Targeted Vegetation Survey of Floodplains and Lower Slopes on the ...

CCA08 Far North Coast <strong>Targeted</strong> <strong>Vegetation</strong> <strong>Survey</strong>
Argophyllum nullumense 3RCa
Silver Leaf.
Recorded from two sites, including Clothiers Creek
Road, in Tweed–Brunswick Brush Box foothill wet
sclerophyll forest <strong>and</strong> Tweed–Brunswick Valley
subtropical rainforest communities on metasedimentary
hills.
Arthrochilus prolixus 2K
A poorly known orchid species, it was recorded at
four sites, including Wardell, Tweed Environmental
Park near Pottsville, <strong>and</strong> near Brunswick Heads. The
species is also found in Queensl<strong>and</strong>. It was recorded
on Quaternary s<strong>and</strong>s, high sedimentary quartz soils,
<strong>and</strong> estuarine soils, in Swamp Box (Lophostemon
suaveolens) open forest <strong>and</strong> dry sclerophyll forest on
high sedimentary quartz soils <strong>and</strong> coastal s<strong>and</strong>plains.
Bosistoa transversa Vulnerable (TSC)
Three-leaved Bosistoa.
Recorded in two sites in subtropical rainforest at
Terranora <strong>and</strong> Tweed River. It was in subtropical
rainforest on basalt <strong>and</strong> meta-sedimentary lowelevation
rolling hills.
Brunoniella spiciflora Rare (NSW)
This species is apparently rare in NSW, where it has a
southern limit on the FNC. The species extends into
Queensl<strong>and</strong>. In the present survey, B. spiciflora was
found in two sites, at Reserve Creek <strong>and</strong> Palmdale, on
lower slope subtropical rainforests on sedimentary soils
Callerya australis 3RC
Native Wisteria.
Recorded in three sites, Taggets Hill, Sleepy Hollow
<strong>and</strong> Terranora, in subtropical rainforest on metasedimentary
rolling hills.
Cassia brewsteri var. marksiana Endangered (TSC)
Native Laburnum.
Recorded in two sites, on the Terranora Plateau <strong>and</strong>
Barneys Point, in subtropical rainforest <strong>and</strong> Brush Box
lowl<strong>and</strong> rainforest.
Cassia brewsteri var. marksiana
Cordyline congesta 2RC-
Palm Lily.
This species was common <strong>and</strong> widespread in the
study area. It was recorded in 35 sites, from Wardell,
Ballina <strong>and</strong> Tweed Heads. It was a dominant species in
some sites. It was frequently recorded in the Wardell–
Tuckean area, <strong>of</strong>ten on alluvial soils <strong>and</strong> coastal barrier
s<strong>and</strong>s, but also on high sedimentary quartz soils <strong>and</strong>,
infrequently, on estuarine soils. It was found in 11
communities, including swamp sclerophyll forests,
subtropical rainforest, littoral rainforest, Brush Box
forests <strong>and</strong> dry open forests.
Cordyline congesta
Corokia whiteana Vulnerable (TSC)
There was a single record <strong>of</strong> this species, in Scribbly
Gum (Eucalyptus signata) dry open forest on
Pleistocene s<strong>and</strong>s, at T<strong>and</strong>ys Lane, near Byron Bay.