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Golden-tipped Bat - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Phoniscus papuensis

Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable

Commonwealth status: Not listed

Last updated: 24 Mar 2020

Distribution of the species within this region

The Golden-tipped Bat is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.

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Kybeyan-Gourock	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Golden-tipped Bat - South Eastern Highlands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - Burragorang Gorges Moist Fern Forest
  - Southern Highlands Red Gum Forest
- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Castlereagh Ironbark Forest
- Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Apple-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Spotted Gum-Ironbark Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
  - Hunter Coast Sandy Creekflat Low Paperbark Scrub
  - Hunter Coast White Mahogany Low Forest
  - Lower Hunter Lowland Ironbark-Paperbark Forest
  - Lower Hunter Spotted Gum Scrubby Transition Forest
  - Lower North Foothills Ironbark-Box-Gum Grassy Forest
  - Red Ironbark - Spotted Gum - Prickly-leaved Paperbark shrubby open forest of the Lower Hunter
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Spotted Gum Forest
  - 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
  - Spotted Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark-Red Ironbark shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
  - Spotted Gum - Red Ironbark - Grey Gum shrub - grass open forest of the Lower Hunter
  - Spotted Gum - Red Ironbark - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box shrub-grass open forest of the lower Hunter
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- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Eastern New England Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - Maryland Moist Grassy Forest
  - Northeast New England Ranges Messmate Forest
  - Northeast New England Stringybark Grassy Forest
- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Chandlers Creek Dry Grassy Forest
  - 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
  - Northern Gorges Grey Gum-Tallowwood Grassy Forest
  - Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Northern Gorges Red Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Silvertop Stringybark - Broad-leaved Apple dry open forest of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Thin-leaved Stringybark - Broad-leaved Apple open forest of the gorges of the 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
  - White Box - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Blakely's Red Gum shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
  - Far South Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest
  - Far South Sheltered Monkey Gum Forest
  - Southeast Hinterland Dry Grassy Forest

Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
  - Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
  - Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
  - Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
  - 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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- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Northern Lowland Sandstones Dry Open Forest
  - Yuraygir Range Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Clarence Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Fern Forest
  - Northeast New England Ranges Blackbutt Dry Forest
  - Timbarra Granite Blackbutt Forest
- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - 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
  - Wonboyn Sand Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Far South Coastal Apple Gully Forest
  - Far South Hinterland Stringybark Sheltered Forest
  - Far South Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - Far South Riverflat Wet Forest
  - Mountain Grey Gum - Yellow Stringybark moist shrubby open forest in gullies of the coastal ranges, northern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Mountain Grey Gum ferny tall moist forest on coastal ranges, southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Rough-barked Apple shrubby open forest on gully flats, southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Shoalhaven Hinterland Peppermint Wet Gully Forest
  - South Coast Gully Shrub Forest
  - South Coast Hinterland Monkey Gum Wet Fern Forest
  - South Coast Ranges Moist Gully Forest
  - South Coast Riverflat Peppermint Forest
  - South Coast Scarp Wet Vine Forest
  - South Coast Stringybark-Monkey Gum Wet Forest
  - Southeast Hinterland Monkey Gum Moist Shrub Forest
  - Sydney Peppermint - Spotted Gum - Lilly Pilly wet forest in gullies of the coastal foothills, northern South East Corner Bioregion and southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Yellow Stringybark - Coast Grey Box shrubby open forest on the coastal ranges, South East Corner Bioregion
  - Yellow Stringybark - Mountain Grey Gum moist shrubby open forest on coastal ranges, southern South East Corner Bioregion
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Brogo Scarp Mallee Scrub
  - Far South Coastal Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
  - Far South Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - Ironbark - Woollybutt - White Stringybark open forest on coastal hills, South East Corner Bioregion
  - Mountain Grey Gum - White Stringybark open forest on sandstone mountain slopes, far south west South East Corner Bioregion
  - Red Bloodwood - Silvertop Ash - White Stringybark heathy open forest on coastal foothills, southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - Silvertop Ash - Black She-oak shrubby open forest on hills of the Bega Valley, South East Corner Bioregion
  - Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark - Red Bloodwood dry shrubby open forest on ridges of the hinterland foothills, northern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark - Woollybutt shrubby open forest on coastal foothills central South East Corner Bioregion
  - Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on hinterland hills, far southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Silvertop Ash shrubby open forest on escarpment ridges, central and northern South East Corner Bioregion
  - South Coast Foothills Dry Shrub Forest
  - South Coast Foothills Monkey Gum Sheltered Forest
  - South Coast Hinterland Bloodwood Forest
  - South Coast Hinterland Silvertop Ash Forest
  - South Coast Hinterland Yellow Stringybark Forest
  - South Coast Hinterland Yertchuk Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Blackbutt Forest
  - Southeast Foothills Stringybark Shrub Forest
  - Southeast Foothills Woollybutt Dry Shrub Forest
  - Southeast Hinterland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
  - White Stringybark - Narrow-leaved Peppermint dry open forest on hinterland hills, far south of the South East Corner Bioregion
  - Yellow Stringybark - Mountain Grey Gum shrubby open forest on slopes of the hinterland ranges, southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Yellow Stringybark - Silvertop Ash open forest on dry slopes of the escarpment ranges, northern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Yertchuk - Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest of the Wallagaraugh catchment, far southern South East Corner Bioregion
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- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Coastal sandstone gully forest
  - Hunter Coast Foothills Apple Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Apple-Bloodwood Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Scribbly Gum Forest
  - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Yellow bloodwood - Rough-barked Apple shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - Northern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - 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 - 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
  - Smooth-barked Apple - Turpentine - Sydney Peppermint heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Central Coast
  - Southern Highlands Escarpment Peppermint Gully Forest
  - Southern Sydney Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - Southern Sydney Sheltered Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Enriched Sandstone Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Bloodwood Shrub Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Gully Forest
  - Woronora Plateau Scribbly Gum Woodland
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- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
  - Grey Gum - Smooth-barked Apple - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrub - grass open forest on coastal ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - Hunter Range Grey Gum-Stringybark Forest
  - Hunter Range Ironbark Forest
  - Hunter Range Peppermint Moist Gully Forest
  - Hunter Range Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - Lower Hunter Yellow Bloodwood Forest
  - Red Bloodwood - Grey Gum shrubby open forest on shale-sandstone interface of the lower Shoalhaven valleys, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Shoalhaven Sandstone Cliffline Woodland
  - Sydney Hinterland Apple-Blackbutt Gully Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Enriched Sandstone Bloodwood Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Grey Gum Transition Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Peppermint-Apple Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Sandflat Peppermint Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Turpentine Sheltered Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Turpentine-Apple Gully Forest
  - Sydney Hinterland Yellow Bloodwood Woodland
  - 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
  - Kurri Sand Heathy Woodland
  - Kurri Sand-Clay Woodland
  - Mellong Sand Scribbly Gum Woodland
  - Mellong Sand Swamp Woodland
  - 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
  - Hunter Escarpment Ironbark Scrubby Low Forest
  - Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Grey Gum shrubby open forest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - Upper Hunter Escarpment Colluvial Ironbark Forest

Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
  - Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
  - Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
  - Estuarine Sea Rush Swamp Oak Forest
  - Estuarine Swamp Oak forest
  - Estuarine Swamp Oak Twig-rush Forest
  - Estuarine Swamp Oak-Mangrove Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lake Flats Apple Forest
  - Lower North Riverflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Forest
  - Melaleuca sieberi - Tall Saw-sedge closed shrubland in drainage lines on the Central Coast, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Northern Creekflat Eucalypt-Paperbark Mesic Swamp Forest
  - Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
  - Northern Swamp Mahogany-Bottlebrush Swamp Forest
  - Northern Swamp Oak-Paperbark Forest
  - 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
  - Southern Estuarine Swamp Paperbark Creekflat Scrub
  - Swamp Oak swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Sydney Creekflat Swamp Mahogany-Paperbark Forest
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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
  - Central Coast Flats Mesic Swamp Forest
  - Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
  - Coastal sand Swamp Mahogany forest
  - Coastal Sands Swamp Mahogany Rush Forest
  - Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
  - Far North Mesophyll Paperbark Swamp Forest
  - Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - Far North Paperbark Gahnia Swamp Forest
  - Far North Sands Swamp Turpentine-Paperbark Forest
  - Far North Swamp Oak-Paperbark Tidal Forest
  - Hunter Coast Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Forest
  - Hunter Coast Sandplain Sedge Paperbark Wetland
  - Lower North Creekflat Mahogany Swamp Forest
  - Melaleuca linariifolia - Swamp Mahogany swamp forest in drainage lines of the edges of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Northern Estuarine Paperbark Sedge Forest
  - Northern Floodplain Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
  - Northern Lowland Orange Gum Dry Swamp Forest
  - Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Mahogany Forest
  - Northern Melaleuca quinquenervia Swamp Forest
  - Northern Paperbark-Swamp Mahogany Saw-sedge Forest
  - Northern Sands Paperbark Sedge Low Forest
  - Northern Sands Swamp Mahogany Shrubby Rush Forest
  - Northern Sandy Alluvium Heathy Swamp Forest
  - 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
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Flats Wet Swamp Forest
  - Swamp Box swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - 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
  - Tomago Drooping Red Gum Swamp Woodland
  - Wyong Paperbark-Woollybutt Swamp Forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
  - Clarence Valley River Oak Wet Forest
  - Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
  - Northern Gorges River Oak Forest
  - Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
  - River Oak riparian woodland of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and northern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
  - Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
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- Inland Riverine Forests
  - Namoi-Upper Hunter River Red Gum Forest

Freshwater wetlands
- Coastal Heath Swamps
  - Lower North Sands Swamp Scrub
  - Northern Lowland Clay Wet Heath
- Montane Bogs and Fens
  - Timbarra Granite Mallee Wet Heath

Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
  - Central Hunter Ironbark-Spotted Gum Forest
  - Cumberland shale - sandstone Ironbark forest
  - Cumberland Shale Plains Woodland
  - Cumberland Shale-Sandstone Ironbark Forest
  - Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
  - Northern Hinterland Valleys Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Spotted Gum-Paperbark Forest
  - South Coast Low Hills Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Woollybutt Grassy Forest
  - Southeast Gorge Dry Forest
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- Subalpine Woodlands
  - Barrington-Point Lookout Montane Grassy Forest
- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
  - Central Hunter Slaty Gum Grassy Forest
  - Upper Hunter Sheltered Viney Shrub Forest

Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
  - Coastal Foredune Wattle Scrub
  - Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
- Sydney Coastal Heaths
  - Coastal foredune wattle scrub
  - Dwarf Apple - Scribbly Gum heathy low woodland on sandstone ranges of the Central Coast
- Wallum Sand Heaths
  - Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
  - Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath

Miscellaneous ecosystems
- Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)
  - Water bodies, rivers, lakes, streams (not wetlands)

Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
  - Antarctic Beech - Black Olive Berry - Sassafras cool temperate rainforest in high altitude areas of the Barrington Tops
  - Antarctic Beech - Sassafras cool temperate rainforest in high altitude areas of the Barrington Tops
  - Antarctic Beech cool temperate rainforest of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Black Olive Berry - Rough Possumwood cool temperate rainforest of eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Border Ranges Antarctic Beech Rainforest
  - Mount Royal Range Cool Temperate Rainforest
  - Northern Escarpment Antarctic Beech Rainforest
  - Northern Escarpment Sassafras Rainforest
  - Plumwood - Soft Tree-fern cool temperate rainforest on cool, moist slopes and gullies of the escarpment ranges, South East Corner Bioregion
  - Southeast Cool Temperate Rainforest
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- Dry Rainforests
  - Black Bean - Weeping Lilly Pilly riparian rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Central Eastern Ranges Riparian Dry Rainforest
  - Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
  - Far North Hoop Pine Dry Rainforest
  - Glenugie Peak Dry Rainforest
  - Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - Grey Myrtle - Grey Gum gully dry rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - Grey Myrtle - Lilly Pilly dry rainforest in dry gullies of the Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
  - Grey Myrtle sheltered gully dry rainforest in gullies of the Sydney Basin
  - Hinterland dry rainforest
  - Hoop Pine - Yellow Tulipwood dry rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Grey Myrtle Wet Forest
  - Hunter Valley Whalebone Dry Rainforest
  - Hunter-Peel Ranges Dry Rainforest
  - Illawarra Complex Dry Rainforest
  - Lower Hunter Tuckeroo Riparian Rainforest
  - Lower North Hinterland Riparian Dry Rainforest
  - Lower North Waterhousea Riparian Rainforest
  - Lower North Waterhousea-Water Gum Rainforest
  - Macleay Gorges Low Scrubby Dry Rainforest
  - Mount Yengo Subtropical Dry Rainforest
  - Northern Escarpment Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
  - Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
  - Northwest Sydney Sandstone Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - Rusty Fig - Native Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of the Central Hunter Valley
  - Sandpaper Fig - Whalebone Tree warm temperate rainforest
  - Shatterwood - Giant Stinging Tree - Yellow Tulipwood dry rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and northern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - South Coast Escarpment Dry Rainforest
  - South Coast Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
  - Sydney Hinterland Grey Myrtle Riparian Forest
  - Whalebone Tree - Native Quince dry subtropical rainforest on dry fertile slopes, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Whalebone Tree - Red Kamala dry subtropical rainforest of the lower Hunter River
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- Littoral Rainforests
  - Brush Box - Tuckeroo littoral rainforest on coastal headlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Coastal headland littoral thicket
  - Far North Littoral Rainforest
  - Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
  - Mid North Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest
  - Mid North Sands Littoral Rainforest
  - Mid North Tuckeroo-Paperbark Littoral Wet Forest
  - Myall-Wallis Lakes Littoral Rainforest
  - Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
  - Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
  - Tuckeroo - Yellow Tulipwood - Red fruited Olive Plum Littoral Rainforest of the lower North Coast
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- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - Bangalow Palm - Coachwood - Sassafras gully warm temperate rainforest of the Central Coast
  - Coachwood - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest in moist sandstone gullies, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Coachwood - Soft Corkwood - Crabapple warm temperate rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Coastal warm temperate rainforest
  - Gibraltar Range Tea-tree-Phebalium Shrubland
  - Hill Kanuka - Tea-tree low closed forest on escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - Lower North Wet Gully Palm Rainforest
  - Mid North Escarpment Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - Northern Escarpment Coachwood-Beech Rainforest
  - Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Booyong-Corkwood Rainforest
  - Northern Escarpment Sassafras-Prickly Ash Rainforest
  - Northern Ranges Coachwood Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - Sassafras - Crabapple - Soft Corkwood warm temperate rainforest of the North Coast
  - Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
  - Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
  - Sydney Basin Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
  - Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
  - Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
  - Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
  - Weeping Lilly Pilly - Water Gum riparian warm temperate rainforest of the lower North Coast
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- Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
  - Coachwood - Brown Possumwood warm temperate rainforest in sheltered gullies of the Illawarra Escarpment, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Lilly Pilly - Sassafras warm temperate rainforest in moist sheltered gullies, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
  - Lilly Pilly - Sweet Pittosporum - Rough Tree-fern warm temperate rainforest in steep sheltered gullies, southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Sassafras - Blackwood - Lilly Pilly temperate rainforest of the Robertson area, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Sassafras - Blackwood - Lilly Pilly temperate rainforest on basalt soils in the Robertson area, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
  - Southeast Warm Temperate Rainforest
  - Sydney Montane Basalt Rainforest
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- Subtropical Rainforests
  - Black Booyong - Brown Beech - Soft Corkwood - Rosewood Subtropical Rainforest on the escarpment of the lower North Coast
  - Black Booyong - Giant Stinging Tree - Rosewood - Moreton Bay Fig lowland subtropical rainforest of the lower North Coast
  - Black Booyong - Rosewood - Yellow Carabeen subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Border Ranges Black Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - Border Ranges Red Carabeen Rainforest
  - Far North Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
  - Giant Stinging Tree - Sandpaper Fig dry subtropical rainforest at Mt Yengo
  - Illawarra Escarpment subtropical rainforest
  - Illawarra Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Booyong Subtropical Rainforest
  - Northern Hinterland Baloghia-Dendrocnide Subtropical Rainforest
  - Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
  - Pepperberry - Giant Stinging Tree - Fig lowland rainforest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Rosewood - Brown Beech sub-tropical rainforest on ranges of the lower North Coast and Barrington Tops
  - Soft Corkwood - Yellow Carabeen - Cryptocarya spp. subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
  - White Booyong - Fig subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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- Western Vine Thickets
  - Native Olive - Gorge Alectryon vine thicket of the gorges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Upper Hunter White Box Vine Thicket

Saline wetlands
- Mangrove Swamps
  - Far North Estuarine Mangrove-Swamp Oak Forest
  - Far North Mangrove Forest

Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Gulaga Silvertop Ash Moist Forest
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Blackbutt - Rough-barked Apple - Turpentine - ferny tall open forest of the Central Coast
  - Blackbutt - Turpentine open forest of the foothills of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Brush Box tall moist forest of the northern ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Central Coast Escarpment dry forest
  - Central Coast Escarpment moist forest
  - Far North Coastal Hills Blackbutt-Ironbark Forest
  - Far North Hinterland Grey Box-Grey Gum Wet Forest
  - Far North Hinterland Grey Gum Grassy Forest
  - Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - Hunter Range Blue Gum Gully Forest
  - Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
  - Hunter Range Sheltered Grey Gum Forest
  - Hunter Range Turpentine-Grey Myrtle Gully Forest
  - Illawarra North-Pittwater Bangalay Moist Forest
  - Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Grassy Forest
  - Lower North Escarpment Red Gum Grassy Forest
  - Lower North Ranges Turpentine Moist Forest
  - Lower North Spotted Gum-Mahogany-Ironbark Sheltered Forest
  - Lower North White Mahogany-Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - Mount Pikapene Steel Box Wet 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 Grey Gum-Turpentine Mesic Forest
  - Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Forest Oak Grassy Forest
  - Northern Hinterland White Mahogany Moist Grassy Forest
  - Pink Bloodwood - Thin-leaved Stringybark - Grey Ironbark shrub - grass open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
  - 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
  - Sydney Basin Creekflat Blue Gum-Apple Forest
  - Sydney Coastal Shale-Sandstone Forest
  - Sydney Sandstone Plateau Shale Forest
  - Tallowwood - Small-fruited Grey Gum - Kangaroo Grass grassy tall open forest on foothills of the lower North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Small-fruited Grey Gum dry grassy open forest of the foothills of the NSW North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Smooth-barked Apple - Blackbutt grass tall open forest of the Central and lower North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Spotted Gum - Grey Gum grassy tall open forest of the lower North Coast
  - Tallowwood open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Turpentine - Rough-barked Apple - Mountain Blue Gum shrubby open forest on ranges of the Sydney Basin
  - Watagan Range Turpentine-Mahogany Grassy Forest
  - Western Hunter Sandstone Grey Gum-Grey Myrtle Forest
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- Northern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Grassy Forest
  - Far North Escarpment Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - Far North Escarpment Gorges Blackbutt Forest
  - Guyra Granitoids Gum-Messmate Forest
  - Northern Escarpment Blackbutt Cool Moist Forest
  - Northern Escarpment Messmate Cool Wet Forest
  - Northern Escarpment Messmate Moist Grassy Forest
  - Silvertop Stringybark - Tallowwood open forest of the escarpment ranges of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Western Guy Fawkes Plateau Moist Gum Forest
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- Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Coast Grey Box - Mountain Grey Gum - stringybark moist shrubby open forest in coastal gullies, southern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
  - Red Bloodwood - Blackbutt - Spotted Gum shrubby open forest on coastal foothills, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
  - Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
  - Shoalhaven Lowland Wet Gully Forest
  - Shoalhaven Spotted Gum-Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Creekflat Forest
  - South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
  - South Coast Spotted Gum Cycad Dry Forest
  - South Coast Spotted Gum Moist Forest
  - South Coast Stringybark Cycad Exposed Forest
  - Spotted Gum - Blackbutt shrubby open forest on the coastal foothills, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and northern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Spotted Gum - Grey Ironbark - Woollybutt grassy open forest on coastal flats, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
  - Spotted Gum - White Stringybark - Burrawang shrubby open forest on hinterland foothills, northern South East Corner Bioregion
  - Turpentine - Red Bloodwood - Sydney Peppermint shrubby open forest on the foothills, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and northern South East Corner Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Deane's Gum - Mountain Grey Gum - Turpentine tall moist forest on shale, Sydney Basin Bioregion

