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Threatened species

Australian Bustard - Riverina: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Ardeotis australis

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 01 Dec 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Australian Bustard is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Riverina Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Lachlan	Known	None
Murray Fans	Known	None
Murray Scroll Belt	Known	None
Murrumbidgee	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Australian Bustard - Riverina is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
- Gibber Transition Shrublands
  - 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
  - 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
  - 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
- North-west Plain Shrublands
  - 229 Derived mixed shrubland on loamy-clay soils in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
  - 125 Mulga - Ironwood shrubland on loams and clays mainly of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 213 Murrays Wattle sparse shrubland/forbland on sand rises of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 264 Supplejack woodland of the NSW north-western semi-arid plains
  - 77 Yarran shrubland of the NSW central to northern slopes and plains
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- Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
  - 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
  - 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
  - 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
  - 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
  - 128 Nelia tall open shrubland of semi-arid sandplains
  - 139 Prickly Wattle tall open shrubland of dunes and sandplains of semi-arid and arid regions
  - 220 Purple Wood wattle shrubland of the arid zone sandplains
  - 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
  - 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
  - 232 Senna - Mulga - Needlewood open shrubland on loam-clay soils in swales and on the edges of claypans in the arid zone
  - 69 White Cypress Pine - Mulga shrubland on plains and sandplains in the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) climate zones.
  - 215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
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- Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
  - 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
  - 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
  - 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
  - 138 Desert Paper-bark shrubland wetland of semi-arid and arid climate zone watercourses.
  - 194 Heather Bush - Mulga - Umbrella Mulga open shrubland on gravelly rises mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 130 Horse Mulga - Umbrella Mulga shrubland on ranges in the arid and semi-arid climate zones
  - 132 Mulga - Rock Fuchsia-bush sparse shrubland of silcrete scarps and mesas of the Channel Country Bioregion
  - 120 Mulga shrubland on stony rises in the arid and semi-arid climate zones, mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 68 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low open woodland on the stony ranges of the arid zone (far north western NSW).
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Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
- Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
  - 153 Black Bluebush low open shrubland of the alluvial plains and sandplains of the arid and semi-arid zones
  - 225 Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
  - 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
  - 152 Lunette chenopod shrubland mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 154 Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
  - 151 Sandhill Cane Grass hummock grassland on siliceous sands on dune crests of the arid zone
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- Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
  - 156 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
  - 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
  - 150 Bottlewasher - Copperburr grassland of the arid zone
  - 224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
  - 167 Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
  - 61 Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
  - 136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
  - 210 Shrubby Twinleaf - saltbush open shrubland on silcrete scarps of the arid zone
  - 183 Windmill Grass - love grass - daisy derived grassland/forbland of arid climate zone
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- Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
  - 196 Australian Boxthorn open shrubland in the semi-arid or arid climate zones
  - 254 Black Oak - Bladder Saltbush on light clays in the arid zone
  - 216 Black Roly Poly low open shrubland of the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
  - 157 Bladder Saltbush shrubland on alluvial plains in the semi-arid (warm) zone including Riverina 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
  - 164 Cotton Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid (warm) zone
  - 168 Derived Copperburr shrubland of the NSW northern inland alluvial floodplains
  - 236 Derived Giant Redburr low shrubland on alluvial plains of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 163 Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
  - 466 Galvanized Burr derived low shrubland of the Brigalow Belt South and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 158 Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
  - 159 Old Man Saltbush shrubland mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (south western NSW)
  - 211 Slender Saltbush - samphire - copperburr low open shrubland wetland on irreguarly innundated floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - 3514 Nandewar Hills Apple-White Box Shrub-Grass Woodland
  - 3516 Northwest Black Pine-Ironbark Forest
  - 3517 Northwest Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3518 Northwest Pine-Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - 3522 Northwest White Box Spinifex Woodland
  - 3521 Northwest White Box Woodland
  - 3523 Northwest White Pine-Box Woodland
  - 3511 Western New England White Pine-Tumbledown Gum Woodland
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- Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 411 Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland on outwash plains in the Pilliga Scrub and Narrabri regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion

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

Forested wetlands
- Inland Riverine Forests
  - 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)
  - 234 River Red Gum woodland wetland of rocky creeks in the ranges of the arid climate zone

