Nature conservation

Threatened species

Megalong Valley Bottlebrush - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Callistemon megalongensis

Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered

Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered

Last updated: 27 Jul 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Megalong Valley Bottlebrush is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Burragorang	Known	None
Wollemi	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Megalong Valley Bottlebrush - Sydney Basin is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3477 Burragorang Gorges Moist Fern Forest
  - 3495 Western Blue Mountains Monkey Gum Gully Forest
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 1088 Red Box - Grey Gum - stringybark woodland on talus slopes of the western Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest

Forested wetlands
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 1270 Tea-tree shrubland of drainage areas of the slopes and tablelands

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
  - 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - 3941 Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub

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