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

CH_G02MARITIME GRASSLANDS - OFFSHORE ISLANDSSCIENTIFIC NAME Native Wandering Jew (Commelina cyanea) –Prickly Couch (Zoysia macrantha) Pig Face (Carpobrotus glausescens)Maritime Grasslands of Offshore IslandsSTATEWIDE CLASS Grasslands – Maritime Grasslands (Keith 2006)PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE(NSW700-535)CH_G02Maritime Grasslands of Offshore IslandsDescriptionA maritime grassland community occupying offshore islands and comprising a zonation of herbs, grasses andforbs influenced by location on slope, exposure to salt spray and soil depth. Ice Plant (Sesuvium portulacastrum),Ruby Saltmarsh (Enchylaena tomentosa), Shore Spleenwort (Asplenium difforme), Sea Daisy (Melanthera biflora),Sticky Cockspur flower (Plectranthus cremnus) and Pig Face (Carpobrotus glaucescens) are most common on cliffsand steep slopes. Prickly Couch (Zoysia macrantha), Dune Bean (Vigna marina) and Sword Bean (Canavalia rosea)occur on gentle slopes on shallow soils. On gentle slopes with deeper soils Blue Flax-lily (Dianella caerulea),(Dianella congesta), Weeping Meadow Grass (Microlaena stipoides), Native Wandering Jew (Commelina cyanea),Variable Groundsel (Senecio pinnatifolius var. pinnatifolius), New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) andPennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides) form a very dense cover (Floyd 1984).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 185