Nature conservation

Threatened species

Elegant Greenhood - New England Tablelands: 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 New England Tablelands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Walcha Plateau Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Elegant Greenhood - 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.

  • 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