Nature conservation

Threatened species

Polycarpaea spirostylis subsp. glabra - Channel Country: Distribution and vegetation associations

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 07 Jan 2019

Distribution of the species within this region

The Polycarpaea spirostylis subsp. glabra 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
Sturt Stony Desert Known None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

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

  • Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 124 Sandhill Wattle open shrubland on sand ridges mainly in the arid zone
      • 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 130 Horse Mulga - Umbrella Mulga shrubland on ranges in the arid and semi-arid climate zones
      • 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
      • 132 Mulga - Rock Fuchsia-bush sparse shrubland of silcrete scarps and mesas of the Channel Country Bioregion
      • 120 Mulga shrubland on stony rises in the arid and semi-arid climate zones, mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion