Hoary Sunray - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Endangered

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bathurst	Predicted	None
Bungonia	Known	None
Capertee Uplands	Predicted	None
Crookwell	Known	None
Hill End	Known	None
Kanangra	Predicted	None
Kybeyan-Gourock	Known	None
Monaro	Known	None
Murrumbateman	Known	None
Oberon	Predicted	None
Orange	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Alpine complex
  • Alpine Herbfields
    • 3889 Nimmo-Long Plain Frosty Dry Grassland

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3486 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Slopes Grassy Open Forest
  • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 4152 Central West Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
    • 289 Mugga Ironbark - Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Box shrub/grass open forest on hills in the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 342 Mugga Ironbark - mixed box woodland on hills in the Cowra - Boorowa - Young region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
    • 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
  • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 653 Apple Box - Yellow Box - Argyle Apple dry open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 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
    • 701 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Stringybark open forest on slopes and hills of the western slopes
    • 351 Brittle Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark open forest in the north-western part (Yass to Orange) of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 727 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Brittle Gum - Red Stringybark dry open forest on the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 3737 Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
    • 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
    • 349 Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark open forest on hills composed of silicous substrates in the mid-Murrumbidgee and upper Lachlan catchments mainly in the western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
    • 1089 Red Box - Red Stringybark grassy open forest on basalts of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 345 Red Box - Tumbledown Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box dry woodland, upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 352 Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum hillslope open forest on meta-sediments in the Yass - Boorowa - Crookwell region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 1093 Red Stringybark - Brittle Gum - Inland Scribbly Gum dry open forest of the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 3746 Southern Tableland Snow Gum-Candlebark Shrub Forest
    • 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
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  • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • 341 Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine grass/shrub woodland on hills in the Upper Slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and western South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 330 Mugga Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine - Red Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum - Red Ironbark woodland on hillslopes and in valleys on ranges in the NSW central western slopes
    • 354 Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box - Black Cypress Pine - grassy/shrubby low woodland on ranges, central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 321 Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box - Black Cypress Pine shrub/grass woodland on siliceous sedimentary ranges in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion

• Grasslands
  • Temperate Montane Grasslands
    • 797 Derived grassland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
    • 894 Kangaroo Grass - Purple Wire-grass - Mat-rush - Wallaby Grass - Common Buttons dry tussock grassland in the north-western and Eastern parts of the Southern Tablelands of the South Eastern Highlands Bi
    • 895 Kangaroo Grass - Purple Wire-grass - Mat-rush - Wallaby Grass - Common Buttons dry tussock grassland on steep sites in the north-western and Eastern parts of the Southern Tablelands of the South Easte
    • 896 Kangaroo Grass - Wallaby Grass - Snow Grass moist tussock grassland in the Monaro and the Southern Tablelands regions of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 3413 Monaro Kangaroo Grass Woodland-Grassland Complex
    • 3414 Monaro Snowgrass-Kangaroo Grass Grassland
    • 1185 Snow Grass - Kangaroo Grass - Sheep's Burr grassland on undulating basalt plateaux, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 3415 Southern Tableland Red Grass-Spear Grass Grassland
    • 3416 Southern Tableland Valley Flats Damp Grassland
    • 1202 Speargrass grassland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 1289 Wallaby Grass - Red-grass - Tall Speargrass - Kangaroo Grass dry tussock grassland of the North-western and Eastern Southern Tablelands in the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Western Slopes Grasslands
    • 320 Kangaroo Grass - Redleg Grass forb-rich temperate tussock grassland of the northern Monaro, ACT and upper Lachlan River regions of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bi

• Grassy woodlands
  • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
    • 3332 Southeast Lowland Grassy Woodland
  • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
    • 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 731 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark grassy open forest on undulating hills, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 350 Candlebark - Blakely's Red Gum - Long-leaved Box grassy woodland in the Rye Park to Yass region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highland Bioregion
    • 3372 Dalton Hills Grassy Stringybark Forest
    • 3373 Goulburn Tableland Box-Gum Grassy Forest
    • 3375 Monaro-Queanbeyan Rolling Hills Grassy Forest
    • 3376 Southern Tableland Grassy Box Woodland
    • 1330 Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland on the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 312 Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on valley flats in the upper slopes of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Subalpine Woodlands
    • 1191 Snow Gum - Candle Bark woodland on broad valley flats of the tablelands and slopes, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 1196 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum shrubby open forest of montane areas, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
  • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
    • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
    • 3341 Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
    • 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest
    • 3348 Southern Tableland Granites Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
  • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
    • 282 Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 426 Red Box - White Box +/- Red Stringybark hill woodland in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 268 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Long-leaved Box - Nortons Box - Red Stringybark grass-shrub woodland on shallow soils on hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • 347 White Box - Blakely's Red Gum shrub/grass woodland on metamorphic hillslopes in the mid-southern part of the upper slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion

• Heathlands
  • Southern Montane Heaths
    • 759 Burgan - tea-tree - Fringe Myrtle dry heathland on rocky outcrops, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion

• Miscellaneous ecosystems
  • Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
    • 99997 Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.

• Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
    • 318 Mugga Ironbark -Tumbledown Red Gum - Red Box - Black Cypress Pine open forest on shallow stony soils on hills in the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion

• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
    • 1197 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum tussock grass-herb forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest