Artesian Springs Ecological Community in the Great Artesian Basin - Darling Riverine Plains: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Bogan-Macquarie	Known	None
Culgoa-Bokhara	Predicted	None
Louth Plains	Predicted	None
Warrambool-Moonie	Predicted	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
  • North-west Plain Shrublands
    • Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone

• Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
  • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
    • Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
    • Chenopod low open shrubland - ephemeral partly derived forbland saline wetland on occasionally flooded pale clay scalds in the NSW North Western Plains
    • Derived Copperburr shrubland of the NSW northern inland alluvial floodplains
    • Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
    • Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
    • Slender Saltbush - samphire - copperburr low open shrubland wetland on irreguarly innundated floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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• Forested wetlands
  • Inland Riverine Forests
    • River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
    • River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion

• Freshwater wetlands
  • Inland Floodplain Shrublands
    • Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
    • Lignum shrubland wetland on regularly flooded alluvial depressions in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Nitre Goosefoot shrubland wetland on clays of the inland floodplains
    • River Coobah swamp wetland on the floodplains of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
    • Spotted Fuchsia shrubland wetland in drainage depressions on inland plains
  • Inland Floodplain Swamps
    • Artesian Mound Spring sedgeland wetland mainly of the Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
    • Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
    • Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
    • 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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• Grasslands
  • Riverine Plain Grasslands
    • Plains Grass grassland on alluvial mainly clay soils in the Riverina Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
  • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
    • Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
    • Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
    • 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

• Grassy woodlands
  • Floodplain Transition Woodlands
    • Mixed box eucalypt woodland on low sandy-loam rises on alluvial plains in central western NSW
    • Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
    • Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).

• 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
  • Inland Floodplain Woodlands
    • Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
  • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
    • 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

• Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
  • Western Peneplain Woodlands
    • Western Rosewood - Wilga - Wild Orange - Belah low woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion