Last updated:
02 Apr 2020
Distribution of the species within this region
The Brolga is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
NSW South Western Slopes Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Brolga - NSW South Western Slopes is known to
be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information
about it.
- Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
- Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
- 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
- Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
- 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 212 Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
- 377 Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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- Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
- 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
- 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
- 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
- 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
- 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
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- Inland Riverine Forests
- 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 10 River Red Gum - Black Box woodland wetland of the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
- 11 River Red Gum - Lignum very tall open forest or woodland wetland on floodplains of semi-arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
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- Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
- 3410 Spinifex Strandline Grassland
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
- 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
- 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 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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- Saline wetlands
- Inland Saline lakes
- 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
- 189 Ephemeral forbland wetland of low-saline lake-beds of the arid and semi-arid (warm) climate zones
- 149 Neverfail Grass - ephemeral herbaceous grassland forbland of interdune claypans mainly in the arid climate zone
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- Mangrove Swamps
- 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
- 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
- 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
- 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
- 4102 South Coast Bracelet Honey-myrtle Sea Rush Saltmarsh
- Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- 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)
- 630 Black Box - Silver Saltbush chenopod open woodland on terrace rises on alluvial plains in the lower Darling River and lower Murray River region of the 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)
- 208 River Red Gum low woodland of rocky gorges and creeks in the Cobar Peneplain
- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- 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.
- 39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- 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