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

PLATEAU BEECH COOL TEMPERATE RAINFORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus moorei) - Sassafras(Doryphora sassafras) Cool Temperate RainforestSTATEWIDE CLASS Rainforests – Cool Temperate Rainforest (Keith 2006)CH_RF01PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Antarctic Beech - Possumwood -Sassafras tall cool temperate rainforest on krasnozem soils, NSW NorthCoast Bioregion, New England Tablelands Bioregion and South EasternQueensland Bioregion (NSW75-74)CH_RF01DescriptionIn this cool temperate rainforest there is an abundance of Antarctic Beech (Nothofagus moorei) and othercommon species are Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum), Sassafras (Doryphora sassafras) and Brush Box(Lophostemon confertus). In the mid to small tree layer Native Honeysuckle (Triunia youngiana), Thick-leavedLaurel (Cryptocarya meissneriana) and Brush Pepperbush (Tasmannia insipida) are common to abundant. Vines arecommon and include Small Supplejack (Ripogonum fawcettianum), Petermannia cirrosa and Lawyer Vine (Smilaxaustralis). A sparse ground cover of Gristle Fern (Blechnum cartilagineum) is present.This community occurs at high altitudes in cool moist summit areas above 900 metres in altitude along theDorrigo escarpment.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 7