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Threatened species

Eastern Australian Underground Orchid - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Rhizanthella slateri
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 20 Aug 2019

Distribution of the species within this region

The Eastern Australian Underground Orchid is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Bungonia Predicted None
Kanangra Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Eastern Australian Underground Orchid - South Eastern Highlands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 4106 Illawarra Escarpment Cool Temperate Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3089 Lower North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
      • 3091 Lower North Waterhousea-Water Gum Rainforest
      • 3111 Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3030 Nattai Plateau Callicoma Gully Rainforest
      • 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
      • 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
      • 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
      • 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
      • 3043 Upper Blue Mountains Gully Rainforest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
      • 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
      • 3259 Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
      • 3261 Sydney Sandstone Plateau Shale Forest
      • 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
      • 3263 Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
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    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
      • 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
      • 3270 Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
      • 3271 Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3136 Blue Gum High Forest
      • 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
      • 3140 Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3138 Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3084 Lower North Brown Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
      • 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
      • 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
      • 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
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