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

CH_WSF11Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesTallest 15 – 25 25 - 30 Corymbia variegata, Eucalyptus siderophloia, Eucalyptus carnea,Eucalyptus propinqua.Middle 3 - 10 10 - 20 Myrsine variabilis, Choricarpia leptopetala, Allocasuarina torulosa,Astrotricha latifolia.Lower 0.01 - 1 5 - 10 Pseuderanthemum variabile, Dianella caerulea, Oplismenusaemulus, Vernonia cinerea, Desmodium rhytidophyllum,Desmodium varians.* Data collated from 2 of 2 full floristic sitesExoticsCinnamomum camphora ,Lantana camara, Panicum schinziiSpecies richnessNumber of plots 2Total species 75Average number of species 45 ±17Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Sherwood Nature Reserve (8ha) and Conglomerate SF – Madman’s Creek floraReserve (10ha)TenureArea (ha)Freehold 548National Park 4Nature Reserve 8NSW State Forest 2 061NSW State Forest Flora Reserve 10TOTAL 2 631Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_DOF10 (Foothills Spotted Gum – Mahogany - Grey Gum - Ironbark Dry Forest) which occurs withincreasing dryness. CH_WSF11 is distinguished from CH_DOF10 by a characteristically moist herb/shrubbyunderstorey. Also related to CH_WSF17 (Foothills Turpentine – Grey Gum - Ironbark Moist Shrubby Forest)which has less frequency of Spotted Gum (Corymbia variegata). CH_WSF11 can be distinguished by the higherabundance (typically dominant or sub-dominant) of Spotted Gum (Corymbia variegata) over a moist understoreysimilar to that in CH_WSF17.The mapped occurrence of the map unit WSF11 has been shown to include elements of the Wet Sclerophyllcommunities CH_WSF17 (Foothills Turpentine - Grey Gum - Ironbark Moist Shrubby Forest) and CH_WSF03(Foothills and Escarpment Blue Gum - Tallowwood -Turpentine Wet Shrubby Forest) as the dominance of SpottedGum decreases. Additionally, as this community grades into dry sclerophyll forest, elements of CH_DOF05(Foothills Grey Gum-Ironbark - Mahogany Dry Forest) and CH_DOF10 (Foothills Spotted Gum - Mahogany - GreyGum - Ironbark Dry Forest) will be present.EquivalentsBiometric: Grey Gum - Spotted Gum open forest of the southern Clarence lowlands of the North Coast (NR174).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 143