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 - Pink Bloodwood shrubby open forest of the coastal lowlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Blackbutt - Tallowwood moist ferny open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Blackbutt - Tallowwood tall moist forest of the far north east of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Blackbutt - Turpentine - Sydney Blue Gum mesic tall open forest on ranges of the Central Coast
  - 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
  - Blue Gum high forest
  - Blue Mountains Enriched Blue Gum Moist Forest
  - Blue Mountains Sandstone Turpentine Moist Forest
  - Blue Mountains Wet Gully Forest
  - Border Ranges Brush Box-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - Brush Box - Tallowwood - Sydney Blue Gum tall moist forest of the ranges of the central NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Brush Box - Tallowwood shrubby moist forest of the escarpment ranges of central NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Brush Box - Turpentine shrubby open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Coastal sand littoral forest
  - Cumberland Bangalay x Blue Gum Riverflat Forest
  - Dunn's White Gum tall open forest of the ranges of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Far North Brush Box-Bloodwood Wet Forest
  - Far North Brush Box-Walnut Wet Forest
  - Flooded Gum - Brush Box - Tallowwood mesic tall open forest on ranges of the lower North Coast
  - Flooded Gum - Brush Box moist forest of the coastal ranges of the North Coast
  - Flooded Gum - Tallowwood - Brush Box moist open forest of the coastal ranges of the North Coast
  - Grey Myrtle - Mountain Blue Gum - Rough-barked Apple ferny tall open forest in sandstone gullies of the Sydney Basin
  - Hunter Coast Ranges Turpentine Wet Forest
  - Illawarra Blackbutt Moist Forest
  - Illawarra Escarpment Bangalay x Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - Illawarra Escarpment Blackbutt forest
  - Illawarra Escarpment Blue Gum wet forest
  - Illawarra Lowland Wet Vine Forest
  - Jervis Bay Sands Littoral Moist Forest
  - Large-fruited Grey Gum - White Mahogany shrub - grass open forest on the slopes of Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
  - Lower North Choricarpia Wet Forest
  - Lower North Escarpment Blue Gum Wet Forest
  - Lower North Foothills Turpentine-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - Lower North Ranges Riparian Turpentine Forest
  - Lower North Turpentine-Tallowwood-Grey Gum Forest
  - Messmate - Forest Ribbon Gum - New England Blackbutt shrub - grass tall open forest of Barrington Tops and Northern Tablelands escarpment
  - Mid North Hinterland Wet Forest
  - Northern Brush Box Subtropical Wet Forest
  - Northern Escarpment Brush Box-Tallowwood-Maple Wet Forest
  - Northern Hinterland Brush Box-Quince Wet Forest
  - Northern Hinterland Tallowwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine Wet Forest
  - Northern Lowland Viney Wet Forest
  - Northern Ranges Brush Box-Flooded Gum Wet Forest
  - Northern Ranges Dunns Gum-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - Northern Turpentine-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - Pink Bloodwood - Tallowwood moist open forest of the far northern ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Smooth-barked Apple - Turpentine - Blackbutt open forest on ranges of the Central Coast
  - Spotted Gum - Brush Box moist forest of ranges of the southern Clarence Valley of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Spotted Gum - Grey Ironbark shrubby open forest of the Richmond Range of the NSW North Coast
  - Steel Box shrubby open forest of the ranges of the northern NSW North Coast
  - Sydney Blue Gum - Deane's Gum - River Peppermint shrubby riparian tall forest of the lower Colo River, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Sydney Blue Gum - Lilly Pilly mesic tall open forest of coastal ranges and tablelands escarpment
  - Sydney Blue Gum open forest on coastal foothills and escarpment of the North Coast
  - Sydney Enriched Sandstone Moist Forest
  - Tallowwood - Brush Box - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrubby forest of the southern NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Tallowwood - Brush Box - Sydney Blue Gum moist shrubby tall open forest on foothills of the lower North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Brush Box moist open forest of the coastal ranges of the central NSW North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Narrow-leaved White Mahogany - Spotted Gum moist open forest in the Washpool area of the NSW North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Narrow-leaved White Mahogany open forest of the hinterland ranges of the North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Sydney Blue Gum moist open forest of the northern ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Tallowwood - Sydney Blue Gum shrub - grass tall open forest on ranges of lower North Coast
