Squirrel Glider - Hawkesbury-Nepean: 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 Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Management Region.

CMA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bathurst	Predicted
Bungonia	Known	None
Burragorang (Part A)	Known	None
Capertee (Part A)	Predicted
Capertee (Part B)	Predicted
Cumberland	Known	None
Kanangra	Known	None
Moss Vale	Known	None
Pittwater	Known	None
Wollemi	Known	None
Yengo	Known	None

Important habitat requirements within region

Habitat	Details
Breeding Habitat	Tree hollows or fissures >2 cm diameter/width 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 year

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Squirrel Glider - Hawkesbury-Nepean 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)
  • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Forest Red Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark open forest of the southern Blue Mountains gorges, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Forest Red Gum - Yellow Box woodland of dry gorge slopes, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Grey Gum - Blue-leaved Stringybark open forest on gorge slopes, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and north east South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Grey Gum - Broad-leaved Ironbark dry open forest on gorge slopes of the Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Grey Gum - Thin-leaved Stringybark grassy woodland of the southern Blue Mountains gorges, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Grey Gum shrubby open forest on gorge slopes of the Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Mountain Blue Gum - Thin-leaved Stringybark open forest on river flat alluvium in the Burragorang Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Red Bloodwood - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum - Silvertop Ash heathy open forest on sandstone plateaux of the lower Shoalhaven Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on ridges, north east South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Silvertop Ash - Narrow-leaved Peppermint open forest on ridges of the eastern tableland, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
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  • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Red Stringybark - Brittle Gum - Inland Scribbly Gum dry open forest of the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Red Bloodwood - Sydney Peppermint heathy open forest on slopes of dry sandstone gullies of western and southern Sydney, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Sydney Peppermint - Turpentine heathy open forest on plateaux areas of the Sydney Basin Bioregion
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  • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Red Bloodwood - Sydney Peppermint - Blue-leaved Stringybark heathy forest of the southern Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Yellow Bloodwood - ironbark shrubby woodland of the dry hinterland of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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  • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Silvertop Ash - Mountain Grey Gum shrubby open forest of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Sydney Peppermint - Silvertop Ash heathy open forest on sandstone ridges of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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  • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Grey Gum - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum woodland of the Coxs River Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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• Grassy woodlands
  • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
    • Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark grassy open forest on undulating hills, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
    • Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland on the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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  • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Forest Red Gum woodland on rocky slopes of the lower Burragorang Gorge, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Sydney Peppermint - Grey Gum shrubby open forest of the western Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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