Last updated:
15 Jun 2022
Distribution of the species within this region
The Koala 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 |
|---|
| Barrington |
Known
| None |
| Carrai Plateau |
Known
| None |
| Cataract |
Known
| None |
| Chaelundi |
Known
| None |
| Coffs Coast and Escarpment |
Known
| None |
| Comboyne Plateau |
Known
| None |
| Dalmorton |
Known
| None |
| Ellerston |
Known
| None |
| Guy Fawkes |
Known
| None |
| Karuah Manning |
Known
| None |
| Macleay Gorges |
Known
| None |
| Macleay Hastings |
Known
| None |
| Mummel Escarpment |
Known
| None |
| Rocky River Gorge |
Known
| None |
| Tomalla |
Known
| None |
| Upper Hunter |
Known
| None |
| Upper Manning |
Known
| None |
| Washpool |
Known
| None |
| Yuraygir |
Known
| None |
Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Koala - 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.
- 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.
- 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
- North-west Plain Shrublands
- 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
- 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
- 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
- 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
- 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
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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
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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
- 152 Lunette chenopod shrubland mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 154 Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
- 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
- Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
- 216 Black Roly Poly low open shrubland of the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 157 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on alluvial plains in the semi-arid (warm) zone including Riverina Bioregion
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- Grasslands
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
- Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
- 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
- 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 214 Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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- Temperate Montane Grasslands
- 797 Derived grassland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- 569 Derived Snow Grass +/- Kangaroo Grass +/- Wild Sorghum tussock grassland of the NSW Northern Tablelands
- 894 Kangaroo Grass - Purple Wire-grass - Mat-rush - Wallaby Grass - Common Buttons dry tussock grassland in the north-western and Eastern parts of the Southern Tablelands of the South Eastern Highlands Bi
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- Western Slopes Grasslands
- 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 796 Derived grassland of the NSW South Western Slopes
- 484 Derived tall spear grass grassland on mainly basalt hills of the Liverpool Plains, Liverpool Range and in the upper Hunter Valley (Merriwa district), south-eastern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- 3313 Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest
- 1696 Blakely's Red Gum - Rough-barked Apple shrubby woodland of central and upper Hunter
- 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
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- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
- 628 Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
- 251 Mixed Eucalypt woodlands of floodplains in the southern-eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
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- New England Grassy Woodlands
- 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
- 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
- 501 Bendemeer White Gum - Silvertop Stringybark - Rough-barked Apple +/- Moonbi Apple Box grassy open forest of the southern New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
- 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- 303 Black Sally grassy low woodland in valleys in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- 703 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Subalpine Woodlands
- 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
- 3381 Kosciuszko Alpine Sally Woodland
- 3382 Kosciuszko Eastern Slopes Mountain Gum Forest
- 1191 Snow Gum - Candle Bark woodland on broad valley flats of the tablelands and slopes, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- 1196 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum shrubby open forest of montane areas, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
- 722 Brittle Gum - stringybark shrubby open forest on basalt residuals in the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- 513 Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
- 283 Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 383 Apple Box - Rough-barked Apple terrace flats woodland of the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 337 Apple Box - Silver Banksia - Drooping Sheoak open woodland - tall shrubland in protected gullies of the Coolac - Tumut serpentinite belt, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion.
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- Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
- 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
- 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
- Northern Montane Heaths
- 520 Heathy outcrop shrublands on volcanic sediments of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 884 Heathy shrubland on granitic outcrops of the central and western New England Tableland Bioregion
- 519 Heathy shrubland on granitic substrates in the Howell area in the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Montane Heaths
- 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
- 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
- 3810 Southern Sydney Rockplate Heath
- 3813 Sydney Hinterland Dwarf Apple Low Woodland
- 3814 Woronora Plateau Heath-Mallee
- Sydney Montane Heaths
- 636 Allocasuarina nana heathland at Genowlan Point, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- 3858 Budawang Rockplate Shrubland
- 3861 Morton Plateau Rocky Heath-Woodland
- 3865 Western Blue Mountains Pagoda Scrub
- 3866 Wollemi Rockplate Scrub
- Wallum Sand Heaths
- 3799 Agnes Banks Woodland
- 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
- 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
- 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
- Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
- 1521 Black Olive Berry - Black Sassafras cool temperate rainforest in high altitude areas of the Barrington Tops and New England Tablelands
- 3054 Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
- 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
- 627 Coobah - Rusty Fig low woodland on limestone outcrops in the Tamworth - Attunga region of the Nandewar Bioregion
- 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
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- Littoral Rainforests
- 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
- 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
- 4114 Lower North Sands Littoral Rainforest
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
- 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
- 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech 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
- 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
- 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
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- Western Vine Thickets
- 378 Belah - Wilga +/- White Box dry viney scrub woodland the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 445 Brigalow viney scrub open forest on loamy soils in low hill landscapes in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 442 Carbeen tall open woodland - Mock Olive tall closed vine thicket on basalt hills in the Northern Basalt sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
- 253 Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi-arid and arid plains
- 62 Samphire saline shrubland/forbland wetland of lake beds and lake margins in the arid and semi-arid (hot) zones
- 18 Slender Glasswort low shrubland in saline wetland depressions in the semi-arid and arid climate zones, far western NSW
- Mangrove Swamps
- 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
- 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
- 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
- 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
- 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
- 629 Brigalow - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
- 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- 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)
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- 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.
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- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- 1766 Weeping Myall - Plains Grass grassy woodlands of the Brigalow Belt South
- 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 26 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Desert Woodlands
- 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
- Dune Mallee Woodlands
- 172 Deep sand mallee of irregular dunefields of the semi-arid (warm) zone
- 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
- 357 Beyeria - Mintbush - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubland - low woodland on conglomerate outcrops in the Wellington region, NSW central western slopes
- 177 Blue Mallee - Bull Mallee - Green Mallee very tall mallee shrubland of the West Wyalong region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 178 Broombush - Green Mallee - Blue Mallee very tall shrubland on stony rises in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- 428 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 227 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
- 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- 19 Cypress Pine woodland of source-bordering dunes mainly on the Murray and Murrumbidgee River floodplains
- 22 Semi-arid shrubby Buloke - Slender Cypress Pine woodland, far south-western NSW
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- Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
- 142 Broombush shrubland in the mallee landscapes of the temperate and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
- 355 Bull Mallee - White Mallee tall mallee woodland on red sandy loam soils in the central western slopes of NSW
- 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
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- Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
- 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
- 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- 252 Sugarwood open woodland of the inland plains mainly Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
- 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
- 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
- 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
- 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
- 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
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