Nature conservation

Threatened species

Needle Geebung - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Persoonia acerosa
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 28 Nov 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Needle Geebung 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 predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Burragorang Known None
Sydney Cataract Known None
Wollemi Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Needle Geebung - 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 (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 3595 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
      • 3598 Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3619 Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
      • 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
      • 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
      • 3622 Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
      • 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
      • 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
      • 3693 Upper Blue Mountains Peppermint Dry Forest
      • 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland