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

CH_DOF02Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast Regional Park (1ha), Madman’s Creek Flora Reserve (6ha), Garby NatureReserve (24ha), Sherwood Nature Reserve (60ha) and Yuraygir National Park (295ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 30Freehold 1 493National Park 292Nature Reserve 85NSW State Forest 1 474NSW State Forest Flora Reserve 6Regional Park 1Total 3 382Threatened and Rare plants:Boronia chartacea 3R, Olearia stilwelliae 3RCaRelationship to other communitiesMay grade into CH_DOF04 (Needlebark Stringybark- Scribbly Gum – Red Mahogany Dry Open Forest) along creeklines and poorly drained flats where Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus signata) occurs.EquivalentsBiometric: (NR104) Bailey’s Stringybark - Needlebark Stringybark heathy woodland on sandstones of thelower Clarence Valley of the North CoastOther:N42a - Needlebark Stringybark (Fisher et al. 1996); URov21 - Eucalyptus planchoniana (Tweedieet al. 1995); Research Note 17 – Type 97 Needlebark Stringybark (Forestry Commission of NSW, 1989).LocationsConglomerate State Forest; Wedding Bells State Forest; Red Ridge Road on the Coast Range; Dirty Creek;Newfoundland State Forest; Station Creek, Yuraygir National Park.Structural and floristic variationsThere is considerable structural and floristic variation in this community. Structurally it can vary from shrublandor woodland on shallow sandstone plateau tops and ridges to a taller open forest in more sheltered aspects ondeeper soils. At Anderson’s Mountain, patches of heath with Horned sedge (Ptilothrix deusta) and Allocasuarinadefungens were observed in areas of clay soils on slopes with impeded drainage. Additionally, there weresandstone sedgelands too small to map with Baeckea spp. and Lepidosperma limicola.The overstory can vary from areas dominated by Large-fruited Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pyrocarpa) to areas in whichNeedlebark Stringybark (Eucalyptus planchoniana) is the only tree present. There are areas where Blackbutt(Eucalyptus pilularis) and Large-fruited Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pyrocarpa) intergrade. Red Bloodwood (Corymbiagummifera) is a consistently occurring species in the canopy and other species such as Red Mahogany (Eucalyptusresinifera subsp. hemilampra) and Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) are present in less sandy areas of higherfertility.Page 198Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area