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Threatened species

White-flowered Wax Plant - South Eastern Queensland: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Cynanchum elegans
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 26 May 2020

Distribution of the species within this region

The White-flowered Wax Plant is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Queensland Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges Known None
Clarence Lowlands Known None
Scenic Rim Predicted None
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands Predicted None
Woodenbong Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the White-flowered Wax Plant - South Eastern Queensland is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 3318 Cumberland Moist Shale Woodland
      • 3327 Illawarra Lowland Red Gum Grassy Forest
      • 1603 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
      • 1604 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
      • 4052 South Coast Low Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 4106 Illawarra Escarpment Cool Temperate Rainforest
      • 4108 Northern Escarpment Rocky Peaks Cool Temperate Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 2079 Blakes Wattle - Wilga - Wild Quince - Kurrajong thickets, NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tablelands Bioregion
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 3074 Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3076 Hunter Valley Whalebone Dry Rainforest
      • 3120 Hunter-Peel Ranges Dry Rainforest
      • 3077 Illawarra Complex Dry Rainforest
      • 4110 Lower North Estuarine Sand Dry Rainforest
      • 4111 Lower North Grey Myrtle Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 2068 Moreton Bay Fig - Myrtle Ebony dry vine rainforest on sandstone at Pillar Rock, east of Grafton, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion
      • 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 1543 Rusty Fig - Native Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of the Central Hunter Valley
      • 3082 Western Sydney Complex Dry Rainforest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 4146 Illawarra Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3134 Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
      • 4114 Lower North Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
      • 3131 Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
      • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
      • 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
      • 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
      • 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3144 Craven Grey Box Grassy Forest
      • 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
      • 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
      • 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
      • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
      • 3252 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
      • 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
      • 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
      • 3170 Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3115 Western Hunter Sandstone Grey Gum-Grey Myrtle Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest