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Common Blossom-bat - Ocean: 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 Ocean Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Tweed-Moreton	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Common Blossom-bat - Ocean 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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