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

CH_WSF13DUNN’S WHITE GUM WET FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Dunn’s White Gum (Eucalyptus dunnii) tall wetforest of creeklines and lower slopes of the Moleton and Little NymboidahillsSTATEWIDE CLASS Wet Sclerophyll Forests – North Coast WetSclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_WSF13PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Dunn’s White Gum tall wet forest onbasalt-derived or enriched soils on hinterland ranges, NSW North CoastBioregion and South Eastern Queensland Bioregion (NSW700-406)DescriptionA medium to tall open moist forest with a canopy usually dominated by Dunn’s White Gum (Eucalyptus dunnii) andSydney Blue Gum (Eucalyptus saligna). Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) and Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera)are common associates. The mid stratum is often dense and characterised by Forest Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa),Green Wattle (Acacia irrorata), Murrogun (Cryptocarya microneura) and Water Gum (Tristaniopsis laurina). Theground layer consists mainly of tussock grasses (Poa spp.), Gristle Fern (Blechnum cartilagineum) and Prickly RaspFern (Doodia aspera).This community is distributed on lower slopes and often along creek lines in areas of metasedimentary geology inthe hills and ranges of the eastern Dorrigo plateau between Brooklana and Mole CreekVegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 151