Nature conservation

Threatened species

Acacia meiantha - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Acacia meiantha
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Endangered
Last updated: 01 Aug 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Acacia meiantha 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
Wollemi Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Acacia meiantha - 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)
    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 351 Brittle Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark open forest in the north-western part (Yass to Orange) of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 727 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Brittle Gum - Red Stringybark dry open forest on the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
      • 345 Red Box - Tumbledown Gum - Red Stringybark - Long-leaved Box dry woodland, upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 1093 Red Stringybark - Brittle Gum - Inland Scribbly Gum dry open forest of the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
      • 3691 Upper Blue Mountains Fringing Swamp Woodland
      • 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland
    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 322 Inland Scribbly Gum - Red Stringybark - Black Cypress Pine hillslope shrub-tussock grass open forest on mainly sandstone ranges in the NSW central western slopes
      • 324 Inland Scribbly Gum grassy open forest on hills in the Mudgee Region, NSW central western slopes