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

CH_G02Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesLower 0-0.4 70 Commelina cyanea, Zoysia macrantha, Carpobrotus glausescens,Plectranthus cremnus.ExoticsDigitaria ciliaris, Hypochaeris radicata, Paspalum urvillei, Solanum nigrumSpecies richnessNumber of plots 1Total species 17Average number of species 17Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Mutton Bird Island Nature Reserve (8ha).TenureArea (ha)Nature Reserve 8TOTAL 8Threatened and Rare plants:Plectranthus cremnusRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_H03 (Kangaroo Grass Headland Grasslands), but with a very different suite of grasses and shrubsand soilsEquivalentsBiometric:No equivalentLocationsMuttonbird Island, North West Rock, Flat Top Rock and other offshore islands of the Solitary Islands Group.Diagnostic speciesSpecies NameGroup score(50 percentile)GroupfrequencyNon-group score(50 percentile)Non-groupfrequencyFidelity classAsplenium difforme 2 100% 0 0% positiveCarpobrotus glaucescens 3 100% 1 1% positiveCommelina cyanea 4 100% 1 4% positiveDianella congesta 3 100% 2 1% positiveDichondra repens 2 100% 1 5% positiveFicinia nodosa 1 100% 2 3% uninformativeLobelia anceps 2 100% 1 5% positiveLomandra longifolia 0 0% 2 52% negativeParsonsia straminea 1 100% 1 27% uninformativePlectranthus cremnus 3 100% 1 0% positivePortulaca oleracea 2 100% 0 0% positivePage 186Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area