Nature conservation

Threatened species

Austral Pipewort - Riverina: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Eriocaulon australasicum
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 13 Oct 2021

Distribution of the species within this region

The Austral Pipewort 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 predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Murray Fans Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Swamps
      • 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
      • 360 Gilgai wetland mosaic in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
      • 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)