Flock Bronzewing - Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields: Distribution and vegetation associations

Distribution of the species within this region

IBRA sub-region	Known or predicted	Geographic restrictions within region
Strzelecki Desert	Known	None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

• Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
  • Gibber Transition Shrublands
    • Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
    • Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
  • North-west Plain Shrublands
    • Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
  • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
    • Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
    • Senna - Mulga - Needlewood open shrubland on loam-clay soils in swales and on the edges of claypans in the arid zone
    • White Cypress Pine - Mulga shrubland on plains and sandplains in the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) climate zones.
    • Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
  • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
    • Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
    • Heather Bush - Mulga - Umbrella Mulga open shrubland on gravelly rises mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • Horse Mulga - Umbrella Mulga shrubland on ranges in the arid and semi-arid climate zones
    • Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
    • Mulga - Rock Fuchsia-bush sparse shrubland of silcrete scarps and mesas of the Channel Country Bioregion
    • Mulga shrubland on stony rises in the arid and semi-arid climate zones, mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • Porcupine Grass - Red Mallee - Gum Coolabah hummock grassland / low sparse woodland on metamorphic ranges on the Barrier Range, Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
    • Umbrella Mulga - Beefwood open shrubland on Peery Hills, Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • White Cypress Pine - Mulga low open woodland on the stony ranges of the arid zone (far north western NSW).
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• Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
  • Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
    • Black Bluebush low open shrubland of the alluvial plains and sandplains of the arid and semi-arid zones
    • Bladder Saltbush low open chenopod shrubland of the Strzelecki dunefields of the arid climate zone
    • Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
    • Pearl Bluebush low open shrubland of the arid and semi-arid plains
  • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
    • Bladder Saltbush shrubland on stony plains and downs of the arid zone
    • Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
    • Bottlewasher - Copperburr grassland of the arid zone
    • Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
    • Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
    • Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
    • Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
    • Shrubby Twinleaf - saltbush open shrubland on silcrete scarps of the arid zone
    • Windmill Grass - love grass - daisy derived grassland/forbland of arid climate zone
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  • 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
    • Copperburr low open shrubland on loam - clay flats and playas, western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and northern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Derived Copperburr shrubland of the NSW northern inland alluvial floodplains
    • Derived corkscrew grass grassland/forbland on sandplains and plains in the semi-arid (warm) climate zone
    • Dillon Bush (Nitre Bush) shrubland of the semi-arid and arid zones
    • Galvanized Burr derived low shrubland of the Brigalow Belt South and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
    • Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
    • Old Man Saltbush shrubland mainly of the semi-arid (warm) climate zone (south 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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• Freshwater wetlands
  • Inland Floodplain Swamps
    • Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains

• Grasslands
  • Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
    • 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
    • Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  • Western Slopes Grasslands
    • Derived tussock grassland of the central western plains and lower slopes of NSW
    • Windmill Grass - Bluegrass derived grassland of the Moree plains of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion

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

• Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
  • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
    • Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
    • Coolabah woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses in arid zone, mainly in the Channel Country 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)
  • Desert Woodlands
    • Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
    • Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
  • Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
    • Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
    • Whitewood low open woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and north-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
  • Western Peneplain Woodlands
    • Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains