Nature conservation

Threatened species

Barrington Tops Ant Orchid - New England Tablelands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Chiloglottis platyptera
Conservation status in NSW:
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 15 Dec 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Barrington Tops Ant Orchid is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the New England Tablelands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Barrington Tops Ant Orchid - New England Tablelands 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)
    • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 568 Broad-leaved Stringybark shrub/grass open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3501 Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
      • 965 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 970 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Wattle-leaved Peppermint shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3504 Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
      • 565 Silvertop Stringybark - Mountain Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 559 Youman's Stringybark - Mountain Gum open forest of the western New England Tableland Bioregion
      • Show 4 more vegetation type(s)
      • Hide Vegetation Types
    • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 983 New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
      • 529 Mugga Ironbark - stringybark shrubby open forest of the far southern Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1165 Silvertop Stringybark - Orange Gum shrubby open forest of the central parts of the Nandewar Bioregion
      • 3525 Upper Hunter Box-Blakelys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 1603 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
      • 1604 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
      • 3329 Northern Hinterland Valleys Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • New England Grassy Woodlands
      • 3352 Armidale Quartz Hills Stringybark Forest
      • 510 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 734 Broad-leaved Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodlands of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 567 Broad-leaved Stringybark - Yellow Box shrub/grass open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 533 New England Peppermint grassy woodland on granitic substrates of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1171 Silvertop Stringybark grass/herb forest of the Brigalow Belt South and Nandewar Bioregion and western New England Tableland Bioregion
      • Show 3 more vegetation type(s)
      • Hide Vegetation Types
    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 3379 Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 513 Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3339 Guyra Basalt Snow Gum Woodland
      • 606 Mountain Gum - Ribbon Gum open forest of drainage lines of the southern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 534 New England Peppermint grassy woodland on sedimentary or basaltic substrates of the New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 3345 New England Snow Gum-Black Sally Woodland
      • 1099 Ribbon Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Yellow Box grassy woodland/open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
      • Show 3 more vegetation type(s)
      • Hide Vegetation Types
  • Rainforests
    • Cool Temperate Rainforests
      • 3051 Mount Royal Range Cool Temperate Rainforest
      • 3052 Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
      • 3053 Northern Escarpment Sassafras Rainforest
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3076 Hunter Valley Whalebone Dry Rainforest
      • 4111 Lower North Grey Myrtle Riparian Dry Rainforest
      • 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
      • 1543 Rusty Fig - Native Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of the Central Hunter Valley
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 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
      • 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
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
      • 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3100 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
      • 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3285 Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
      • 3244 Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
    • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3279 Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
      • 1554 Messmate - Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass shrub - grass open forest of western Barrington Tops
      • 1555 Mountain Gum - Messmate - Snow Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
      • 3286 Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
      • 3287 Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
      • 3288 Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
      • 1552 Silvertop Stringybark - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the Liverpool Ranges
      • 1547 Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • 1559 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum grassy open forest on the Barrington plateau
      • 1546 Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
      • Show 7 more vegetation type(s)
      • Hide Vegetation Types
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
      • 1575 Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 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
      • 1563 Sydney Blue Gum – New England Blackbutt - Whitetop Box moist shrub – grass tall open forest of the lower North Coast
    • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 931 Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
      • 1574 Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
      • 1577 New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment