Nature conservation

Threatened species

Moombahlene Mint-bush - New England Tablelands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Prostanthera staurophylla
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 26 Feb 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Moombahlene Mint-bush is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the New England Tablelands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Binghi Plateau Predicted None
Deepwater Downs Predicted None
Northeast Forest Lands Predicted None
Stanthorpe Plateau Predicted None
Tenterfield Plateau Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Moombahlene Mint-bush - New England Tablelands 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 (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 512 Caleys Ironbark - Orange Gum - Black Cypress Pine shrubby open forest on acid volcanics of the northern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 536 Orange Gum - Black Cypress Pine shrubby open forest on acid volcanics of the north western New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 556 Orange Gum - Caleys Ironbark - stringybark shrubby open forest of the northern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 558 Western New England Blackbutt - stringybark open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
  • Heathlands
    • Northern Montane Heaths
      • 884 Heathy shrubland on granitic outcrops of the central and western New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3854 New England Rockplate Shrubland
      • 574 Tea-tree riparian shrubland / heathland wetland on drainage areas of Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3845 Tenterfield Granite Skeletal Shrubland