forest
  - 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
  - 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
  - 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet 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
  - 3255 Nymboida Acacia blakei Shrubland
  - 3256 Rivertree Creekflat Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3257 Sun Valley Diatreme Cabbage Gum Forest
  - 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
  - 3259 Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
  - 3260 Sydney Foreshores Shale Forest
  - 3261 Sydney Sandstone Plateau Shale Forest
  - 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
  - 3263 Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
  - 3245 West Mount Royal Slopes Grassy Forest
  - 3264 Wollemi Basalt Red Gum Forest
  - 3179 Yessabah Limestone Moist Forest
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- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3146 Dorrigo Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3281 Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
  - 3282 Liverpool Range Apple Gully Forest
  - 3283 Liverpool Range Montane Stringybark Forest
  - 3284 Liverpool Range Ribbon Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3289 West Barrington Granitoid Outcrop Forest
  - 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
  - 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
  - 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
  - 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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- Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
  - 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
  - 3294 Central Tableland Peppermint-Gum Montane Forest
  - 3303 Central Tableland Ribbon Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3295 Crookwell-Taralga Basalt Grassy Forest
  - 3296 Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
  - 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
  - 3298 Monaro Ranges Montane Gully Forest
  - 3299 Nullo Mountain Basalt Stringybark Forest
  - 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3302 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Dry Forest
  - 3304 Southern Tableland Swamp Flats Shrub Woodland
  - 3305 Sydney Montane Basalt Moist Forest
  - 3198 Western Blue Mountains Creekline Paperbark Forest
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Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
  - 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
  - 3140 Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3138 Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
  - 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3141 Central Coast Dolerite Hills Wet Forest
  - 3142 Clarence Lowland Sandstone Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3145 Cumberland Bangalay x Blue Gum Riverflat Forest
  - 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
  - 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
  - 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3154 Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - 3156 Jervis Bay Sands Littoral Moist Forest
  - 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
  - 3162 Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm Wet Forest
  - 3163 Mount Billen Scree Wet Forest
  - 3164 Mountain Lagoon Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
  - 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
  - 3177 Tweed Valley Lowland Wet Forest
  - 3178 Washpool Outcrops White-topped Box Forest
  - 3180 Yuraygir Range Brush Box-Tallowwood Gully Forest
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 3200 Meldrum High Plateau Wet Forest
  - 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
  - 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3680 Northern Escarpment Ash Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
  - 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
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- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3209 Blue Mountains Basalt Cap Forest
  - 3210 Blue Mountains Cool Wet Eucalypt Forest
  - 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
  - 3212 Far South Escarpment Damp Flats Forest
  - 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
  - 3214 Kanangra Screeslope Shrub Forest
  - 3215 Mount Jellore Trachyte Forest
  - 3216 Mount Warrawolong Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3217 Southeast Escarpment Wet Layered Forest
  - 3218 Southeast High Mountain Wet Layered Forest
  - 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest
  - 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
  - 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
  - 3222 Southern Highlands Shale Margins Moist Forest
  - 3223 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3224 Southern Highlands Swamp Forest
  - 3225 Western Blue Mountains Colluvial Apple Forest
  - 3226 Western Blue Mountains Montane Wet Fern Forest
  - 3227 Western Blue Mountains Sheltered Shale Forest
  - 3228 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Siltstones Sheltered Forest
  - 3229 Wyanbene Limestone Sheltered Ribbon Gum Forest
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