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

CH_WSF15Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 20- 40 60 Eucalyptus propinqua, Eucalyptus rummeryi, Syncarpia glomulifera,Eucalyptus microcorys, Corymbia variegata.Middle 2 - 22 70 Choricarpia leptopetala, Acacia oshanesii, Hibiscus heterophyllussubsp. heterophyllus, Asterolasia correifolia, Alphitonia excelsa,Cyclophyllum longipetalum, Alyxia ruscifolia, Cissus antarctica.Ground 0 -1 5 Gahnia aspera, Lepidosperma laterale, Pseuderanthemum variabile,Ottochloa gracillima.* Data collated from 3 of 4 full floristic sitesExoticsLantana camaraSpecies richnessNumber of plots 4Total species 130Average number of species 45 ±36.1Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Conglomerate SF - Madman’s Creek Flora Reserve (29ha).TenureArea (ha)Freehold 199NSW State Forest 329NSW State Forest Flora Reserve 29TOTAL 557Endangered Ecological Communities: May contain elements of Lowland Rainforest (Lowland Rainforest in theNSW North Coast and Sydney Basin bioregions EEC).Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_RF05 (Foothills Brown Myrtle Dry Rainforest) and also CH_WSF11 (Foothills Spotted Gum -Mahogany - Grey Gum Wet Shrubby Forest). CH_WSF15 is replaced by CH_RF05 on lower slopes and gullies whereSteel Box and other overstorey species are not present. CH_WSF11 occurs in similar habitats and landscapesand due to the difficulty in interpretation of these two communities, field validation of mapped occurrences isrecommended.EquivalentsBiometric: Steel Box shrubby open forest of the ranges of the northern North Coast. (NR226) -Shatterwood - Giant Stinging Tree - Yellow Tulipwood dry rainforest of the North Coast(NR251)Other: Floyd Suballiance 27 (Floyd, 1990)LocationsMadman’s Creek, Conglomerate State Forest; Tallawudjah Creek, near Glenreagh; Red White and Blue Creek,Bagawa State Forest; Coldwater Creek, Bagawa State Forest; Bagawa Creek.Page 160Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area