Sphagnum Frog - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Vulnerable

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Chaelundi	Known	None
Coffs Coast and Escarpment	Known	None
Comboyne Plateau	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Mummel Escarpment	Known	None
Upper Manning	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
    • 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
    • 1553 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
    • 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
  • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3672 Carrai-Werrikimbe Blackbutt Dry Shrub Forest
    • 1617 New England Blackbutt - Diehard Stringybark shrubby open forest on the Northern Tablelands escarpment and Barrington Tops
    • 3679 Northeast New England Ranges Blackbutt Dry Forest
    • 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
  • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest

• Forested wetlands
  • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
    • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  • Eastern Riverine Forests
    • 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest

• Freshwater wetlands
  • Montane Bogs and Fens
    • 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
    • 4136 Timbarra Granite Mallee Wet Heath

• Grassy woodlands
  • New England Grassy Woodlands
    • 1683 Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass grassy open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment and Barrington Tops
  • Subalpine Woodlands
    • 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest

• Miscellaneous ecosystems
  • Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
    • 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
  • Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
    • 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

• 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
    • 3051 Mount Royal Range Cool Temperate Rainforest
    • 3052 Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
    • 3053 Northern Escarpment Sassafras Rainforest
  • Dry Rainforests
    • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
    • 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
    • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
    • 4107 Mid North Escarpment Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
    • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
    • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
    • 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
    • 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
    • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
    • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
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  • Subtropical Rainforests
    • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
    • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
    • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest

• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
    • 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
    • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub 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
    • 3245 West Mount Royal Slopes Grassy Forest
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  • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
    • 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
    • 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
    • 1554 Messmate - Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass shrub - grass open forest of western Barrington Tops
    • 1555 Mountain Gum - Messmate - Snow Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
    • 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
    • 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
    • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
    • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • 1559 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum grassy open forest on the Barrington plateau
    • 1546 Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet 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
    • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • 3161 Mid North Hinterland 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
    • 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
    • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
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  • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
    • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
    • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
    • 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
    • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • 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
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