Squirrel Glider - Border Rivers-Gwydir: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

The Squirrel Glider is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Border Rivers-Gwydir Catchment Management Region.

CMA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Beardy River Hills	Predicted
Binghi Plateau	Known	None
Bundarra Downs (Part A)	Known	None
Bundarra Downs (Part B)	Predicted
Eastern Nandewars (Part A)	Predicted
Eastern Nandewars (Part B)	Known	None
Inverell Basalts	Known	None
Kaputar	Known	None
Moredun Volcanics	Known	None
Nandewar, Northern Complex	Known	None
Northeast Forest Lands	Predicted
Northern Basalts	Known	None
Peel	Known	None
Severn River Volcanics	Known	None
Tenterfield Plateau	Known	None
Tingha Plateau	Known	None
Yarrowyck-Kentucky Downs	Predicted

Important habitat requirements within region

Habitat	Details
Breeding Habitat	tree hollows >2 cm diameter in eucalypt forests and woodlands
Foraging Habitat	As per vegetation types, Mature, mix-age euc.esp. with flowering shrubs& wattles understorey. But can occur where no understorey if >1 sp.of Eucalypt. Can use patch <1ha & isolated trees if <75m of other patches.
Time of year species identifiable (if flora) or best detected (if fauna)	All

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Squirrel Glider - Border Rivers-Gwydir is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it. Find out more about vegetation formations, classes and types .

Detailed information on each of the Vegetation Types listed below can be found on the Biometric page of this website. The table has been seperated into Catchment Management Areas.

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Broad-leaved Stringybark - Mountain Gum - Apple Box open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Stringybark - Mountain Ribbon Gum - Messmate open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
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  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
    • Grey Box - Rough-barked Apple shrub/grass open forest of northern parts of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • White Box - Red Stringybark shrubby woodlands on basalt slopes of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • White Box - White Cypress Pine shrub grass hills woodland in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
    • White Cypress Pine - White Box - Silver-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion
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  • Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Pilliga Box - White Cypress Pine - Buloke shrubby woodland in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • White Cypress Pine - Bulloak - ironbark woodland of the Pilliga area of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Black Cypress Pine - Dwyer's Gum low woodland / open forest on rocky ridges mainly of the Nandewar Range
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South bioregion
    • White Box - White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark shrubby open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion
    • White Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark shrub/grass open forest of the western Nandewar Bioregion
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• Forested wetlands
  • Inland Riverine Forests
    • River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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• Grassy woodlands
  • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
    • White Cypress Pine woodland on sandy loams in central NSW wheatbelt
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  • New England Grassy Woodlands
    • Broad-leaved Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodlands of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Rough-barked Apple riparian forb/grass open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion
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  • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
    • Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple grassy open forest of drainage lines of the northern Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Fuzzy Box woodland on colluvium and alluvial flats in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion (including Pilliga) and Nandewar Bioregion
    • Grey Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • White Box grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • White Cypress Pine - Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion
    • Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland of the Nandewar Bioregion
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