Freshwater wetlands
- Inland Floodplain Shrublands
  - 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
  - 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
  - 115 Eurah shrubland of inland floodplains
  - 161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
  - 25 Lignum shrubland wetland on floodplains and depressions of the Mulga Lands Bioregion, Channel Country Bioregion in the arid and semi-arid (hot) climate zones
  - 247 Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 160 Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
  - 241 River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 271 Spotted Fuchsia shrubland wetland in drainage depressions on inland plains
  - 261 Swamp Paper-bark shrubland wetland ringing depressions in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
  - 416 Pilliga tank gilgai wetland sedgeland rushland, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 465 Reedland - tussock grass - segeland fen swampy wetland of impeded creeks in southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 400 Riparian sedgeland rushland wetland of the Pilliga to Goonoo sandstone forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 447 Sedgeland - forbland wetland in depressions on valley flats of the NSW North-western Slopes
  - 361 Sedgeland fen wetland of spring-fed or runoff-fed creeks in the southern Pilliga - Warrumbungle Range region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
  - 12 Shallow marsh wetland of regularly flooded depressions on floodplains mainly in the semi-arid (warm) climatic zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 47 Swamp grassland wetland of the Riverine Plain
  - 204 Water Couch marsh grassland wetland of frequently flooded inland watercourses
  - 364 Wetland on sodic soils in the Yetman-Yelarbon region, mainly Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3391 Munghorn Seepage Wet Herbfield

Grasslands
- Riverine Plain Grasslands
  - 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
  - 165 Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 44 Forb-rich Speargrass - Windmill Grass - White Top grassland of the Riverina Bioregion
  - 45 Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 1203 Speargrass natural grassland of the sandplains of the Murray Darling 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
  - 49 Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
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- Temperate Montane Grasslands
  - 3378 Yass Gorge Rhyolite Grassland
- Western Slopes Grasslands
  - 710 Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 484 Derived tall spear grass grassland on mainly basalt hills of the Liverpool Plains, Liverpool Range and in the upper Hunter Valley (Merriwa district), south-eastern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 250 Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW
  - 619 Derived Wire Grass grassland of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
  - 1179 Slender Bamboo Grass - Spiny Saltbush grassland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 633 Speargrass - Redleg Grass derived grassland on hills in the Jindera to Holbrook region, southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  - 1324 Windmill Grass - Bluegrass derived grassland of the Moree plains of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Grassy woodlands
- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
  - 628 Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
  - 248 Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
  - 56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
  - 244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
  - 82 Western Grey Box - Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine tall woodland on red loams mainly of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- New England Grassy Woodlands
  - 3351 Armidale Creekflat Snow Gum Woodland-Scrub
  - 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
  - 3353 Guyra Silvertop Stringybark Moist Forest
  - 3354 Liverpool Range Box-Silvertop Stringybark Forest
  - 3350 Macleay Gorge Rims Shrub Woodland
  - 3355 Moonbi Range Stringybark-Yellow Box Forest
  - 3358 New England Fuzzy Box Grassy Forest
  - 3359 New England Hills Stringybark-Box Woodland
  - 3356 Northwest Ranges Apple-Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3361 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark-Apple Forest
  - 3363 Western New England Blakelys Red Gum-Box Grassy Forest
  - 3357 Western New England Flats Apple-Box Grassy Forest
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
  - 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
  - 3366 Central Tableland Clay Apple Box Grassy Forest
  - 3367 Central Tableland Granites Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3368 Central Tableland Limestone Woodland
  - 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
  - 3339 Guyra Basalt Snow Gum Woodland
  - 3340 Macintyre Flats Candlebark Woodland
  - 3341 Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
  - 3342 Mount Kaputar Montane Box Forest
  - 3343 Mount Kaputar Montane Gum Forest
  - 3344 New England Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3345 New England Snow Gum-Black Sally Woodland
  - 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3348 Southern Tableland Granites Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - 599 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on flats and hills in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
  - 3386 Capertee Marl Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
  - 3404 Central West Flats Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3405 Central West Flats Inland Grey Box Grassy Forest
  - 3388 Central West Valleys White Box Forest
  - 451 Derived Spear Grass - Slender Bamboo Grass mixed tussock grassland mainly of the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
  - 395 Derived speargrass - wallaby grass - wire grass mixed forb grassland mainly in the Coonabarabran - Pilliga - Coolah region
  - 202 Fuzzy Box woodland on colluvium and alluvial flats in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion (including Pilliga) and Nandewar Bioregion
  - 3389 Honeysuckle Range Serpentinite Outcrop Woodland
  - 3390 Liverpool Range Red Gum-Yellow Box Forest
  - 3393 Northwest Basalt Box Plains Grass Woodland
  - 3394 Northwest Basalt Grassland-Woodland Complex
  - 3395 Northwest Elevated White Box Woodland
  - 3398 Northwest Slopes Box-Apple Woodland
  - 3396 Northwest Slopes Box-Blakelys Red Gum Woodland
  - 3397 Northwest Yellow Box Grassy Woodland
  - 511 Queensland Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Rats Tail Grass - spear grass - panic grass derived grassland of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 464 Red Stringybark - Kurrajong - mixed eucalypt grassy open forest of the Coonabarabran - Gulgong region in the Brigalow Belt South and NSW SWS Bioregion
  - 444 Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy tall woodland on clay-loam soils on plains in the Brigalow Belt South 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
  - 3401 Upper Hunter Sheltered Viney Shrub Forest
  - 3402 Western Blue Mountains White Box Forest
  - 3403 Western Hunter Creekflat Apple Grassy Forest
  - 1383 White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 433 White Box grassy woodland to open woodland on basalt flats and rises in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, BBS Bioregion
  - 421 Yellow Box - White Cypress Pine alluvial terrace flats grassy woodland in the Pilliga forests and surrounds, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
  - 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.

