Squirrel Glider - Hunter-Central Rivers: 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 Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Region.

CMA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Barrington	Known	None
Comboyne Plateau	Known	None
Ellerston	Predicted	None
Hunter	Known	None
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Kerrabee	Known	None
Liverpool Range	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Mummel Escarpment	Predicted	None
Pilliga	Predicted
Tomalla	Known	None
Upper Hunter	Known	None
Walcha Plateau	Predicted	None
Wollemi (Part A)	Known	None
Wollemi (Part B)	Known	None
Wollemi (Part C)	Known	None
Wyong	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. Nocturnal

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Squirrel Glider - Hunter-Central Rivers 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)
  • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Broad-leaved Mahogany - Red Bloodwood heathy low open forest on hills at Nelson Bay
    • Spotted Gum - Broad-leaved Mahogany - Grey Gum grass - shrub open forest on Coastal Lowlands of the Central Coast
    • Spotted Gum - Broad-leaved Mahogany - Red Ironbark shrubby open forest
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  • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Mountain Ribbon Gum - Messmate - Broad-leaved Stringybark open forest on granitic soils of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
    • Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
    • White Box - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Blakely's Red Gum shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter
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  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Grey gum - stringybark open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Thin-leaved Stringybark - Grey Gum - Broad-leaved Apple shrub - grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
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  • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine shrub - grass woodland upper Hunter and northern Wollemi
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• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blackbutt - Smooth-barked Apple shrubby open forest on coastal sands of the southern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Red Bloodwood - Smooth-barked Apple heathy woodland on coastal sands of the Central and lower North Coast
    • Scribbly gum - Wallum Banksia - Prickly-leaved Paperbark heathy coastal woodland on coastal lowlands
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Blackbutt - Old Man Banksia woodland on coastal sands of the Central and Lower North Coast
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Blackbutt heathy open forest of the Tomaree Peninsula
    • Smooth-barked Apple - White Stringybark - Red Mahogany - Melaleuca sieberi shrubby open forest on lowlands of the lower North Coast
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  • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • New England Blackbutt - Diehard Stringybark dry open forest of the escarpment ranges of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • New England Blackbutt - Diehard Stringybark shrubby open forest on the Northern Tablelands escarpment and Barrington Tops
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  • South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Coast Banksia - Coast Wattle dune scrub of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
    • Coast Tea Tree - Coast Banksia - Ficinia nodosa low open shrubland on coastal foredunes
    • Coast Tea Tree - Old Man Banksia coastal shrubland on foredunes of the Central and lower North Coast
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  • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Yellow bloodwood - Rough-barked Apple shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Red Bloodwood - scribbly gum heathy woodland on sandstone plateaux of the Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Red Bloodwood - Smooth-barked Apple - Scribbly Gum - Old Man Banksia heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Central Coast
    • Scribbly Gum - Red Bloodwood - Angophora inopina heathy woodland on lowlands of the Central Coast
    • Scribbly Gum - Red Bloodwood - Old Man Banksia heathy woodland of southern Central Coast
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Red Bloodwood - Brown Stringybark - Hairpin Banksia heathy open forest of coastal lowlands
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Sydney Peppermint - Turpentine heathy open forest on plateaux areas of the Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Turpentine - Sydney Peppermint heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Central Coast
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  • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Fringe Myrtle - Scaly Phebalium heathy woodland on exposed sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Turpentine - Smooth-barked Apple - Broad-leaved Mahogany shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Central Coast
    • Yellow Bloodwood - ironbark shrubby woodland of the dry hinterland of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Yellow Bloodwood - Narrow-leaved Apple heathy woodland on hinterland plateaux of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Yellow Bloodwood - Narrow-leaved Apple heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Yellow Bloodwood - Red Bloodwood - Brown Stringybark shrub - grass open forest in the Cessnock-Kurri Kurri area
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  • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Narrow-leaved Apple - Parramatta Red Gum - Persoonia oblongata heathy woodland of the Howes Valley area
    • Parramatta Red Gum - Narrow-leaved Apple - Prickly-leaved Paperbark shrubby woodland in the Cessnock-Kurri Kurri area
    • Parramatta Red Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Swamp Mahogany - Paperbarks swamp forest on lowlands of the Central Coast
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  • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Brown Bloodwood - Currawang - Caley's Ironbark shrubby woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Brown Bloodwood - Dwyer's Red Gum - Red Ironbark heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Caley's Ironbark - Red Ironbark - Currawang shrubby woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Dywer's Red Gum - Micromyrtus sessilis heathy open woodland on sandstone plateau of the upper Hunter and Sydney Basin
    • Grey Box - Slaty Box shrub - grass woodland on sandstone slopes of the upper Hunter and Sydney Basin
    • Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Grey Gum shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Ironbark heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the upper Hunter
    • Red Ironbark - Brown Bloodwood - Black Pine heathy open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Red Ironbark - Grey Gum - Black Pine heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Red Ironbark - Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Brown Bloodwood shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Slaty Box - Grey Gum shrubby woodland on footslopes of the upper Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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• Forested wetlands
  • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
    • Parramatta red gum - Fern-leaved banksia - Melaleuca sieberi swamp woodland of the Tomaree Peninsula
    • Prickly-leaved Paperbark - Flax-leaved Paperbark swamp forest on poorly drained soils of the Central Coast
    • Swamp Oak swamp forest fringing estuaries, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
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  • Coastal Swamp Forests
    • Broad-leaved Paperbark - Swamp Mahogany - Swamp Oak - Saw Sedge swamp forest of the Central Coast and Lower North Coast
    • Broad-leaved Paperbark - Swamp Oak - Saw Sedge swamp forest on coastal lowlands of the Central Coast and Lower North Coast
    • Paperbark swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Prickly-leaved Paperbark forest on coastal lowlands of the Central Coast and Lower North Coast
    • Swamp Mahogany - Broad-leaved Paperbark - Saw Sedge - Yellow Marsh Flower swamp forest of coastal lowlands
    • Swamp Mahogany - Broad-leaved Paperbark - Swamp Water Fern - Plume Rush swamp forest on coastal lowlands of the Central Coast and Lower North Coast
    • Swamp Mahogany - Flax-leaved Paperbark swamp forest on coastal lowlands of the Central Coast
    • Swamp Mahogany swamp forest on coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and northern Sydney Basin Bioregion
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  • Eastern Riverine Forests
    • River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
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• Freshwater wetlands
  • Coastal Heath Swamps
    • Fern-leaf Banksia - Prickly-leaved Paperbark-Tantoon - Leptocarpus tenax wet heath on coastal sands of the Central Coast and lower North Coast
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• Heathlands
  • Sydney Coastal Heaths
    • Scribbly Gum - Hairpin Banksia - Dwarf Apple heathy woodland on hinterland sandstone plateaux of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blackbutt - Rough-barked Apple - Turpentine - ferny tall open forest of the Central Coast
    • Blackbutt - Tallowwood dry grassy open forest of the southern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Pink Bloodwood - Thin-leaved Stringybark - Grey Ironbark shrub - grass open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • Rough-barked Apple - Forest Oak - Grey Gum grassy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
    • Rough-barked Apple - Grey Gum grassy open forest of the hinterland hills of the Central Coast, Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Small-fruited Grey Gum - Turpentine - Tallowwood moist open forest on foothills of the lower North Coast
    • Tallowwood - Small-fruited Grey Gum - Kangaroo Grass grassy tall open forest on foothills of the lower North Coast
    • Tallowwood - Smooth-barked Apple - Blackbutt grass tall open forest of the Central and lower North Coast
    • Tallowwood open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Turpentine - Rough-barked Apple - Forest Oak moist shrubby tall open forest of the Central Coast
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  • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Messmate - Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass shrub - grass open forest of western Barrington Tops
    • Silvertop Stringybark - Messmate - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrub-grass tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
    • Sydney Blue Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blackbutt - Narrow-leaved White Mahogany shrubby tall open forest of coastal ranges, northern Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - Turpentine - Sydney Blue Gum mesic tall open forest on ranges of the Central Coast
    • Smooth-barked Apple - Turpentine - Blackbutt open forest on ranges of the Central Coast
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