Nature conservation

Threatened species

Chariot Wheels - Riverina: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Maireana cheelii
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 17 Aug 2018

Distribution of the species within this region

The Chariot Wheels is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Riverina Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Murray Fans Known West of Finley
Murrumbidgee Known West of Darlington Point, west of Jerilderie

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Chariot Wheels - Riverina 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)
    • Gibber Transition Shrublands
      • 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
      • 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
  • Grasslands
    • Riverine Plain Grasslands
      • 46 Curly Windmill Grass - speargrass - wallaby grass grassland on alluvial clay and loam on the Hay Plain, Riverina Bioregion
      • 44 Forb-rich Speargrass - Windmill Grass - White Top grassland of the Riverina Bioregion