Appendix 13: Ecological information on threatened entities
Flora                
Common name	Scientific name	Regional significance	Disjunct	Distribution	Vegetation habitats	Landscape	
		ROTAP	Endemic	Range limit				Coastal	Midland	Escarpment	Tablelands	
Herb (38):												
Ancistrachne maidenii	Ancistrachne maidenii	x		North		Restricted	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Aromatic Peppercress	Lepidium hyssopifolium	x		North		Widespread	Woodlands				x	
Austral Toadflax	Thesium australe	x				Widespread	Headlands & Woodlands	x			x	
Bailey's Indigo	Indigofera baileyi	x		South		Local	Woodlands				x	
Barrington Tops Ant Orchid	Chiloglottis platyptera	x		North		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll				x	
Bird Orchid	Chiloglottis anaticeps	x	x			Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Wet sclerophyll				x	
Border Ranges Daisy	Brachyscome ascendens	x		South		Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Rainforests			x		
Byron Bay Diuris	Diuris sp. aff. chrysantha		x			Restricted	Heathlands	x				
Hawkweed	Picris evae	x		East		Regional	Grasslands & Woodlands			x		
Heath Wrinklewort	Rutidosis heterogama	x		North		Widespread	Heathlands	x				
Large-leafed Monotaxis	Monotaxis macrophylla			East		Local	Heathlands & Woodlands			x		
Maundia triglochinoides	Maundia triglochinoides					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Metcalfe's Greenhood	Pterostylis metcalfei		x			Local	Wet sclerophyll				x	
Mountain Angelica	Gingidia montana	x	x			Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Rainforests			x		
Mueller's Eyebright	Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri			North		Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands			x		
Native Milkwort	Polygala linariifolia				x	Disjunct	Dry sclerophyll	x	x			
New England Gentian	Gentiana wissmannii	x	x			Restricted	Wetlands				x	
Noah's False Chickweed	Lindernia alsinoides					Restricted	Swamp sclerophyll & Heathlands		x			
Pink Nodding Orchid	Geodorum densiflorum			South		Widespread	Dry sclerophyll	x	x			
Polblue Eyebright	Euphrasia ciliolata	x		North		Widespread	Wetlands				x	
Pygmy Bishop's Hat	Mitrasacme pygmaea			South		Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Sclerophyll forests			x		
Rotala tripartita	Rotala tripartita			South		Regional	Wetlands	x				
Sand Spurge	Chamaesyce psammogeton					Widespread	Littoral	x				
Silky Swainson-pea	Swainsona sericea			East		Regional	Grasslands & Woodlands				x	
Silver Sword Lily	Neoastelia spectabilis	x	x			Local	Rainforests			x		
Small Pale Grass-lily	Caesia parviflora var. minor			East		Widespread	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests	x				
Small Snake Orchid	Diuris pedunculata	x		East		Widespread	Sclerophyll forests				x	
Square-stemmed Spike-rush	Eleocharis tetraquetra			South		Regional	Wetlands	x	x			
Stinky Lily	Typhonium sp. aff. brownii		x			Restricted	Wet sclerophyll			x		
Swamp Foxglove	Centranthera cochinchinensis			South	x	Disjunct	Wetlands	x	x			
Sweet False Galium	Hedyotis galioides			East		Local	Dry sclerophyll	x	x			
Tall Knotweed	Persicaria elatior	x				Widespread	Riparian in Wetlands		x			
Tangled Bedstraw	Galium australe			North	x	Disjunct	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests		x			
Tenterfield Eyebright	Euphrasia orthocheila subsp. peraspera	x		East		Restricted	Wetlands				x	
Trailing Woodruff	Asperula asthenes	x		North		Widespread	Riparian			x		
Water Nutgrass	Cyperus aquatilis			South		Regional	Wetlands		x			
Waterwheel Plant	Aldrovanda vesiculosa	x		South		Restricted	Wetlands	x				
Willawarrin Doubletail	Diuris disposita	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Ground Orchid (8):												
Brown Fairy-chain Orchid	Peristeranthus hillii			South		Widespread	Rainforests	x	x			
Dark Greenhood	Pterostylis nigricans	x		South		Regional	Heathlands	x				
Elegant Greenhood	Pterostylis elegans			North		Regional	Wet sclerophyll				x	
Lady Tankerville’s Swamp Orchid	Phaius tankervilleae	x		South		Widespread	Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Leafless Tongue Orchid	Cryptostylis hunteriana	x		North	x	Disjunct	Woodlands			x		
Red-flowered King of the Fairies	Oberonia titania			South		Widespread	Rainforests	x	x			
Southern Swamp Orchid	Phaius australis	x		South		Widespread	Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Veined Doubletail	Diuris venosa	x		North	x	Disjunct	Wet sclerophyll			x		
Ground Fern (2):												
Fraser's Screw Fern	Lindsaea fraseri			South		Local	Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Slender Screw Fern	Lindsaea incisa			South		Regional	Heathlands	x	x			
Grass (4):												
Bluegrass	Dichanthium setosum	x		East		Widespread	Graslands & Woodlands				x	
Floyd's Grass	Alexfloydia repens	x	x			Restricted	Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Hairy Jointgrass	Arthraxon hispidus	x				Widespread	Rainforests	x	x	x	x	
Lemon-scented Grass	Elyonurus citreus			South		Regional	Riparian in Heathlands	x				
Shrub (58):												
Acalypha	Acalypha eremorum			South		Restricted	Rainforests			x		
Backwater Grevillea	Grevillea scortechinii subsp. sarmentosa	x		East		Regional	Dry sclerophyll				x	
Banksia conferta subsp. conferta	Banksia conferta subsp. conferta		x			Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll		x			
Banyabba Grevillea	Grevillea banyabba	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Beadle's Grevillea	Grevillea beadleana	x		East	x	Disjunct	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll		x	x		
Biconvex Paperbark	Melaleuca biconvexa			North		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll		x			
Big Nellie Hakea	Hakea archaeoides	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Bordered Guinea Flower	Hibbertia marginata		x			Regional	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Brush Sauropus	Phyllanthus microcladus			South		Local	Rainforests	x	x			
Chambigne Bertya  	Bertya sp. (Chambigne NR, M. Fatemi 24)		x			Restricted	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Coast Headland Pea	Pultenaea maritima					Widespread	Headlands	x				
Creek Triplarina	Triplarina imbricata	x	x			Local	Riparian			x		
Crescent-leaved Homoranthus	Homoranthus lunatus	x		East		Local	Dry sclerophyll				x	
Dorrigo Daisy Bush	Olearia flocktoniae	x	x			Local	Wet sclerophyll			x		
Dracophyllum macranthum	Dracophyllum macranthum		x			Restricted	Wet sclerophyll		x			
Floyd's Zieria	Zieria floydii	x	x			Local	Rainforests			x		
Four-tailed Grevillea	Grevillea quadricauda	x		South		Regional	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Fragrant Pepperbush	Tasmannia glaucifolia	x		North		Regional	Rainforests			x		
Gibraltar Grevillea	Grevillea rhizomatosa	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll			x		
Gorge Hakea	Hakea fraseri	x	x			Regional	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands			x		
Granite Babingtonia	Babingtonia granitica			South		Local	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Granite Rose	Boronia repanda	x		South		Local	Heathlands			x		
Green Waxberry	Gaultheria viridicarpa subsp. viridicarpa	x	x			Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Rainforests			x		
Guthrie's Grevillea	Grevillea guthrieana	x		North	x	Disjunct	Sclerophyll forests			x		
Hairy Melichrus	Melichrus hirsutus	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Headland Zieria	Zieria prostrata	x	x			Restricted	Headlands	x				
Heart-leaved Star Hair	Astrotricha cordata		x			Local	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll		x			
Hibbertia superans	Hibbertia superans			North		Restricted	Heathlands & Woodlands			x		
Johnson’s Cycad	Macrozamia johnsonii	x	x			Local	Wet sclerophyll			x		
MacNutt's Wattle	Acacia macnuttiana	x		East		Local	Dry sclerophyll				x	
Mason's Grevillea	Grevillea masonii	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Montane Green Five-corners	Styphelia perileuca	x	x			Restricted	Dry sclerophyll				x	
Moonee Quassia	Quassia sp. 'Moonee Creek'		x			Local	Sclerophyll forests		x			
Mountain Wax-flower	Philotheca myoporoides subsp. obovatifolia			South		Restricted	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests				x	
Nabiac Casuarina	Allocasuarina simulans	x		North		Local	Heathlands	x				
Narrow-leaf Melichrus	Melichrus sp. 'Gibberagee'		x			Restricted	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Narrow-leaved Bertya	Bertya ingramii	x	x			Local	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll			x	x	
Narrow-leaved Plectranthus	Plectranthus alloplectus	x		South		Regional	Rocky outcrops in Sclerophyll forests			x		
Native Justicia	Calophanoides hygrophiloides		x		x	Disjunct	Rainforests	x	x			
Nymboida Babingtonia	Babingtonia prominens		x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x	x		
Orara Boronia	Boronia umbellata	x	x			Local	Wet sclerophyll		x			
Oval-leafed Pseudanthus	Pseudanthus ovalifolius			East		Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll			x		
Pultanea campbellii	Pultanea campbellii			North		Regional	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Rainforest Cassia	Senna acclinis	x				Widespread	Rainforests		x	x		
Rupp's Wattle	Acacia ruppii	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Scant Pomaderris	Pomaderris queenslandica			East		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll			x		
Shannon Creek Boronia	Boronia hapalophylla		x			Restricted	Woodlands		x			
Singleton Mint Bush	Prostanthera cineolifera	x		North		Widespread	Woodlands				x	
Slender Marsdenia	Marsdenia longiloba	x				Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests		x	x		
Soft Grevillea	Grevillea mollis	x	x			Restricted	Dry sclerophyll			x		
Spiny Mint-bush	Prostanthera spinosa		x			Restricted	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll		x			
Square-stemmed Olax	Olax angulata	x	x			Restricted	Heathlands	x				
Swamp Mint-bush	Prostanthera palustris	x	x			Restricted	Wetlands	x				
Tall Velvet Sea-berry	Haloragis exalata subsp. velutina	x		North		Regional	Riparian in Woodlands			x		
Thorny Pea	Desmodium acanthocladum	x		South		Regional	Rainforests	x				
Torrington Pea	Almaleea cambagei	x		East		Regional	Wetlands & Heathlands				x	
Wollumbin Zieria	Zieria adenodonta	x	x		x	Disjunct	Rocky outcrops in Rainforests			x		
Woodland Babingtonia	Babingtonia silvestris			South		Widespread	Woodlands		x	x		
Small Tree (11):												
Coolabah Bertya	Bertya sp. Cobar-Coolabah (Bertya opponens)			East	x	Disjunct	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll			x		
Dwarf Heath Casuarina	Allocasuarina defungens	x		North		Widespread	Heathlands	x				
Glenugie Karaka	Corynocarpus rupestris subsp. rupestris	x	x			Restricted	Rainforests		x			
Grove's Paperbark	Melaleuca groveana	x				Widespread	Heathlands			x		
North Brother Wattle	Acacia courtii	x	x			Local	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Pygmy Cypress Pine	Callitris oblonga	x	x			Regional	Rocky outcrops in Wet sclerophyll				x	
Rusty Plum	Amorphospermum whitei	x		South		Widespread	Rainforests		x	x		
Silverbush	Sophora tomentosa subsp. australis			South		Widespread	Heathlands	x				
Tree Guinea Flower	Hibbertia hexandra	x	x			Widespread	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests			x		
Weeping Paperbark	Melaleuca irbyana			South		Local	Dry sclerophyll	x	x			
Willi Willi Zieria	Zieria lasiocaulis	x	x			Local	Rocky outcrops in Wet sclerophyll			x		
Mallee (5):												
Barren Mountain Mallee	Eucalyptus approximans	x	x			Restricted	Heathlands			x		
Border Mallee	Eucalyptus microcodon	x		South		Local	Heathlands			x		
Gibraltar Mallee	Eucalyptus dissita		x			Local	Dry sclerophyll			x		
Northern Blue Box	Eucalyptus magnificata	x		East		Regional	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Warra Broad-leaved Sally	Eucalyptus camphora subsp. relicta	x	x			Restricted	Wetlands				x	
Tree (12):												
Banyabba Shiny-barked Gum	Eucalyptus pachycalyx subsp. banyabba	x	x			Restricted	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Blackbutt Candlebark	Eucalyptus rubida subsp. barbigerorum	x		East		Regional	Dry sclerophyll			x	x	
Green-leaved Rose Walnut	Endiandra muelleri subsp. bracteata			South		Regional	Rainforests		x	x		
Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint	Eucalyptus nicholii	x		East		Regional	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Newry Golden Wattle	Acacia chrysotricha	x	x			Local	Wet sclerophyll		x			
Red Boppel Nut	Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia	x		South	x	Disjunct	Rainforests	x	x			
Sandstone Rough-barked Apple	Angophora robur	x	x			Regional	Dry sclerophyll		x			
Scented Acronychia	Acronychia littoralis	x		South		Widespread	Littoral	x				
Slaty Red Gum	Eucalyptus glaucina	x		North		Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands		x			
Square-fruited Ironbark	Eucalyptus tetrapleura	x	x			Regional	Wet sclerophyll		x			
Stinking Cryptocarya	Cryptocarya foetida	x		South		Regional	Rainforests	x				
Wallangarra White Gum	Eucalyptus scoparia	x		East		Local	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Vine (5):												
Cryptic Forest Twiner	Tylophora woollsii	x	x			Widespread	Wet sclerophyll			x		
Milky Silkpod	Parsonsia dorrigoensis	x	x			Regional	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests		x	x		
Scrambling Lignum	Muehlenbeckia costata	x		East		Regional	Rocky outcrops in Dry sclerophyll				x	
Tinospora Vine	Tinospora smilacina			South		Widespread	Rainforests		x	x		
White-flowered Wax Plant	Cynanchum elegans	x		North		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Epiphytic Fern (4):												
Basket Fern	Drynaria rigidula			South		Regional	Rainforests	x	x			
Flat Fork Fern	Psilotum complanatum			South		Possibly Extinct	Rainforests	x				
Lesser Creeping Fern	Arthropteris palisotii			South		Possibly Extinct	Rainforests			x		
Narrow-leaf Finger Fern	Grammitis stenophylla					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests		x	x		
Epiphytic Orchid (3):												
Brown Butterfly Orchid	Sarcochilus dilatatus	x		South		Restricted	Rainforests			x		
Ravine Orchid	Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii	x		South		Widespread	Rainforests			x		
Spider orchid	Dendrobium melaleucaphilum					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests	x	x			
Notes:	ROTAP = the Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (ROTAP) list and associated coding system was developed and has been maintained by CSIRO since 1979, and lists taxa that are presumed extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare or poorly known at the national level.	
	Endemic =  a species were more than 75% of its range or more than 75% of its total population falls within the Region.

Fauna
Common name	Scientific name	Regional significance	Disjunct	Distribution	Vegetation habitats	Landscapes	
		Migratory agree’t	Endemic	Range limit				Coastal	Midland	Escarpment	Tablelands	
Invertebrates (5):												
Dragonfly (2):												
Coastal Petaltail Dragonfly 	Petalura litorea			South		Widespread	Riparian	x				
Giant Dragonfly	Petalura gigantea			North		Widespread	Riparian	x	x			
Moth (3):												
Black Grass-dart	Ocybadistes knightorum		x			Restricted	Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Laced Fritillary	Argyreus hyperbius			South		Widespread	Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Pink Underwing Moth	Phyllodes imperialis southern subspecies			South		Restricted	Rainforests			x		
Fish (3):												
Freshwater fish (3):												
Eastern Cod	Maccullochella ikei		x			Widespread	Riparian - Aquatic			x		
Oxleyan Pygmy Perch	Nannoperca oxleyana			South		Widespread	Heathlands - Aquatic	x				
Purple Spotted Gudgen	Mogurnda adspersa					Widespread	Aquatic	x				
Amphibians (14)												
Ground frog (7):												
Green and Golden Bell Frog	Litoria aurea			North		Widespread	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests	x				
Green-thighed Frog	Litoria brevipalmata					Widespread	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests		x	x		
Olongburra Frog	Litoria olongburensis			South		Regional	Wetlands	x				
Philoria pughi	Philoria pughi		x			Local	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Pouched Frog	Assa darlingtoni			South	x	Disjunct	Rainforests			x		
Sphagnum Frog	Philoria sphagnicolus			North		Regional	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Wallum Froglet	Crinia tinnula					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Stream frog (8):												
Booroolong Frog	Litoria booroolongensis			East		Widespread	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests				x	
Davies Tree Frog	Litoria daviesae			North		Regional	Riparian in Wet sclerophyll				x	
Giant Barred Frog	Mixophyes iteratus					Widespread	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests		x	x		
Glandular Frog	Litoria subglandulosa			South		Widespread	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests			x	x	
Peppered Frog	Litoria piperata		x			Possibly Extinct	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests			x	x	
Stuttering Barrred Frog	Mixophyes balbus					Widespread	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests			x		
Yellow-spotted Bell Frog	Litoria castanea			East		Possibly Extinct	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests				x	
Reptiles (9):												
Freshwater turtle (1):												
Bellinger River Emydura	Emydura macquarii (Bellinger River Form)		x			Restricted	Riparian in Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands			x		
Lizard (2):												
Border Thick-tailed Gecko	Underwoodisaurus sphyrurus			East		Regional	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Three-toed Snake-tooth Skink	Coeranoscincus reticulatus			South		Regional	Rainforests & Wet sclerophyll		x	x		
Marine turtle (3):												
Green Turtle	Chelonia mydas	x				Widespread	Marine	x				
Leathery Turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	x				Widespread	Marine	x				
Loggerhead Turtle	Caretta caretta	x				Widespread	Marine	x				
Snake (3):												
Pale-headed Snake	Hoplocephalus bitorquatus					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x			
Stephens' Banded Snake	Hoplocephalus stephensii					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests			x		
White-crowned Snake	Cacophis harriettae			South		Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands	x	x			
Birds (62):												
Forest bird (13):												
Barred Cuckoo-shrike	Coracina lineata					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests	x	x			
Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris			South		Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Glossy Black-cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus lathami					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x	x	
Mangrove Honeyeater	Lichenostomus fasciogularis			South		Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Olive Whistler	Pachycephala olivacea					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Painted Honeyeater	Grantiella picta					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands				x	
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus banksii					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x			
Regent Honeyeater	Xanthomyza phrygia					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands	x	x			
Rose-crowned Fruit-dove	Ptilinopus regina					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests	x	x	x		
Rufous Scrub-bird	Atrichornis rufescens					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Superb Fruit-dove	Ptilinopus superbus					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests	x	x	x		
White-eared Monarch	Monarcha leucotis			South		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests	x	x			
Wompoo Fruit-dove	Ptilinopus magnificus					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests	x	x	x		
Ground bird (4):												
Beach Stone-curlew	Esacus neglectus					Widespread	Heathlands, Wetlands & Swamp sclerophyll	x				
Bush Stone-curlew	Burhinus grallarius					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests	x	x			
Bush-hen	Amaurornis olivaceus			South		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests	x	x			
Eastern Ground Parrot	Pezoporus wallicus wallicus					Regional	Heathlands	x				
Marine bird (9):												
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Puffinus carneipes	x				Widespread	Marine	x				
Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera leucoptera					Widespread	Littoral	x				
Grey Ternlet	Procelsterna cerulea					Widespread	Marine	x				
Little Shearwater	Puffinus assimilis					Widespread	Marine	x				
Little Tern	Sterna albifrons	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Pied Oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris					Widespread	Littoral	x				
Sooty Oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus					Widespread	Littoral	x				
Sooty Tern	Sterna fuscata					Widespread	Marine	x				
White Tern	Gygis alba					Widespread	Marine	x				
Nocturnal raptor (5):												
Barking Owl	Ninox connivens					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x			
Grass Owl	Tyto capensis					Widespread	Heathlands	x				
Masked Owl	Tyto novaehollandiae					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands		x	x		
Powerful Owl	Ninox strenua					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests		x	x		
Sooty Owl	Tyto tenebricosa					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests		x	x		
Raptor (4):												
Grey Falcon	Falco hypoleucos					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands				x	
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Red Goshawk	Erythrotriorchis radiatus			South		Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x	x	
Square-tailed Kite	Lophoictinia isura					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x			
Wading bird (7):												
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Greater Sand-plover	Charadrius leschenaultii	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Lesser Sand-plover	Charadrius mongolus	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Sanderling	Calidris alba	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	x				Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Wetland bird (11):												
Australasian Bittern	Botaurus poiciloptilus					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Black Bittern	Ixobrychus flavicollis					Widespread	Riparian	x				
Black-necked Stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Blue-billed Duck	Oxyura australis					Widespread	Wetlands	x			x	
Brolga	Grus rubicunda					Widespread	Wetlands & Heathlands	x				
Comb-crested Jacana	Irediparra gallinacea					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Cotton Pygmy-goose	Nettapus coromandelianus					Widespread	Wetlands	x	x			
Freckled Duck	Stictonetta naevosa					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Magpie Goose	Anseranas semipalmata					Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Painted Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis	x				Widespread	Wetlands	x	x			
Red-backed Button-quail	Turnix maculosa					Widespread	Wetlands & Woodlands	x				
Woodland bird (9):												
Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies)	Melithreptus gularis gularis					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands		x			
