Last updated:
09 Oct 2020
Distribution of the species within this region
The Grey-headed Flying-fox is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
Darling Riverine Plains Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia.
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Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Grey-headed Flying-fox - Darling Riverine Plains 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
- Forest Red Gum - Narrow-leaved Ironbark open forest of the southern Blue Mountains gorges, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Forest Red Gum - Yellow Box woodland of dry gorge slopes, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Grey Gum - Blue-leaved Stringybark open forest on gorge slopes, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion and north east South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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- 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
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- Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Castlereagh Ironbark forest
- Castlereagh shale - gravel transition forest
- 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
- Red Ironbark - Spotted Gum - Prickly-leaved Paperbark shrubby open forest of the Lower Hunter
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- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Brittle Gum - Silvertop Stringybark grassy open forest of the Liverpool Range, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Broad-leaved Stringybark - Mountain Gum - Apple Box open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Broad-leaved Stringybark - Mountain Ribbon Gum - Messmate open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and 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
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- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
- Black Cypress Pine - White Box - Tumbledown Gum shrubby open forest / woodland mainly in the Mt Kaputar region, Nandewar Bioregion
- Dwyer's Red Gum - Dirty (Baradine) Gum - cypress pine shrubby woodland of the Narrabri region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Granite gorge Tumbledown Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Oleander Wattle low open woodland in the Warialda region
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- Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Blakely's Red Gum riparian woodland of the Pilliga Outwash, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland on outwash plains in the Pilliga Scrub and Narrabri regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Poplar Box - White Cypress Pine shrub grass tall woodland of the Pilliga - Warialda region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Red Ironbark - Brown Bloodwood shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Maiden's Gum - Yellow Box - Forest Red Gum grassy open forest of the Araluen Valley, South East Corner Bioregion
- Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Nortons Box shrubby low woodland on sandstone and conglomerate escarpments in the far southern part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Red Box - Grey Gum - stringybark woodland on talus slopes of the western Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Red Stringybark - Red Box - Long-leaved Box - Inland Scribbly Gum tussock grass - shrub low open forest on hills in the southern part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Red Stringybark woodland of the dry slopes of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- White Box - Blakely's Red Gum - Red Box - Red Stringybark shrubby woodland on shallow soils on metamorphic hills in the Albury region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 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
- Coastal sand Apple-Bloodwood forest
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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
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- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Bell-fruited Mallee heathy woodland in the Gibraltar Range area of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
- Bell-fruited Mallee tall shrubland on granite outcrops of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Blue Mountain Ash - New England Blackbutt tall open forest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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- Northern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Black Cypress Pine - Caley's Ironbark - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubby woodland on Mole Granite of the Torrington area of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Orange Gum - Tumbledown Red Gum shrubby woodland on granites of the Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Orange Gum heath shrubland or woodland on granite outcrops of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Bangalay - Old-man Banksia open forest on coastal sands, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
- 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
- Coastal Sand Bangalay Forest
- South Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forests
- 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
- River Peppermint - Rough-barked Apple moist open forest on sheltered sites, southern South East Corner Bioregion
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- South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Red Bloodwood - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum - Silvertop Ash heathy open forest on sandstone plateaux of the lower Shoalhaven Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Red Bloodwood - Silvertop Ash - White Stringybark heathy open forest on coastal foothills, southern South East Corner Bioregion
- Silvertop Ash - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrubby open forest on ridges, north east South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Apple Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint dry open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Brittle Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark open forest in the north-western part (Yass to Orange) of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Broad-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Gum dry open forest of the Central Tablelands area of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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- Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Grey Gum - Smooth-barked Apple - Blue-leaved Stringybark shrub - grass open forest on coastal ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Hawkesbury River Escarpment dry forest
- Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Fringe Myrtle - Scaly Phebalium heathy woodland on exposed sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
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- Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Silvertop Ash - Mountain Grey Gum shrubby open forest of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Sydney Peppermint - Silvertop Ash heathy open forest on sandstone ridges of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Sydney Peppermint - Silvertop Ash shrubby low open forest of the upper Blue Mountains
- Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Castlereagh Scribbly Gum woodland
- Castlereagh swamp woodland
- Coast Banksia scrub on sand in the Elderslie area, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Black Cypress Pine - Dwyer's Gum low woodland / open forest on rocky ridges mainly of the Nandewar Range
- Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - red gum +/- White Bloodwood shrubby open forest on hills of the southern Pilliga, Coonabarabran and Garawilla regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine shrubby woodland of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Yetman Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- Black Cypress Pine - Dirty Gum - bloodwood - She Oak open forest on siliceous hills in the northern NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Dirty Gum grassy open forest of north western Nandewar Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Smooth-barked Apple shrub swamp woodland on siliceous white sands in the Yetman region
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- Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
- 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
- Coastal alluvial Bangalay forest
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- Eastern Riverine Forests
- Coastal sandstone riparian scrub
- River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- River Oak open forest of major streams, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South East Corner Bioregion
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- Inland Riverine Forests
- Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- River Red Gum herbaceous-grassy very tall open forest wetland on inner floodplains in the lower slopes sub-region of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and the eastern Riverina Bioregion.
- River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- Weeping Bottlebrush - Rough-barked Apple riparian low open forest / tall shrubland wetland mainly in the Briglaow Belt South Bioregion
- Grasslands
- Maritime Grasslands
- Coastal headland grassland
- Temperate Montane Grasslands
- Wallaby Grass - Kangaroo Grass - Rush - Blown Grass Wet Tussock Grassland Moist Grasslands of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Western Slopes Grasslands
- Bluegrass - Redleg Grass - Common Woodruff clay plain grassland of northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Derived tall spear grass grassland on mainly basalt hills of the Liverpool Plains, Liverpool Range and in the upper Hunter Valley (Merriwa district), south-eastern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Derived Wire Grass grassland of the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
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- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
- Cabbage Gum - Broad-leaved Apple open forest of the eastern escarpment, NSW North Coast Bioregion and South Eastern Queensland Bioregion
- Cabbage Gum forest in Sun Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
- Carbeen +/- Coolabah grassy woodland on floodplain clay loam soil on north-western NSW floodplains, mainly Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- 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).
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- New England Grassy Woodlands
- Black Sallee plateau low woodland in the southern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
- Apple Box - Chalker's Wattle woodland on limestone slopes near Wombeyan Caves, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- Black Sallee - Snow Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Black Sallee grassy woodland of the Barrington plateau
- Black Sallee grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
- Apple Box - Blakely's Red Gum moist valley and footslopes grass-forb open forest of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - White Box - Yellow Box - Black Cypress Pine box grass/shrub woodland on clay loam soils on undulating hills of central NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple grassy open forest of drainage lines of the northern Nandewar Bioregion and New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Heathlands
- Coastal Headland Heaths
- Bracelet Honey-myrtle - Coast Tea-tree tall shrubland on headlands, South East Corner Bioregion
- Coastal headland clay heath
- Coastal headland heaths of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
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- Northern Montane Heaths
- Bell-fruited Mallee tall heath on granite of the Gibraltar Range area of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
- Coastal heath on sands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Heathy outcrop shrublands on volcanic sediments of the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Sydney Coastal Heaths
- Sydney Montane Heaths
- Allocasuarina nana heathland at Genowlan Point, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Banksia - Red Bloodwood - Hard-leaved Scribbly Gum heathy open woodland on sandstone plateaux, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Blue Mountains Mallee Ash - Dwarf Casuarina heath of the upper Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Blue Mountains Mallee Ash - Silver Banksia heath on the Loombah Plateau, western Blue Mountains, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Dwarf Casuarina - Baeckea brevifolia heath on sandstone plateaux in the Kanangra area, Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Wallum Sand Heaths
- Banksia dry shrubland on coastal sands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Coastal sand mantle heath
- Coastal sandplain heath
- Heath-leaved Banksia-Olive Tea-tree-Wallum Boronia wet heath on coastal sands of lower North Coast
- Rainforests
- Cool Temperate Rainforests
- Plumwood - Soft Tree-fern cool temperate rainforest on cool, moist slopes and gullies of the escarpment ranges, South East Corner Bioregion
- Dry Rainforests
- Black Bean - Weeping Lilly Pilly riparian rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Coobah - Rusty Fig low woodland on limestone outcrops in the Tamworth - Attunga region of the Nandewar Bioregion
- Grey Myrtle - Grey Gum gully dry rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
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- Littoral Rainforests
- Brush Box - Tuckeroo littoral rainforest on coastal headlands of the NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Coastal dune littoral rainforest
- Coastal escarpment littoral rainforest
- Coastal headland littoral thicket
- Tuckeroo - Yellow Tulipwood - Red fruited Olive Plum Littoral Rainforest of the lower North Coast
- 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
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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
- 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
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- Western Vine Thickets
- Belah - Wilga +/- White Box dry viney scrub woodland the NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Brigalow viney scrub open forest on loamy soils in low hill landscapes in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Carbeen tall open woodland - Mock Olive tall closed vine thicket on basalt hills in the Northern Basalt sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- 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 - Bladder Saltbush open woodland to tall open shrubland in the Come-By-Chance region, Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Poplar Box - Yellow Box - Western Grey Box grassy woodland on cracking clay soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Inland Floodplain Woodlands
- River Red Gum grassy chenopod open tall woodland (wetland) on floodplain clay soil of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- Belah woodland on alluvial plains and low rises in the central NSW wheatbelt to Pilliga and Liverpool Plains regions.
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
- Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
- Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
- Blackbutt - Rough-barked Apple - Turpentine - ferny tall open forest of the Central Coast
- 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
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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
- Forest Ribbon Gum - Snow Gum - Snow Grass grassy open forest of the Liverpool Ranges and New England Tableland
- Messmate - Silvertop Stringybark - Tussock Grass shrub - grass open forest of western Barrington Tops
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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
- Pittwater Spotted Gum forest
- Red Bloodwood - Blackbutt - Spotted Gum shrubby open forest on coastal foothills, southern Sydney Basin 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
- Mountain Grey Gum - Narrow-leaved Peppermint grassy woodland on shales of the Southern Highlands, southern Sydney Basin Bioregion
- Ribbon Gum - Narrow-leaved Peppermint grassy open forest on basalt plateaux, Sydney Basin Bioregion and South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
- White Stringybark - Grey Gum grassy forest on shale caps of the Woronora Plateau, 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
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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
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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
- Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Gum - Brown Barrel moist open forest on high altitude ranges, northern South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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