VOLUME 2: Vegetation Community Profiles - Coffs Harbour City ...

CH_WSF05FOOTHILLS TO ESCARPMENT BRUSH BOX - TALLOWWOOD -BLACKBUTT WET FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus) – Tallowwood(Eucalyptus microcorys) – Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) – Flooded Gum(Eucalyptus grandis) wet shrubby forest of sheltered gully heads andslopes on metasedimentsSTATEWIDE CLASS Wet Sclerophyll Forests – North Coast WetSclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_WSF05PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Turpentine – Brush Box – Flooded Gum– Blackbutt shrubby moist forest of sub-coastal lowlands, NSW NorthCoast Bioregion and South Eastern Queensland Bioregion (NSW1500-929)DescriptionThe dominance of Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus) in the canopy is a diagnostic feature of this communitywhich occurs predominantly in gully heads of the escarpment and coastal ranges. Other associated canopyspecies include Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys), Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) and Turpentine (Syncarpiaglomulifera). In the mid layer a diversity of small rainforest trees and shrubs are present such as Jackwood(Cryptocarya glaucescens), Scentless Rosewood (Synoum glandulosum subsp. glandulosum), Scrub Turpentine(Rhodamnia rubescens), Rose Myrtle (Archirhodomyrtus beckleri), Forest Maple (Cryptocarya rigida), and Murrogun(Cryptocarya microneura). Water Vine (Cissus hypoglauca) grows in dense smothering layers in canopy gaps.Tree Ferns (Cyathea australis) are often common. The sparse ground layer comprises Gristle Fern (Blechnumcartilagineum) and Pastel Flower (Pseuderanthemum variabile).Often adjacent to gully rainforest on metasediments or alluvial areas on sheltered steep slopes and upper gullyreaches. Common below the eastern Dorrigo escarpment rim (around 500m elevation).Page 96Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area