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

CH_WSF14Floristic summaryLayer Height (m)* Cover (%)* Dominant SpeciesTallest No data No data Eucalyptus tereticornis, Lophostemon confertus, Eucalyptussiderophloia.Middle No data No data Pittosporum undulatum, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Palmeriascandens, Smilax australis.Lower No data No data Oplismenus aemulus, Viola banksii, Gahnia aspera.* Data based on 1 floristic site and field observationStructural and floristic variationsMany of the remaining examples of this community are highly modified and weed infested.ExoticsAsparagus aethiopicus, Bidens pilosa, Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata, Ipomoeacairica, Lantana camaraConservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast Regional Park (3ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 18Freehold 18Regional Park 3TOTAL 39Relationship to other communitiesRelated to and shares some affinities with CH_RF08 (Headland Brush Box Littoral Rainforest). CH_WSF14 isdistinguished from CH_RF08 by dominance of Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) in the canopy, andpotentially Grey Ironbark (E. siderophloia) and Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus) being locally abundant.EquivalentsBiometric: no equivalentOther: N1a – Coastal forest Red Gum (Fisher et al. 1996)LocationsKnown examples include Bluff Trail, Bongil Bongil National Park; Dolmans Point, Sawtell; Boambee Reserve;Macauley’s Headland; Diggers Headland; Korora and Opal Cove.Page 156Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area