Squirrel Glider - Northern 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 Northern Rivers Catchment Management Region.

CMA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Armidale Plateau	Known	None
Carrai Plateau	Predicted
Cataract	Known	None
Chaelundi	Known	None
Clarence Lowlands	Known	None
Clarence Sandstones	Known	None
Coffs Coast & Escarpment	Known	None
Comboyne Plateau	Known	None
Dalmorton	Known	None
Ebor Basalts	Predicted
Guy Fawkes	Predicted
Macleay Gorges	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Known	None
Murwillumbah (Qld - Southeast Hills and Ranges)	Known	None
Northeast Forest Lands	Predicted	None
Richmond - Tweed (Qld - Scenic Rim) (Part A)	Known	None
Rocky River Gorge	Predicted	None
Round Mountain	Predicted
Stanthorpe Plateau	Known	None
Upper Manning	Known	None
Walcha Plateau	Predicted	None
Washpool	Known	None
Wongwibinda Plateau	Predicted
Woodenbong	Known	None
Yuraygir	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 - Northern 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)
  • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Eucalyptus ophitica - White Mahogany open forest on serpentinite near Baryulgil of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Box - Grey Ironbark grassy open forest of the Clarence Valley lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Box - Small-fruited Grey Gum shrubby forest of the far north of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Gum - Grey Ironbark open forest of the Clarence lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Gum - Spotted Gum open forest of the southern Clarence lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Orange Gum (Eucalyptus bancroftii) open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Red Ironbark open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Silver-leaved Ironbark woodland of the hinterland of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Blackbutt open forest of the lower Clarence Valley of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Grey Box - Grey Ironbark dry open forest of the Clarence Valley lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Grey Box grassy open forest of the Richmond Range of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Grey Ironbark - Pink Bloodwood open forest of the Clarence Valley lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum dry grassy open forest of the foothills of the northern NSW North Coast
    • Yellow Box - Grey Box grassy open forest in the Glenugie area of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blue-leaved Stringybark - Blackbutt open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Large-fruited Blackbutt shrubby open forest of the Broken Bago Range of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Grey Ironbark open forest of the Macleay Valley lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Broad-leaved Stringybark - Mountain Ribbon Gum - Messmate open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Mountain Gum - Broad-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on granites of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
    • New England Blackbutt grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
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  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Broad-leaved Apple - Scribbly Gum woodland in the Guy Fawkes River area of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodlands of the northern gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Forest Red Gum grassy open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Forest Redgum - Broad-leaved Apple dry open forest of the gorges of NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Forest Redgum - Pink Bloodwood open forest of the foothills and ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Box - Pink Bloodwood open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Gum - Broad-leaved Apple dry open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey gum - stringybark open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Grey Ironbark - Grey Gum open forest of the northern escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Silvertop Stringybark - Broad-leaved Apple dry open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Tallowwood dry open forest of the escarpment and foothills of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Thin-leaved Stringybark - Broad-leaved Apple open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress pine woodland on slopes and flats in the Coonabarabran - Pilliga Scrub regions
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• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blackbutt - Needlebark Stringybark shrubby open forest on coastal sands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Coast Cypress Pine shrubby open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Pink Bloodwood open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Scribbly Gum - Needlebark Stringybark heathy open forest of coastal lowlands of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Smooth-barked Apple heathy open forest on sands of the NSW North Coast
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  • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Angophora paludosa shrubby forest and woodland on sandstone or sands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Angophora robur shrubby forest and woodland on sandstones of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Bailey's Stringybark - Needlebark Stringybark heathy woodland on sandstones of the lower Clarence Valley of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - bloodwood dry heathy open forest on Quaternary sands of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - bloodwood dry heathy open forest on sandstones of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - Spotted Gum shrubby open forest on sandstones of the lower Clarence Valley of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - Turpentine dry heathy open forest on sandstones of the lower Clarence of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Needlebark Stringybark - Large-fruited Blackbutt heathy open forest on sandstones of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Needlebark Stringybark - Red Bloodwood heathy woodland on sandstones of the lower Clarence of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Needlebark Stringybark - Turpentine heathy open forest of the Clarence lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Pink Bloodwood - Red Mahogany - Smudgy Apple shrubby open forest on sandstone of northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Scribbly Gum - Red Bloodwood heathy open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blue Mountain Ash - New England Blackbutt tall open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Diehard Stringybark - Privet-leaved Mallee heathy woodland in the Gibraltar Range area of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Eurabbie tall open forest of the escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Needlebark Stringybark heathy woodland on granitic substrates of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
    • 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 dry heathy open forest on granites of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
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  • Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Stringybark shrubby open forest of the north east parts of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Western New England Blackbutt shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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• Forested wetlands
  • Coastal Swamp Forests
    • Paperbark swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Swamp Box swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • 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 Oak riparian woodland of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and northern Sydney Basin Bioregion
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• Grassy woodlands
  • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
    • Cabbage Gum open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Forest Red Gum - Swamp Box of the Clarence Valley lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Grey Box - Forest Red Gum - Grey Ironbark open forest of the hinterland ranges of the North Coast
    • Narrow-leaved Red Gum woodlands of the lowlands of the North Coast
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  • New England Grassy Woodlands
    • Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Broad-leaved Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodlands of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Fuzzy Box open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Yellow Box - Broad-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Yellow Box - Grey Box - Red Gum woodland of the central eastern parts of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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  • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
    • Black Sallee grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Ribbon Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Yellow Box grassy woodland/open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Snow Gum - Black Sallee grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Snow Gum - Mountain Gum - Mountain Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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• Heathlands
  • Coastal Headland Heaths
    • Coastal headland heaths of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Coastal mallee of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • Northern Montane Heaths
    • Coastal heath on sands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • Wallum Sand Heaths
    • Banksia dry shrubland on coastal sands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blackbutt - Tallowwood dry grassy open forest of the central parts NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - Turpentine open forest of the foothills of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt grassy open forest of the lower Clarence Valley of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Red Mahogany open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and northern Sydney Basin Bioregion
    • Tallowwood - Small-fruited Grey Gum dry grassy open forest of the foothills of the NSW North Coast
    • Tallowwood open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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  • Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Dorrigo White Gum open forest of the escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Mountain Ribbon Gum - Messmate open forest of escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Round-leaved Gum tall open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
    • Snow Gum - Mountain Gum - Mountain Ribbon Gum open forest on ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
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  • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Silvertop Stringybark - Tallowwood open forest of the escarpment ranges of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Blackbutt - Pink Bloodwood shrubby open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt - Turpentine - Tallowwood shrubby open forest of the coastal foothills of the central NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Blackbutt tall moist forest of the coastal ranges of the central and southern NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Pink Bloodwood - Tallowwood moist open forest of the far northern ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Spotted Gum - Grey Ironbark shrubby open forest of the Richmond Range of the NSW North Coast
    • Sydney Blue Gum open forest on coastal foothills and escarpment of the North Coast
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  • Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Silvertop Stringybark - Round-leaved Gum open forest of the tableland edge of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
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