Red-backed Button-quail - NSW North Coast: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Dalmorton	Known	None
Karuah Manning	Known	None
Macleay Hastings	Predicted	None
Upper Hunter	Known	None
Yuraygir	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
  • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Jenolan-Tuglow Limestone Forest
  • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Clarence Gorges Silver-leaved Ironbark Forest
    • Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
    • Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
    • Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
    • Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Native Olive shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress pine woodland on slopes and flats in the Coonabarabran - Pilliga Scrub regions

• Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Far North Sands Scribbly Gum Heathy Forest
    • Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
    • Northern Sands Blackbutt-Red Mahogany Forest
  • North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple-Paperbark Forest
    • Clarence Sandstone Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
    • Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
    • Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
    • Northern Lowland Scribbly Gum-Bloodwood Forest
  • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
    • Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest

• Forested wetlands
  • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
    • Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
  • Coastal Swamp Forests
    • Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
    • Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
    • Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
    • Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  • Eastern Riverine Forests
    • River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
  • Inland Riverine Forests
    • Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
    • River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion

• Freshwater wetlands
  • Coastal Freshwater Lagoons
    • Spirodella freshwater wetland
  • Coastal Heath Swamps
    • Clarence Lowland Smudgy Apple Banksia Forest
    • Northern Sandplain Wet Heath
  • Inland Floodplain Swamps
    • Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
    • Reedland - tussock grass - segeland fen swampy wetland of impeded creeks in southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Riparian sedgeland rushland wetland of the Pilliga to Goonoo sandstone forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Sedgeland fen wetland of spring-fed or runoff-fed creeks in the southern Pilliga - Warrumbungle Range region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
    • Water Couch marsh grassland wetland of frequently flooded inland watercourses
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  • Montane Bogs and Fens
    • Carex sedgeland of the slopes and tablelands

• Grasslands
  • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
    • Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
    • Native Millet - Cup Grass grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Partly derived Windmill Grass - copperburr alluvial plains shrubby grassland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
  • Western Slopes Grasslands
    • Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW

• Grassy woodlands
  • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
    • Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
    • Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
    • Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box grassy woodland of the central and upper Hunter
  • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
    • Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
  • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
    • Grey Box - grass tree - spinifex woodland on limestone hills of the western Hunter and Capertee Valleys, Sydney Basin Bioregion

• Heathlands
  • Coastal Headland Heaths
    • Northern Lowland Graminoid Clay Heath
  • Wallum Sand Heaths
    • Far North Sandplain Wallum Heath
    • Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
    • Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath

• Miscellaneous ecosystems
  • Highly disturbed areas with no or limited native vegetation
    • Highly disturbed areas - road verges, table drains, road embankments, ploughed paddocks etc.

• Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
  • Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
    • Brigalow - Belah open forest / woodland on alluvial often gilgaied clay from Pilliga Scrub to Goondiwindi, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
  • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
    • Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
    • Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
    • Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
    • Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  • Riverine Plain Woodlands
    • Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Weeping Myall open woodland of the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion

• Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
  • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
    • Northern Blackbutt-Turpentine Shrub Forest
    • Northern Bloodwood-Ironbark Moist Grassy Forest
    • Northern Foothills Blackbutt Grassy Forest
    • Northern Gorges Diverse Grassy Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Blackbutt-Forest Oak Wet Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Grey Gum-Mahogany Grassy Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
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• Wet sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
  • North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
    • Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
    • Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest