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Threatened species

Narrow-leaf Finger Fern - Sydney Basin: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Grammitis stenophylla

Conservation status in NSW: Endangered

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 04 Apr 2023

Distribution of the species within this region

The Narrow-leaf Finger Fern is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Sydney Basin Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Cumberland	Known	None
Illawarra	Known	None
Pittwater	Known	None
Wollemi	Known	None
Wyong	Known	None
Yengo	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Narrow-leaf Finger Fern - Sydney Basin 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 (shrubby sub-formation)
- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 4123 Timbarra Granite Riparian Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3187 Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - 3190 South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3617 Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
  - 3621 Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3692 Upper Blue Mountains Moist Forest
  - 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland

Forested wetlands
- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - 1127 Sandstone cliff-face soak

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - 3321 Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest

Heathlands
- Northern Montane Heaths
  - 3841 Mount Warning Tea-tree Rocky Scrub

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc
  - 99993 Rocky cliffs, major rock outcrops etc

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - 3054 Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - 3027 Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
  - 3029 Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
  - 3033 Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
  - 3035 Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - 3037 Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
- Subtropical Rainforests
  - 3011 Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - 3019 Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3239 Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
  - 3242 Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - 3253 Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3137 Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
  - 3148 Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
  - 3150 Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
  - 3165 Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - 3168 Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - 3169 Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - 3174 Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3204 Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - 3219 Southeast Mountain Wet Fern Forest

Related information

NSW Flora Online - Grammitis stenophylla

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