  - Tallowwood - Turpentine moist open forest of the ranges of the Nymboida area of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Turpentine - Grey Myrtle forest of sheltered sandstone gullies of the Central Coast hinterland, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Turpentine - Smooth-barked Apple moist shrubby forest of the lower Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Turpentine moist open forest of the coastal hills and ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - White Mahogany - Turpentine moist shrubby tall open forest
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- Northern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Brown Barrel - gum moist open forest of the escarpment ranges of NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Brown Barrel moist open forest of the escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Brush Box - Tallowwood shrubby open forest of the northern ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Brush Box - Tallowwood tall moist forest in the Washpool area of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Far North New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - Messmate - Brown Barrel grassy open forest of escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Messmate - Die-hard Stringybark semi-mesic ferny tall open forest of Barrington Tops
  - Messmate - Mountain Gum tall moist forest of the far southern New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Messmate grassy tall open forest on Barrington and Northern Tablelands escarpment
  - Messmate open forest of the tableland edge of the NSW North Coast Bioregionand New England Tableland Bioregion
  - Messmate tall moist open forest of the escarpment ranges, southern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Mid North Escarpment Ranges Blackbutt Forest
  - Mountain Gum - Brown Barrel - Snow Gum shrub - grass tall open forest of northern Barrington Tops
  - New England Blackbutt - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy tall open forest of the Northern Tablelands escarpment
  - New England Blackbutt - Messmate open forest of eastern parts of the New England Tableland Bioregion
  - New England Blackbutt - Round-leaved Gum - Messmate open forest of the eastern edge of the New England Tableland Bioregion
  - New England Blackbutt - Tallowwood moist shrubby forest of the escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
  - New England Blackbutt - Tallowwood tall moist forest on escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - New England Blackbutt tall moist forest of the escarpment ranges of the northern NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Northern Escarpment Corkwood-Brush Box Wet Forest
  - Northern Escarpment Layered Blackbutt Fern Forest
  - Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Forest
  - Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Maple Wet Forest
  - Northern Escarpment New England Blackbutt-Tallowwood Wet Forest
  - Silvertop Stringybark - Round-leaved Gum open forest of the tableland edge of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Sydney Blue Gum - Tallowwood - Soft Corkwood moist forest of the escarpment ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Sydney Blue Gum open forest of the northern ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - Tallowwood - Sydney Blue Gum moist open forest of the coastal ranges of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
  - White-topped Box open forest of the escarpment ranges of the North Coast
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- Southern Escarpment Wet Sclerophyll Forests
  - Brown Barrel - Mountain Grey Gum tall moist forest on basalts of the Southern Highlands Bioregion and Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Gully Gum - Sydney Peppermint - Yellow Stringybark moist open forest of coastal escarpments, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
  - Illawarra Southern Escarpment Wet Forest
  - Southeast Tableland Ranges Brown Barrel Fern Forest
  - Southern Escarpment Messmate Forest
  - Southern Highlands Shale-Basalt Wet Forest
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