Nature conservation

Threatened species

Native Guava - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Rhodomyrtus psidioides
Conservation status in NSW: Critically Endangered
Commonwealth status: Critically Endangered
Last updated: 23 Jun 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Native Guava 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
Hunter Known None
Pittwater Known None
Wyong Known None
Yengo Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
      • 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
      • 4029 Far North Creekflat Paperbark Swamp Forest
      • 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
      • 4035 Far South Floodplain Wetland Paperbark Scrub
      • 4041 Lower Hunter Flats Red Gum Mesic Forest
      • 4042 Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
      • 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
      • 4046 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
      • 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
      • 4060 Yengo Creekflat Sedgeland
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3983 Central Coast Flats Mesic Swamp Forest
      • 3984 Clarence Lowland Paperbark Sedge Swamp Woodland
      • 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
      • 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
      • 3986 Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush 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
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4069 Far North Creekline Wet Forest
      • 4070 Far North River Oak Wet Forest
      • 4072 Hunter River Oak Mesic Forest
      • 4073 Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
      • 4077 Northern Coastal River Oak Wet Forest
      • 4078 Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
      • 4087 Upper Orara Riparian Wet Forest
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  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3055 Carnham Dry Rainforest
      • 3056 Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3059 Clarence Lowland Riparian Red Gum Wet Forest
      • 3061 Clarence-Richmond Riverine Rainforest
      • 3062 Coraki Sandstone Rises Dry Rainforest
      • 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
      • 3066 Far North Floodplain Dry Rainforest
      • 3068 Far North Grey Myrtle Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
      • 3064 Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
      • 3072 Glenugie Peak Dry Rainforest
      • 3074 Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3075 Hunter Valley Rusty Fig Dry Rainforest
      • 3076 Hunter Valley Whalebone Dry Rainforest
      • 3080 Killarney Dry Rainforest
      • 3083 Lower Hunter Tuckeroo Riparian Rainforest
      • 4110 Lower North Estuarine Sand Dry Rainforest
      • 3086 Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3089 Lower North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
      • 3091 Lower North Waterhousea-Water Gum Rainforest
      • 3092 Lower Richmond Floodplain Waterhousea Forest
      • 3010 Lower Richmond Lowland Hills Dry Rainforest
      • 3093 Mooball Dry Rainforest
      • 3097 Northern Escarpment Dry Rainforest
      • 3098 Northern Escarpment Grey Myrtle Gully Rainforest
      • 3099 Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
      • 3103 Nymboida Water Gum-Myrtle Riparian Forest
      • 3104 Richmond Valley Riparian Waterhousea Forest
      • 3109 Southern Lismore Basalt Dry Rainforest
      • 3116 Wooloweyah Sandstone Lowland Rainforest
      • 3117 Yarriabini Moist Shrubland
      • 3118 Yuraygir Range Gully Dry Rainforest
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    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
      • 3123 Far North Sands Coastal Cypress Littoral Rainforest
      • 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
      • 3134 Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
      • 4114 Lower North Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
      • 3129 Mid North Sands Littoral Rainforest
      • 3130 Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
      • 3131 Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
      • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
      • 3133 Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
      • 3135 Tomaree Headland Littoral Rainforest
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    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3025 Central Coast Gallery Rainforest
      • 3026 Comboyne Plateau Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm 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
      • 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
      • 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
      • 1532 Sassafras warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 615 Socketwood - Lily Pilly warm temperate rainforest of the Liverpool Range, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 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
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    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
      • 3004 Far North Bangalow Palm Swamp Forest
      • 4031 Far North Estuarine Swamp Oak Rainforest
      • 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
      • 614 Giant Stinging Tree - fig - Socketwood - Red Cedar dry sub-tropical rainforest of the Liverpool Range, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 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
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3022 Port Macquarie Coastal Subtropical Rainforest
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  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3063 Craven Grey Box Wet Forest
      • 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
      • 3069 Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
      • 3236 Hunter Valley Hills Wet Vine Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3094 Mount Pikapene Steel Box Wet Forest
      • 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
      • 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt 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
      • 3179 Yessabah Limestone Moist Forest
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    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3146 Dorrigo Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3139 Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
      • 3141 Central Coast Dolerite Hills Wet Forest
      • 3058 Clarence Gorges Rocky Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3142 Clarence Lowland Sandstone Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3060 Clarence Lowland Waterhousea Riparian Forest
      • 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
      • 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
      • 3067 Far North Floodplain Wet Layered Forest
      • 3149 Far North Hinterland Brush Box Wet Forest
      • 3073 Hastings Valley Grey Gum-Grey Box Wet Forest
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 3153 Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3084 Lower North Brown Myrtle Wet Forest
      • 3157 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
      • 3158 Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
      • 3087 Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
      • 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
      • 3088 Lower North Valleys Red Gum Wet Forest
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
      • 3162 Mid North Lowland Flooded Gum-Palm Wet Forest
      • 4043 Mid North Lowland Riparian Wet Forest
      • 3163 Mount Billen Scree Wet Forest
      • 3164 Mountain Lagoon Basalt Wet Forest
      • 613 New England Blackbutt moist very tall open forest on the southern escarpment of the Liverpool Range to Barrington Tops region, southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion to NSW North Coast Bioregion
      • 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
      • 3102 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine 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
      • 487 Sweet Pittosporum - Forest Oak - Rough-barked Apple depauparate gully rainforest on the Liverpool Range
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
      • 3177 Tweed Valley Lowland Wet 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
      • 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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