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

CH_WSF06PLATEAU BLUE GUM - TALLOWWOOD -FLOODED GUM WET SHRUBBY FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna) –Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) – Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus grandis)wet shrubby forest on sheltered metasedimentary hills of the EasternDorrigo PlateauSTATEWIDE CLASS Wet Sclerophyll Forests – North Coast WetSclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_WSF06PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Brush Box – Tallowwood – Sydney BlueGum shrubby wet open forest of coastal hills and escarpment ranges,NSW North Coast Bioregion and the South Eastern Queensland Bioregion(NSW1500-933)DescriptionA medium to tall open moist forest with a variable canopy usually dominated by Sydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptussaligna), Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) or Flooded Gum (Eucalyptus grandis). Brush Box (Lophostemonconfertus) and Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) are common associates. The mid stratum is diverse and containsBlack Wattle (Callicoma serratifolia), Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), Rose Myrtle (Archirhodomyrtus beckleri),Jackwood (Cryptocarya glaucescens), Tree Heath (Trochocarpa laurina) and Forest Maple (Cryptocarya rigida) whichPage 106Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area