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
  - 253 Gypseous shrubland on rises in the semi-arid and arid plains
  - 65 Halosarcia lylei low, open shrubland saline wetland of arid and semi-arid regions
  - 149 Neverfail Grass - ephemeral herbaceous grassland forbland of interdune claypans mainly in the arid climate zone
  - 64 Samphire - Water Weed - Sea-Heath shrubland saline wetland of depressions of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
  - 18 Slender Glasswort low shrubland in saline wetland depressions in the semi-arid and arid climate zones, far western NSW
  - 198 Sparse saltbush forbland wetland of the irregularly inundated lakes of the arid and semi-arid (persistently hot) climate zones
  - 63 Spiny Lignum - Slender Glasswort open forbland sailine wetland on lake edges in the semi-arid and arid climate zones
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Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
  - 35 Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
- Inland Floodplain Woodlands
  - 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)
  - 454 River Red Gum grassy chenopod open tall woodland (wetland) on floodplain clay soil of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 83 Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
  - 55 Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
  - 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
  - 231 Coolabah open woodland wetland dunefield depressions of the arid zone
  - 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
  - 230 Coolabah woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses in arid zone, mainly in the Channel Country Bioregion
  - 87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  - 207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
  - 41 River Red Gum open woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses mainly of the arid climate zone
  - 200 River Red Gum woodland wetland of lake fringes in the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
  - 67 Yapunyah woodland wetland of Cuttaburra-Paroo River system, Mulga Lands 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

Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- Desert Woodlands
  - 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
  - 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
  - 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Riverine Sandhill Woodlands
  - 20 Buloke - Moonah - Black Box open woodland on sandy rises of semi arid (warm) climate zone (mainly Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion)
  - 22 Semi-arid shrubby Buloke - Slender Cypress Pine woodland, far south-western NSW
  - 21 Slender Cypress Pine - Sugarwood - Western Rosewood open woodland on sandy rises mainly in the Riverina Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 631 White Cypress Pine - Western Rosewood - spinifex grass open woodland on sand-dunes in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 28 White Cypress Pine open woodland of sand plains, prior streams and dunes mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
  - 23 Yarran tall open shrubland of the sandplains and plains of the semi-arid (warm) and arid climate zones
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- Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
  - 174 Mallee - Gum Coolabah woodland on red earth flats of the eastern Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
- Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
  - 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
  - 57 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Wilga woodland of central NSW including the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 221 Black Oak - Pearl Bluebush open woodland of the sandplains of the semi-arid warm and arid climate zones
  - 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 252 Sugarwood open woodland of the inland plains mainly Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
  - 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
  - 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
  - 146 Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Western Peneplain Woodlands
  - 135 Coobah - Western Rosewood low open tall shrubland or woodland mainly on outwash areas in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
  - 108 Gum Coolabah - Mulga open woodland on gravel ridges of the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
  - 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
  - 109 Poplar Box - Mulga - Ironwood woodland on red loam soils on plains in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and north-eastern Mulga Lands Bioregion
  - 105 Poplar Box grassy woodland on flats mainly in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
  - 145 Western Rosewood - Wilga - Wild Orange - Belah low woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
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Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3282 Liverpool Range Apple Gully Forest
  - 3284 Liverpool Range Ribbon Gum-Stringybark Forest

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