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

CH_WSF17FOOTHILLS TURPENTINE - GREY GUM -IRONBARK MOIST SHRUBBY FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera) – Tallowwood(Eucalyptus microcorys) – Small-fruited Grey Gum (Eucalyptus propinqua)– Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia) – White Mahogany (Eucalyptusacmenoides) moist shrubby forest on hinterland metasedimentaryfoothillsSTATEWIDE CLASS North Coast Wet Sclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_WSF17PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Tallowwood – Small-fruited Grey Gum –Forest Oak dry open forest, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion and NSWNorth Coast Bioregion (NSW1000-1071)DescriptionA tall moist open forest with a diverse and variable canopy. The more common canopy species are Small-fruitedGrey Gum (Eucalyptus propinqua), Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys), Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera), GreyIronbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia), White Mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides) and Brush Box (Lophostemonconfertus). Other occasionally common canopy species are Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) and SpottedGum (Corymbia variegata). There is usually a small tree/shrub layer of Forest Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa), MockOlive (Notelaea longifolia) and Tree Heath (Trochocarpa laurina) present. The ground layer is moist and consists ofRasp fern (Doodia aspera), Spiny-headed Mat-rush (Lomandra longifolia), Wiry Panic (Entolasia stricta), Blady Grass(Imperata cylindrica), Pastel Flower (Pseuderanthemum variabile) and Settler’s Flax (Gymnostachys anceps). Manyof the occurrences of this community have been subjected to considerable disturbance. Weeds such as Lantana(Lantana camara) and Broadleaf Paspalum (Paspalum mandiocanum) are often abundant.This community occurs on the moister sheltered and intermediate mid and lower slopes on fine grainedsediments of the Coast Range. Common north of Karangi and below about 300m elevation.Page 168Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area