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

CH_WSF10Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 15 - 30 35 - 50 Eucalyptus microcorys, Eucalyptus pilularis, Eucalyptus saligna, Syncarpiaglomulifera.Middle 5 - 15 20 - 60 Smilax australis, Cordyline stricta, Syncarpia glomulifera, Allocasuarinatorulosa, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Cryptocarya glaucescens,Synoum glandulosum subsp. glandulosum, Archirhodomyrtus beckleri,Dioscorea transversa.Lower 0.01 - .08 20 - 60 Blechnum cartilagineum, Calochlaena dubia, Lomandra longifolia,Entolasia marginata, Oplismenus aemulus, Pseuderanthemum variabile,Clematis aristata.* Data collated from 8 of 9 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThe understorey of this community can vary from very wet shrubby to moist shrubby. The canopy dominanceis also variable across the distribution of this community. At some sites there is a high dominance of CoastalBlackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) with Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) and Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna) asassociate species. In other locations Coastal Blackbutt (E. pilularis) and Tallowwood (E. microcorys) can be codominantwith Sydney Blue Gum (E. saligna) as an associate species.ExoticsCinnamomum camphora, Lantana camara, Lepidium perfoliatum, Passiflora subpeltataSpecies richnessNumber of plots 9Total species 116Average number of species 31 ±10Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bindarri National Park (228ha), Bongil Bongil National Park (2ha), Dorrigo NationalPark (38ha), Bruxner Park Flora Reserve (10ha), Sherwood Nature Reserve (76ha) and Ulidarra National Park (3ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 11Freehold 1 806National Park 273Nature Reserve 70NSW State Forest 2 856NSW State Forest Flora Reserve 19TOTAL 5 035Relationship to other communities:CH_WSF10 often occurs upslope of CH_WSF02 (Hinterland Blackbutt - Bangalow Turpentine - Wet Shrubby Forest)and CH_WSF03 (Foothills and Escarpment Blue Gum – Tallowwood - Turpentine Wet Shrubby Forest). CH_WSF10is distinguished from CH_WSF03 by a higher relative abundance of Coastal Blackbutt (E. pilularis) in CH_WSF03and lower abundance of Sydney Blue Gum (E. saligna). CH_WSF10 is distinguished from CH_WSF02 because ithas a more diverse mix of sclerophyll species in the canopy. CH_WSF10 can grade into CH_WSF09 (NorthernEscarpment Blackbutt - Apple Wet Ferny Forest) as the understorey becomes drier and the as Sydney Blue Gumbecomes sparse or absent from the site.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 137