Nature conservation

Threatened species

Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland - NSW South Western Slopes: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW:
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 01 Nov 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW South Western Slopes Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Natural grasslands on basalt and fine-textured alluvial plains of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland - 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.

  • Grasslands
    • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
      • 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Western Slopes Grasslands
      • 102 Liverpool Plains grassland mainly on basaltic black earth soils, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 1698 Plains grass; Purple wiregrass; Wallaby Grass grassland on basalt soils of the Merriwa plateau