Nature conservation

Threatened species

A saltbush - Channel Country: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Atriplex sturtii
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 01 Nov 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The A saltbush is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Channel Country Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Bulloo Known None
Central Depression Known None
Core Ranges Known None
Sturt Stony Desert Predicted

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the A saltbush - Channel Country is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
      • 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
      • 161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
      • 25 Lignum shrubland wetland on floodplains and depressions of the Mulga Lands Bioregion, Channel Country Bioregion in the arid and semi-arid (hot) climate zones
      • 160 Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
  • Saline wetlands
    • Inland Saline lakes
      • 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
      • 198 Sparse saltbush forbland wetland of the irregularly inundated lakes of the arid and semi-arid (persistently hot) climate zones