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Common Blossom-bat - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Syconycteris australis

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 24 Mar 2020

Distribution of the species within this region

The Common Blossom-bat is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Coffs Coast and Escarpment	Known	None
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Yuraygir	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Common Blossom-bat - NSW North Coast 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)
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - 3436 Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - 3434 Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3464 Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - 3545 Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
  - 3546 Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
  - 3548 Far North Sands Scribbly Gum Heathy Forest
  - 3549 Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
  - 3551 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest
  - 3552 Northern Sands Blackbutt-Stringybark Forest
  - 3553 Northern Sands Bloodwood-Swamp Turpentine Forest
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- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3568 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
  - 3574 Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3581 Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
  - 4021 Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
  - 4026 Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4028 Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
  - 4034 Far North Swamp Oak-Tuckeroo Swamp Fringe Forest
  - 4044 Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  - 4045 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - 4047 Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
  - 4048 Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
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- Coastal Swamp Forests
  - 3985 Coastal Floodplain Swamp Paperbark Scrub
  - 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
  - 3998 Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
  - 4000 Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - 4001 Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - 4004 Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - 4005 Northern Paperbark Banksia Littoral Forest
  - 4006 Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - 4008 Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  - 3992 Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
  - 4012 Tomago Drooping Red Gum Swamp Woodland
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Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
  - 3968 Northern Sands Baloskion-Machaerina Wetland
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - 3898 Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
  - 3907 Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - 3908 Lower North Sands Wallum Bottlebrush Swamp Heath
  - 3906 Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
  - 3912 Northern Sand Swale Paperbark Sedge Shrubland
  - 3913 Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  - 3915 Northern Sands Prickly Tea-tree Wet Shrubland
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Grassy woodlands
- Subalpine Woodlands
  - 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - 3787 Byron Graminoid Clay Heath
  - 3788 Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - 3789 Coastal Headland Clay Heath
  - 3791 Far North Headland-Dune Scrub
  - 3793 Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
  - 3794 Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
  - 3795 Mid North Swamp Oak Headland Scrub
  - 3796 Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
  - 3798 Tomaree Headland Rocky Scrub
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- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - 3801 Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
  - 3804 Northern Sands Wallum Banksia-Allocasuarina Scrub
  - 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3048 Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
- Dry Rainforests
  - 3065 Far North Basalt Gully Dry Rainforest
  - 3072 Glenugie Peak Dry Rainforest
  - 3151 Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
- Littoral Rainforests
  - 3122 Far North Littoral Rainforest
  - 3124 Far North Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Littoral Rainforest
  - 4114 Lower North Sands Littoral Rainforest
  - 3127 Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
  - 3129 Mid North Sands Littoral Rainforest
  - 3131 Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
  - 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
  - 3133 Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
  - 3032 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
  - 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3003 Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3121 Broken Head Lowland Rainforest
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
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Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - 4090 Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
  - 4140 Far North Mangrove Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
  - 3232 Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
  - 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - 3237 Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
  - 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
  - 3152 Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
  - 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3248 Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
  - 3249 Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
  - 3250 Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - 3251 Northern Gorges Diverse 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
  - 3254 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
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- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3281 Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
  - 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3147 Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
  - 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
  - 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3160 Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
  - 3161 Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
  - 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
  - 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
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3199 Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
  - 3202 Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - 3207 Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
  - 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
  - 3205 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
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