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Squirrel Glider in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area - NSW South Western Slopes: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered Population
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 18 Oct 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Squirrel Glider in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area 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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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Inland Slopes Known Wagga Wagga LGA
Lower Slopes Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Squirrel Glider in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area - 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.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
    • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3534 Central West Stony Hills Stringybark-Box Forest
      • 3535 Central West Stony Ranges Pine-Ironbark Forest
      • 289 Mugga Ironbark - Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Box shrub/grass open forest on hills in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 342 Mugga Ironbark - mixed box woodland on hills in the Cowra - Boorowa - Young region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3537 Murrumbidgee Currawang Rocky Shrubland
      • 302 Riparian Blakely's Red Gum - Broad-leaved Sally woodland - tea-tree - bottlebrush - wattle shrubland wetland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3539 Southwest Foothills Red Box-Stringybark Forest
      • 3540 Southwest Foothills Stringybark-Box Grassy Forest
      • 3541 Southwest Ranges Stringybark Exposed Forest
      • 3542 Southwest Ranges Stringybark-Box Sheltered Forest
      • 3543 Southwest Rockplate Shrub Woodland
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  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 344 Argyle Apple - Acacia mearnsii valley open forest of the Yass - Rye Park region of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and adjoining NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
      • 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 341 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine grass/shrub woodland on hills in the Upper Slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 343 Mugga Ironbark - Red Box - Red Stringybark - Western Grey Box grass/shrub woodland on metamorphic substrates in the Tarcutta - Gundagai region, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 217 Mugga Ironbark - Western Grey Box - cypress pine tall woodland on footslopes of low hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 243 Mugga Ironbark - White Cypress Pine woodland on low rises mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 110 Western Grey Box - Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on stony footslopes in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
      • 346 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine shrubby woodland on metamorphic hills in the Wagga Wagga - Cootamundra region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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  • Forested wetlands
    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 85 River Oak forest and woodland wetland of the NSW South Western Slopes and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Inland Riverine Forests
      • 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)
      • 9 River Red Gum - wallaby grass tall woodland wetland on the outer River Red Gum zone mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
      • 7 River Red Gum - Warrego Grass - herbaceous riparian tall open forest wetland mainly in the Riverina Bioregion
      • 5 River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
      • 79 River Red Gum shrub/grass riparian tall woodland or open forest wetland mainly in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
      • 2 River Red Gum-sedge dominated very tall open forest in frequently flooded forest wetland along major rivers and floodplains in south-western NSW
      • 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest
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  • Grassy woodlands
    • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
      • 237 Riverine Western Grey Box grassy woodland of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
      • 82 Western Grey Box - Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on red loams mainly of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 80 Western Grey Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on loam soil on alluvial plains of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
      • 76 Western Grey Box tall grassy woodland on alluvial loam and clay soils in the NSW South Western Slopes and Riverina Bioregions
      • 74 Yellow Box - River Red Gum tall grassy riverine woodland of NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Riverina Bioregion
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 3369 Central Tableland Ranges Peppermint-Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3370 Central Tableland Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
      • 3372 Dalton Hills Grassy Stringybark Forest
      • 3373 Goulburn Tableland Box-Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3374 Goulburn Tableland Peppermint Grassy Forest
      • 3375 Monaro-Queanbeyan Rolling Hills Grassy Forest
      • 3376 Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3377 Southwest Foothills Apple Box Grassy Forest
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    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3341 Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • 3348 Southern Tableland Granites Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 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.
      • 282 Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 277 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy tall woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
      • 3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
      • 426 Red Box - White Box +/- Red Stringybark hill woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 280 Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum +/- Long-leaved Box shrub/grass hill woodland of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 278 Riparian Blakely's Red Gum - box - shrub - sedge - grass tall open forest of the central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3399 Southwest Hills White Box-Blakelys Red Gum Forest
      • 3406 Southwest Ranges White Box Woodland
      • 3400 Southwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Woodland
      • 347 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum shrub/grass woodland on metamorphic hillslopes in the mid-southern part of the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 267 White Box - White Cypress Pine - Western Grey Box shrub/grass/forb woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 266 White Box grassy woodland in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 276 Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on alluvium or parna loams and clays on flats in NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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  • Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
      • 185 Dwyer's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Currawang shrubby woodland mainly in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 318 Mugga Ironbark -Tumbledown Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine open forest on shallow stony soils on hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 239 Red Stringybark - Dwyer's Red Gum - Black Cypress Pine woodland on siliceous ranges in the Lockhart to Griffith regions NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 319 Tumbledown Red Gum - White Cypress Pine hill woodland in the southern part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
      • 48 White Cypress Pine - Drooping Sheoak grassy open woodland of the Riverine Plain
      • 28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
      • 75 Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine grassy woodland on deep sandy-loam alluvial soils of the eastern Riverina Bioregion and western NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion