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Threatened species

Elegant Greenhood - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pterostylis elegans
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 18 Dec 2020

Distribution of the species within this region

The Elegant Greenhood 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 Known None
Comboyne Plateau Known None
Mummel Escarpment Known None
Tomalla Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Elegant Greenhood - 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.

  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
      • 1551 Forest Ribbon Gum - Snow Gum - Snow Grass grassy open forest of the Liverpool Ranges and New England Tableland
      • 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
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
      • 1552 Silvertop Stringybark - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the Liverpool Ranges
      • 1559 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum grassy open forest on the Barrington plateau
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 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
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest