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Threatened species

Black Bittern - South Eastern Queensland: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Ixobrychus flavicollis

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 08 Mar 2018

Distribution of the species within this region

The Black Bittern 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 predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Burringbar-Conondale Ranges	Known	None
Clarence Lowlands	Known	None
Clarence Sandstones	Known	None
Scenic Rim	Known	None
Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands	Known	None
Woodenbong	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Black Bittern - 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.

Alpine complex
- Alpine Bogs and Fens
  - 3890 Kosciuszko Alpine Wet Heath
  - 3891 Kosciuszko Range Boggy Herbfield
  - 3892 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Damp Heath
- Alpine Fjaeldmarks
  - 3881 Alpine Snowpatch Feldmark
  - 3882 Alpine Windswept Feldmark
- Alpine Heaths
  - 3878 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassy Open Heath
  - 3879 Kosciuszko High Plateau Grassy Open Heath
  - 3880 Namadgi Subalpine Rocky Shrubland
- Alpine Herbfields
  - 3883 Alpine Short Herbfield
  - 3884 Alpine Snowpatch Grassland
  - 3885 Alpine Snowpatch Herbfield
  - 3886 Kosciuszko Frost Hollow Grassland
  - 3887 Kosciuszko High Peaks Alpine Grassland
  - 3888 Kosciuszko Subalpine Valley Wet Meadow
  - 3889 Nimmo-Long Plain Frosty Dry Grassland
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3472 Bungonia Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3473 Bungonia Slates Shrubby Open Forest
  - 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3475 Burragorang Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3476 Burragorang Escarpment Rocky Woodland
  - 3481 Burragorang Gorges Felsic Stringybark Forest
  - 3479 Burragorang Gorges Grey Gum-Stringybark Dry Forest
  - 3482 Burragorang Gorges Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3477 Burragorang Gorges Moist Fern Forest
  - 3478 Burragorang Gorges Quartzite Grey Gum Forest
  - 3484 Burragorang Gorges Red Gum-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - 3509 Capertee Escarpment Slaty Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3480 Capertee-Wolgan Escarpment Dry Forest
  - 3483 Central Gorges Box-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3487 Douglas Scarp Woodland
  - 3488 Ettrema Gorge Ironbark-Grey Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3489 Hunter Escarpment Grey Box Forest
  - 3490 Hunter Valley Footslopes Slaty Gum Forest
  - 3491 Jenolan-Tuglow Limestone Forest
  - 3493 Southern Highlands Red Gum Forest
  - 3494 Western Blue Mountains Gorges Box Forest
  - 3495 Western Blue Mountains Monkey Gum Gully Forest
  - 3496 Western Hunter Colluvial Grey Gum Forest
  - 3497 Western Hunter Escarpment Slaty Gum-Pine Forest
  - 3498 Wingecarribee Gorges Stringybark-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3486 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Slopes Grassy Open Forest
  - 3499 Yerranderie Enriched Forest
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- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3417 Baryulgil Serpentinite Woodland
  - 3418 Clarence Foothills Bloodwood-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3421 Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
  - 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3424 Drake Hills Spotted Gum Forest
  - 3425 Far North Hinterland Swamp Turpentine-Apple Forest
  - 3426 Mid Clarence Valley Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3428 Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
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- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3448 Castlereagh Ironbark Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3431 Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - 3432 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3433 Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
  - 3438 Hunter Escarpment Footslopes Ironbark Forest
  - 3439 Hunter Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 4158 Hunter Escarpment Pokolbin Ironbark Woodland
  - 3441 Lower Hunter Clay Heath
  - 3442 Lower Hunter Lowland Ironbark-Paperbark Forest
  - 3443 Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Scrubby Transition Forest
  - 3444 Lower Hunter Spotted Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3445 Lower North Coastal Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3446 Lower North Foothills Ironbark-Box-Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3447 Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
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- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3500 Cathedral Rock Granite Peppermint-Gum Forest
  - 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3502 Maryland Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3503 Northeast New England Granites Stringybark Forest
  - 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
  - 3505 Northeast New England Stringybark Grassy Forest
  - 3506 Stanthorpe Plateau Flats Gum-Stringybark Woodland
  - 3507 Tenterfield Plateau Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3508 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau White Gum Flats Forest
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- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3454 Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3455 Clarence Gorges Granite Grassy Forest
  - 3456 Clarence Gorges Grey Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - 3457 Curricabark Serpentinite Mallee Spinifex Scrub
  - 3458 Gibraltar Range Gorge Stringybark Forest
  - 3459 Koreelah Ironbark Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3467 Lower North Serpentinite Red Gum Woodland
  - 3470 Macleay Gorges Riverflat Grassy Forest
  - 3461 Macleay Gorges Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3462 Northern Gorges Blakes Wattle Rock Scrub
  - 3463 Northern Gorges Granite Stringybark-Apple Grassy Forest
  - 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
  - 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3466 Northern Gorges Red Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3460 Northern Gorges Sheltered Grassy Forest
  - 3468 Nymboida Rhyolite Moist Forest
  - 3471 Upper Guy Fawkes Stringybark-Red Gum Grassy Forest
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
  - 3513 Kaputar White Box-Apple Sheltered Forest
  - 3526 Warrumbungle Rockplate Scrub
  - 3512 Western Hunter Basalt Cap Woodland
  - 3527 Western Hunter Broombush Grassy Scrub
  - 3528 Western Hunter Flats Apple-Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3532 Western Hunter Ironbark-Box Forest
  - 3529 Western Hunter Sandy Colluvial Gully Forest
  - 3530 Western Hunter Sandy Riparian Red Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3531 Western Hunter Trachyte Spinifex Forest
  - 3511 Western New England White Pine-Tumbledown Gum Woodland
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- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3450 Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3451 Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - 3452 Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - 3453 Southeast Scarp Maidens Gum Forest
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3533 Avisford Sandstone Moist Sheltered Forest
  - 3510 Capertee Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3534 Central West Stony Hills Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3535 Central West Stony Ranges Pine-Ironbark Forest
  - 3536 Mudgee Ranges Stony Slopes Shrub Forest
  - 3537 Murrumbidgee Currawang Rocky Shrubland
  - 3538 Snowy Gorge White Box-Pine Woodland
  - 3539 Southwest Foothills Red Box-Stringybark Forest
  - 3540 Southwest Foothills Stringybark-Box Grassy Forest
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Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3550 Far North Coastal Cypress Grassy Forest
  - 3555 Lower North Sand Swale Banksia Woodland
  - 3549 Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
  - 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest
  - 3552 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - 3553 Northern Sands Bloodwood-Swamp Turpentine Forest
  - 3554 Northern Sands Tea-tree-Banksia Littoral Scrub
  - 3556 Umina Coastal Sand Woodland
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- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3557 Banyabba Creekflat Orange Gum-Paperbark Forest
  - 3558 Banyabba Rockplate Shrub Woodland
  - 3559 Chambigne Mahogany-Brown Bloodwood Forest
  - 3560 Chambigne Square-fruited Ironbark-Stringybark Forest
  - 3561 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple-Paperbark Forest
  - 3563 Clarence Sandstone Blackbutt-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3564 Clarence Sandstone Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
  - 3566 Clarence Sandstone Rockplate Scrub
  - 3567 Clarence Sandstone Rough-barked Apple Shrub Forest
  - 3568 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
  - 3569 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3570 Coorabakh Conglomerate Banksia Forest
  - 3565 Glenreagh Sandstone Riparian Scrub
  - 3572 Koonyum Range Rhyolite Outcrop Shrub Woodland
  - 3571 Mount Warning Caldera Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 4159 Nightcap Rhyolite Rocky Red Gum Woodland
  - 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
  - 3573 Northern Lowland Scribbly Gum-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3575 Urbenville Plug Peaks Shrub Woodland
  - 3576 Yarriabini Granite Dry Forest
  - 3577 Yuraygir Range Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
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- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3672 Carrai-Werrikimbe Blackbutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3673 Chaelundi-Mann River Granite Scrub Woodland
  - 3674 Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
  - 3675 Far North Peaks Scrub Woodland
  - 3681 Nymboida Rocky Slopes Low Forest
  - 3683 Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
  - 3684 Timbarra Granite Strawberry Gum-Stringybark Woodland
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- Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3697 Bingara Tumbledown Gum Spinifex Woodland
  - 3713 Macintyre Hills Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3707 Mole River Blackbutt Woodland
  - 3708 Mole River Hills Wallangarra White Gum Woodland
  - 3717 Mole River Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Shrub Woodland
  - 3709 Moonbi Range Rocky Granite Woodland
  - 3699 Moredun Ranges Stringybark Exposed Forest
  - 3711 Northern New England Orange Gum Exposed Woodland
  - 3701 Northwest New England Creekflat Blakelys Red Gum Forest
  - 3703 Northwest New England Felsic Ironbark-Red Gum Gully Forest
  - 3700 Northwest New England Granite Blackbutt-Apple Forest
  - 3706 Northwest New England Laterite McKies Stringybark Forest
  - 3702 Northwest New England Ranges Caleys Ironbark Woodland
  - 3718 Northwest New England Rocky Riparian Forest
  - 3704 Northwest New England Stringybark-Pine Exposed Forest
  - 3716 Northwest New England Tumbledown Gum-Ironbark Exposed Forest
  - 3714 Pindari Ironbark-Pine Exposed Woodland
  - 3715 Pindari Orange Gum Rocky Woodland
  - 3720 Torrington Riparian Forest-Scrub
  - 3722 Western New England Box-Tumbledown Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3724 Western New England Caleys Ironbark-Tumbledown Gum Forest
  - 3698 Western New England Granite Orange Gum Gully Woodland
  - 3726 Western New England Granite Pine-Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - 3705 Western New England Hills Apple-Stringybark Forest
  - 3728 Western New England Hills Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - 3710 Western New England Hills Orange Gum-Ironbark Forest
  - 3723 Western New England Panic-Wiregrass Grassland
  - 3725 Western New England Ranges Orange Gum-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3727 Western New England Silvertop Stringybark Forest
  - 3729 Western New England Youmans Stringybark Shrub Forest
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- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
  - 3639 South Coast Sands Bangalay Littoral Forest
  - 3640 South Coast Sands Littoral Scrub
  - 3641 Wonboyn Sand Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3182 Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3184 Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3185 Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - 3186 Far South Sandflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - 3191 South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - 3107 South Coast Red Gum-Fig Sheltered Forest
  - 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3192 South Coast Riverflat Ribbon Gum Forest
  - 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3194 Southeast Escarpment Flats Swamp Gum Forest
  - 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3642 Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
  - 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3644 Coondella Rhyolite Shrub Woodland
  - 3645 Deua Rocky Slopes Woila Gum Woodland
  - 3646 Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3648 Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3649 Far South Lowland Depressions Shrub Forest
  - 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
  - 3652 Gulaga Rocky Scrub
  - 3653 Kanangra Peaks Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3655 South Coast Escarpment Rocky Scrub
  - 3656 South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3657 South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3658 South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
  - 3659 South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - 3660 South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
  - 3661 South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
  - 3662 South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - 3300 Southeast Escarpment Peaks Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3663 Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
  - 3664 Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3665 Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - 3666 Southeast Mountain Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3667 Southern Highlands Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3668 Southern Highlands Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3492 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Quartz Hills Forest
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- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3730 Bondo Slopes Dry Stringybark Forest
  - 3737 Bungonia Tableland Scribbly Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3731 Capertee Conglomerate Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3732 Capertee Uplands Enriched Stringybark Forest
  - 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
  - 3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3736 Cudgegong Sandslope Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
  - 3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
  - 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
  - 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
  - 3743 Monaro Ranges Exposed Shrub Forest
  - 3744 Palerang Hills Peppermint Dry Shrub Forest
  - 3745 Snowy Gorge Grassy Box Woodland
  - 3746 Southern Tableland Snow Gum-Candlebark Shrub Forest
  - 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3749 Western Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Forest
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- Southern Wattle Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3669 Brogo Wattle Scrub
  - 3670 Snowy Gorge Currawang Shrub Woodland
  - 3671 Snowy Gorge Wattle Scrub
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
  - 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 3580 Burralow Swamp Woodland
  - 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
  - 3582 Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
  - 3583 Hunter Coast Lowland Scribbly Gum Forest
  - 3584 Illawarra Escarpment Cliffline Scrub
  - 3585 Morton Plateau Shrub Forest
  - 3586 Northern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3587 Pearl Beach Sand Forest
  - 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3589 Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
  - 3590 Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 3591 Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
  - 3592 Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - 3593 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 3594 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Foreshores Forest
  - 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
  - 3596 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Forest
  - 3597 Watagan Escarpment Rocky Shrub Forest
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3776 Goulburn River Grassy Mallee Scrub
  - 3785 Goulburn River Ironbark Shrub Forest
  - 3780 Goulburn River Ironbark-Bloodwood Heathy Forest
  - 3781 Ulan Sandstone Ironbark-Pine Woodland
  - 3767 Upper Hunter Escarpment Colluvial Ironbark Forest
  - 3768 Upper Hunter Ranges Enriched Ironbark Forest
  - 3769 Upper Hunter Sandstone Stringybark-Ironbark Forest
  - 3770 Western Blue Mountains Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3771 Western Hunter Broombush Mallee Shrubland
  - 3772 Western Hunter Caleys Ironbark Low Forest
  - 3773 Western Hunter Currawang Low Forest
  - 3774 Western Hunter Dwyers Red Gum-Pine Woodland
  - 3775 Western Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Forest
  - 3777 Western Hunter Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3778 Western Hunter Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3782 Western Hunter Rockplate Micromyrtus Heath
  - 3783 Western Hunter Rocky Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - 3784 Western Hunter Rocky Scrub
  - 3786 Western Hunter Scribbly Gum-Pine Woodland
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Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4015 Central Hunter Riparian Forest
  - 4016 Clarence Floodplain Swamp Oak Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
  - 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 3988 Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
  - 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 3990 Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - 3991 Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - 3993 Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - 3995 Hunter Coast Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Forest
  - 3997 Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - 3998 Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
  - 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 4002 Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
  - 4003 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4005 Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
  - 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - 4007 Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  - 3992 Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
  - 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
  - 4010 Sydney Hinterland Creekflat Paperbark Scrub
  - 4012 Tomago Drooping Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 4013 Wyong Paperbark-Woollybutt Swamp Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4061 Bega-Towamba Riparian Scrub
  - 4062 Capertee Riparian Paperbark Thicket
  - 4064 Central Eastern Ranges River Oak Forest
  - 4065 Central Tableland Riverine Complex
  - 4066 Clarence Valley River Oak Wet Forest
  - 4067 Deua Riparian Wattle Scrub
  - 4068 Ettrema Plateau Riparian Scrub
  - 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
  - 4079 Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
  - 3020 Northern Hinterland River Oak Sheltered Forest
  - 4080 Northwest River Oak-Apple Forest
  - 4081 Northwest River Oak-River Red Gum Forest
  - 4083 Southeast Tableland Rocky Riparian Scrub
  - 4084 Southern Escarpment River Oak Forest
  - 4085 Southwest Tableland Gorges Riparian Shrubland
  - 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
  - 4087 Upper Orara Riparian Wet Forest
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- Inland Riverine Forests
  - 4089 Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest
  - 4088 Southwest Riverflat Red Gum Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3958 Castlereagh Gravel Sedgeland
  - 3960 Coast Sands Cladium Sedgeland
  - 3959 Coast Sands Jointed Twig-rush Sedgeland
  - 3961 Coast Sands Lepironia Sedgeland
  - 3962 Coastal Floodplain Phragmites Reedland
  - 3963 Estuarine Reedland
  - 3964 Far North Floodplain Fern-Forb Wetland
  - 3965 Far North Floodplain Forb-Sedge Wetland
  - 3973 Far North Floodplain Paperbark Sedge Wetland
  - 3966 Foredune Swale Marsh
  - 3967 Northern Lower Floodplain Eleocharis Wetland
  - 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
  - 3914 Northern Sands Chorizandra Sedgeland
  - 3969 Northern Sands Machaerina-Eleocharis Sedgeland
  - 3970 Northern Sands Water Couch Wetland
  - 3971 Northern Sandy Floodplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - 3974 Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - 4098 South Coast Dune Sea Spray Wetland
  - 3957 South Coast Sands Shrub Swamp
  - 3975 Southern Lower Floodplain Freshwater Wetland
  - 3976 Southern Sands Freshwater Lagoon Wetland
  - 1738 Spirodella freshwater wetland
  - 3977 Sydney Coastal Headland Lagoon Sedgeland
  - 3972 Sydney Creekflat Wetland
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- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
  - 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
  - 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3896 Budderoo-Morton Damp Swamp Heath
  - 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
  - 3899 Clarence Sandstone Plateau Wet Heath
  - 3920 Coastal Clifftop Shrubby Marsh
  - 3921 Coastal Sydney Sand Saw-sedge Wet Shrubland
  - 3901 Far South Hinterland Heath
  - 3903 Far Southeast Lowland Heath Swamp
  - 3902 Far Southeast Shrubby Swamp Woodland
  - 3904 Hunter Coast Grasstree Graminoid Swamp Scrub
  - 3905 Jervis Bay Headland Dune Wet Heath
  - 3897 Lower Clarence Sandy Creekflat Sedgeland
  - 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
  - 3909 Mellong Creekflat Wet Heath
  - 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
  - 3911 Northern Sand Swale Fernland
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - 3900 Northern Sandplain Saw-sedge-Fern Swamp Heath
  - 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
  - 3916 Sandstone Cliff Soak
  - 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
  - 3919 Southern Highlands Wet Swamp Heath
  - 3922 Sydney Coastal Sand Swamp Scrub
  - 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
  - 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
  - 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
  - 3982 Southwest Floodplain Wetland Meadow
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3926 Barrington Granodiorite Subalpine Swamp Woodland
  - 3927 Barrington Subalpine Swamp Meadow
  - 3928 Blue Mountains Damp Coral Fern Swamp
  - 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3324 Far South Hinterland Red Box Rocky Woodland
  - 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
- 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
  - 3355 Moonbi Range Stringybark-Yellow Box Forest
  - 3358 New England Fuzzy Box Grassy Forest
  - 3356 Northwest Ranges Apple-Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3357 Western New England Flats Apple-Box Grassy Forest
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - 3485 Central Hunter Slaty Gum Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3793 Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3840 Mount Warning Sheltered Spear-lily Scrub
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub
  - 3842 Northeast New England Granites Outcrop Scrub
- Southern Montane Heaths
  - 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
  - 3811 Sydney Coastal Headland Cliff Scrub
  - 3812 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Headland Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Marine environments
  - 99994 Dune and Shorelines
- Terrestrial saline environments
  - 99998 non vegetated terrestrial saline environments
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - 99996 Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3057 Chaelundi-Carrai Rocky Peaks Myrtle Scrub
  - 3074 Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
  - 3120 Hunter-Peel Ranges Dry Rainforest
  - 3014 Liverpool Range Daphnandra Rainforest
  - 3010 Lower Richmond Lowland Hills Dry Rainforest
  - 3469 Macleay Gorges Low Scrubby Dry Rainforest
  - 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - 3109 Southern Lismore Basalt Dry Rainforest
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3031 Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
  - 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
  - 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
  - 3034 Northern Gorges Riparian Rainforest
  - 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate 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
  - 3042 Tenterfield Rocky Gully Rainforest
  - 3043 Upper Blue Mountains Gully Rainforest
  - 3044 Watchimbark Serpentinite Lilly Pilly-Fig Rainforest
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- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
  - 3046 Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3047 Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
  - 3005 Far North Floodplain Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3007 Far North Lowland Black Bean Riverine Rainforest
  - 3009 Far North Lowland Palm Gully Rainforest
  - 3008 Far North Lowland Sub-Littoral Rainforest
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3006 Far North Riverine Bangalow Palm Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3012 Far North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
  - 3013 Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3001 Lismore Basalt Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3002 Lower Richmond Hills Dry-Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3015 Lower Richmond Sandflat Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3016 Lower Tweed Hills Subtropical Dry Rainforest
  - 3017 Mid North Lowland Floodplain Rainforest
  - 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
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- Western Vine Thickets
  - 3119 Upper Hunter White Box Vine Thicket

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4140 Far North Mangrove Forest
  - 4091 Grey Mangrove-River Mangrove Forest
- Saltmarshes
  - 4092 Coastal Headland Sea Spray Grassland
  - 4094 Estuarine Club Rush-Arrowgrass Wetland
  - 4095 Paspalum vaginatum-Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4096 Prickly Couch-Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4097 Samphire Saltmarsh
  - 4102 South Coast Bracelet Honey-myrtle Sea Rush Saltmarsh
  - 4101 South Coast Spear-grass Saltmarsh
  - 4103 Sporobolus virginicus Saltmarsh
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Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
  - 4104 Central Hunter Weeping Myall Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
  - 3306 Kosciuszko Alpine Ash High Wet Forest
  - 3309 Kosciuszko Western Flanks Moist Shrub Forest
  - 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
  - 3231 Cordeaux Crinanite Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3144 Craven Grey Box Grassy Forest
  - 3063 Craven Grey Box Wet Forest
  - 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
  - 3233 Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3235 Hunter Escarpment Enriched Moist Forest
  - 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
  - 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
  - 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
  - 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
  - 3236 Hunter Valley Hills Wet Vine Forest
  - 3155 Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
  - 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3240 Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3243 Lower North Sheltered Valley Red Gum Forest
  - 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - 3241 Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3246 Mount Warning Caldera Wet Grassy Forest
  - 3247 North Brother Rocky Slopes Moist Forest
  - 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
  - 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
  - 3167 Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet 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
  - 3255 Nymboida Acacia blakei Shrubland
  - 3256 Rivertree Creekflat Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3257 Sun Valley Diatreme Cabbage Gum Forest
  - 3258 Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
  - 3259 Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
  - 3260 Sydney Foreshores Shale Forest
  - 3261 Sydney Sandstone Plateau Shale Forest
  - 3262 Sydney Turpentine Ironbark Forest
  - 3263 Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
  - 3245 West Mount Royal Slopes Grassy Forest
  - 3264 Wollemi Basalt Red Gum Forest
  - 3179 Yessabah Limestone Moist Forest
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- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3277 Carrai Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3146 Dorrigo Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3278 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3280 Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3281 Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
  - 3282 Liverpool Range Apple Gully Forest
  - 3283 Liverpool Range Montane Stringybark Forest
  - 3284 Liverpool Range Ribbon Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3289 West Barrington Granitoid Outcrop Forest
  - 3290 Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum 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
  - 3272 South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - 3275 South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - 3274 South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3276 South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
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- Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
  - 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
  - 3294 Central Tableland Peppermint-Gum Montane Forest
  - 3303 Central Tableland Ribbon Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3295 Crookwell-Taralga Basalt Grassy Forest
  - 3296 Kosciuszko Flanks Moist Gully Forest
  - 3297 Kosciuszko Snow Gum-Mountain Gum Moist Forest
  - 3298 Monaro Ranges Montane Gully Forest
  - 3299 Nullo Mountain Basalt Stringybark Forest
  - 3301 Southeast Tableland Ranges Snow Gum Sheltered Forest
  - 3302 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Dry Forest
  - 3304 Southern Tableland Swamp Flats Shrub Woodland
  - 3305 Sydney Montane Basalt Moist Forest
  - 3198 Western Blue Mountains Creekline Paperbark 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
  - 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3141 Central Coast Dolerite Hills Wet Forest
  - 3142 Clarence Lowland Sandstone Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3145 Cumberland Bangalay x Blue Gum Riverflat Forest
  - 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
  - 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
  - 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3154 Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - 3156 Jervis Bay Sands Littoral Moist Forest
  - 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
  - 3162 Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm Wet Forest
  - 3163 Mount Billen Scree Wet Forest
  - 3164 Mountain Lagoon Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3166 Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3171 Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
  - 3172 Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - 3173 Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3176 Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
  - 3177 Tweed Valley Lowland Wet Forest
  - 3178 Washpool Outcrops White-topped Box Forest
  - 3180 Yuraygir Range Brush Box-Tallowwood Gully Forest
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 3200 Meldrum High Plateau Wet Forest
  - 3201 Mid North Escarpment Blue Gum Moist Forest
  - 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3680 Northern Escarpment Ash Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3206 Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
  - 3203 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - 3208 Northern Escarpment Rocky Blackbutt Scrub Woodland
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- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3209 Blue Mountains Basalt Cap Forest
  - 3210 Blue Mountains Cool Wet Eucalypt Forest
  - 3211 Central Tableland Montane Wet Forest
  - 3212 Far South Escarpment Damp Flats Forest
  - 3213 Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
  - 3214 Kanangra Screeslope Shrub Forest
  - 3215 Mount Jellore Trachyte Forest
  - 3216 Mount Warrawolong Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3217 Southeast Escarpment Wet Layered Forest
  - 3218 Southeast High Mountain Wet Layered Forest
  - 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest
  - 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
  - 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
  - 3222 Southern Highlands Shale Margins Moist Forest
  - 3223 Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
  - 3224 Southern Highlands Swamp Forest
  - 3225 Western Blue Mountains Colluvial Apple Forest
  - 3226 Western Blue Mountains Montane Wet Fern Forest
  - 3227 Western Blue Mountains Sheltered Shale Forest
  - 3228 Wollondilly-Shoalhaven Siltstones Sheltered Forest
  - 3229 Wyanbene Limestone Sheltered Ribbon Gum Forest
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