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

CH_WSF06Relationship to other communitiesStrongly related to CH_RF12 (Escarpment Coachwood - Sassafras - Brush Box Warm Temperate Rainforest),CH_RF03 (Plateau/Escarpment Coachwood Sassafras Warm Temperate Rainforest) and CH_WSF07 (Plateau andEscarpment Rim Brush Box Blackbutt Wet Forest). CH_WSF07 is similar in the understorey but has a relativedominance of Coastal Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) and Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus) in the canopy. CH_WSF06 is replaced by CH_WSF03 (Blue Gum – Tallowwood – Turpentine Wet Shrubby Forest) at lower elevationswhere the sub-tropical influence on the understorey species is stronger.EquivalentsBiometric:(NR264).Tallowwood - Sydney Blue Gum moist open forest of the coastal ranges of the North CoastOther: N3/N3a – Sydney Blue Gum (Fisher et al. 1996)LocationsKnown examples include St. John’s Creek, near Bobo River in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest; Eastern Dorrigo Way,Timmsvale; Ulong; Moleton Road, Moleton.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 109