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White-footed Dunnart - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Sminthopsis leucopus

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 11 Aug 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The White-footed Dunnart 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	Predicted	None
Ettrema	Predicted	None
Illawarra	Known	None
Jervis	Known	None
Moss Vale	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the White-footed Dunnart - 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)
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 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

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3546 Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3181 Bega Wet Shrub Forest
  - 3183 Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3189 South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - 3188 South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - 3108 South Coast Scarp Wet Vine Forest
  - 3193 South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - 3196 Southeast Hinterland Intermediate Shrub Forest
  - 3197 Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 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
  - 3654 Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - 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
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- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3588 Shoalhaven Foothills Bloodwood Heathy Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4021 Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
  - 4056 Southern Estuarine Swamp Paperbark Creekflat Scrub
- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 4009 Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 4061 Bega-Towamba Riparian Scrub

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3974 Pambula Dune Swale Red Gum Swamp Woodland
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3901 Far South Hinterland Heath
  - 3903 Far Southeast Lowland Heath Swamp
  - 3917 Shoalhaven Lowland Heath
  - 3919 Southern Highlands Wet Swamp Heath
  - 3923 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Creekline Swamp Heath
  - 3924 Sydney Coastal Upland Swamp Heath
  - 3925 Sydney Sandstone Button Grass Sedgeland
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Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3313 Araluen Scarp Grassy Forest
  - 3327 Illawarra Lowland Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3269 Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
  - 4052 South Coast Low Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - 3330 South Coast Lowland Woollybutt Grassy Forest
  - 3331 Southeast Gorge Dry Forest
  - 3332 Southeast Lowland Grassy Woodland
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Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - 3792 Far Southeast Headland Scrub
- South Coast Heaths
  - 3816 Far Southeast Coastal Lowland Heath
  - 3817 Mount Nadgee Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - 3809 Shoalhaven Rockplate Heath
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3310 Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
  - 3311 Southeast Escarpment Ash Forest
- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 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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Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3125 Illawarra Seacliff Banksia-Bangalay Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3220 Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
  - 3221 Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest

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