Brown Treecreeper (eastern subspecies)	Climacteris picumnus victoriae					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands		x	x		
Diamond Firetail	Stagonopleura guttata					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Grey-crowned Babbler (eastern subspecies)	Pomatostomus temporalis temporalis					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands	x	x			
Hooded Robin (south-eastern form)	Melanodryas cucullata cucullata					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands	x	x		x	
Speckled Warbler	Pyrrholaemus sagitatus					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Superb Parrot	Polytelis swainsonii					Widespread	Woodlands			x		
Swift Parrot	Lathamus discolor					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x				
Turquoise Parrot	Neophema pulchella					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands				x	
Mammals (30):												
Aboreal mammal (4):												
Eastern Pygmy-possum	Cercartetus nanus					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests			x	x	
Koala	Phascolarctos cinereus					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x	x	
Squirrel Glider	Petaurus norfolcensis					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x			
Yellow-bellied Glider	Petaurus australis					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands		x	x		
Bat (15):												
Beccari's Freetail-bat	Mormopterus beccarii			South		Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x	x	
Common Blossom-bat	Syconycteris australis					Widespread	Scleropyll forests & Rainforests & Heathlands	x				
Eastern Bentwing-bat	Miniopterus schreibersii oceanensis					Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x	x	
Eastern Cave Bat	Vespadelus troughtoni					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands		x	x		
Eastern False Pipistrelle	Falsistrellus tasmaniensis					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests			x	x	
Eastern Freetail-bat	Mormopterus norfolkensis					Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x		
Eastern Long-eared Bat	Nyctophilus bifax			South		Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests, Woodlands & Heathlands	x				
Golden-tipped Bat	Kerivoula papuensis					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests		x	x		
Greater Broad-nosed Bat	Scoteanax rueppellii					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests & Heathlands		x	x		
Grey-headed Flying-fox	Pteropus poliocephalus					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests & Heathlands	x	x			
Hoary Wattled Bat	Chalinolobus nigrogriseus			South		Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x			
Large-eared Pied Bat	Chalinolobus dwyeri					Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands		x	x		
Large-footed Myotis	Myotis adversus					Widespread	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests	x	x	x		
Little Bentwing-bat	Miniopterus australis					Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x		
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat	Saccolaimus flaviventris					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests & Rainforests & Heathlands		x			
Dasyurid (4):												
Brush-tailed Phascogale	Phascogale tapoatafa					Widespread	Dry sclerophyll & Woodlands	x	x			
Common Planigale	Planigale maculata					Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests, Woodlands & Heathlands	x				
Eastern Quoll	Dasyurus viverrinus					Possibly Extinct	Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands			x		
Spotted-tailed Quoll	Dasyurus maculatus					Widespread	Rainforests, Sclerophyll forests & Woodlands	x	x	x	x	
Macropod (5):												
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby	Petrogale penicillata					Widespread	Rocky outcrops in Sclerophyll forests			x		
Long-nosed Potoroo	Potorous tridactylus					Widespread	Sclerophyll  forests & Heathlands			x		
Parma Wallaby	Macropus parma			North		Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Red-legged Pademelon	Thylogale stigmatica					Widespread	Wet sclerophyll & Rainforests			x		
Rufous Bettong	Aepyprymnus rufescens					Widespread	Sclerophyll  forests & Woodlands		x	x		
Rodent (2):												
Eastern Chestnut Mouse	Pseudomys gracilicaudatus					Widespread	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests	x		x		
Hastings River Mouse	Pseudomys oralis					Widespread	Sclerophyll forests			x		

Populations
Common name	Scientific name	Regional significance	Disjunct	Distribution	Vegetation habitats	Landscapes	
		ROTAP	Migratory agree’t	Endemic	Range limit				Coastal	Midland	Escarpment	Tablelands	
Zieria smithii population at Diggers Head	Zieria smithii population at Diggers Head			x			Restricted	Littoral	x				
Nambucca Glycine population in the Nambucca LGA	Glycine clandestina population in the Nambucca LGA			x			Restricted	Headlands	x				
Tusked Frog population in the Nandewar and New England Tablelands Bioregions	Adelotus brevis population in the Nandewar and New England Tablelands Bioregions						Regional	Riparian in Sclerophyll forests				x	
Emu population in the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Port Stephens LGA	Dromaius novaehollandiae population in the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Port Stephens LGA			x			Regional	Heathlands & Sclerophyll forests	x				
Long-nosed Potoroo population at Cobaki Lakes and Tweed Heads West	Long-nosed Potoroo population at Cobaki Lakes and Tweed Heads West			x			Restricted	Swamp sclerophyll & Heathlands	x				

Ecological communities
Name		Regional significance	Disjunct	Distribution	Vegetation habitats	Landscapes	
		ROTAP	Migratory agree’t	Endemic	Range limit				Coastal	Midland	Escarpment	Tablelands	
Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath Community	Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath			x			Restricted	Heathlands	x				
Coastal Saltmarsh in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions	Coastal Saltmarsh in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions						Widespread	Estuarine	x				
Coastal Cypress Pine Forest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion	Coastal Cypress Pine Forest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion			x			Regional	Dry Sclerophyll	x				
Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions	Freshwater wetlands on coastal floodplains						Widespread	Wetlands	x				
Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia	Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia						Widespread	Rainforests	x				
Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions	Littoral Rainforest in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner Bioregions						Widespread	Rainforests	x				
Lowland Rainforest in NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregion	Lowland Rainforest in NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin Bioregion						Widespread	Rainforests	x	x			
Lowland Rainforest on Floodplain in the New South Wales North Coast Bioregion	Lowland Rainforest on Floodplain						Widespread	Rainforests	x				
Montane Peatlands and Swamps of the New England Tableland, NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin, South East Corner, South Eastern Highlands and Australian Alps	Montane Peatlands and Swamps				East		Regional	Wetlands			x	x	
New England Peppermint (Eucalyptus nova-anglica) Woodland on Basalts and Sediments in the New England Tableland Bioregion	New England Peppermint Woodland on Basalts and Sediments in the New England Tableland Bioregion				East		Regional	Woodlands				x	
Ribbon Gum, Mountain Gum, Snow Gum Grassy Forest/Woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion	Ribbon Gum, Mountain Gum, Snow Gum Grassy Forest/Woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion				East		Regional	Dry Sclerophyll & Woodlands				x	
Sub-tropical Coastal Floodplain Forest of the NSW North Coast bioregion	Sub-tropical Coastal Floodplain Forest						Widespread	Sclerophyll Forests	x				
Swamp oak floodplain forest of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions	Swamp oak floodplain forest						Widespread	Swamp Sclerophyll	x				
Swamp sclerophyll forest on coastal floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions	Swamp sclerophyll forest on coastal floodplains						Widespread	Swamp Sclerophyll	x				
Themeda australis on seacliffs and coastal headlands in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions	Themeda Grassland on seacliffs and coastal headlands in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Corner bioregions						Widespread	Headlands	x				
Upland Wetlands of the Drainage Divide of the New England Tableland Bioregion	Upland Wetlands of the Drainage Divide of the New England Tablelands				East		Regional	Wetlands			x	x	
Upland Wetlands of the New England Tablelands and the Monaro Plateau	Upland Wetlands of the New England Tablelands and the Monaro Plateau				East		Widespread	Wetlands				x	
White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland	White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland				East		Widespread	Woodlands			x	x	
White Box Yellow Box Blakely's Red Gum Woodland	Box-Gum Woodland				East		Widespread	Woodlands				x	
White Gum Moist Forest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion	White Gum Moist Forest in the NSW North Coast Bioregion			x			Regional	Wet Sclerophyll			x