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

PLATEAU AND ESCARPMENT COACHWOOD - SASSAFRASWARM TEMPERATE RAINFORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum) – Callicoma(Callicoma serratifolia) – Sassafras (Doryphora sassafras) – Hoop Pine(Araucaria cunninghamii) Warm Temperate RainforestSTATEWIDE CLASS Rainforests – Warm Temperate Rainforest (Keith2006)CH_RF03PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Coachwood – Sassafras – Crabapple tallclosed forest of the Dorrigo area, NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW1000-1591)CH_RF03DescriptionA warm temperate rainforest often with emergent Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) present in most sites. Inthe dense rainforest canopy the common trees are Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum), Sassafras (Doryphorasassafras), Yellow Satin-heart (Acradenia euodiiformis), Callicoma (Callicoma serratifolia) and Hairy-leaved BollyGum (Neolitsea dealbata). Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) is sometimes common in the mid stratum or in areasthat are regenerating. The mid stratum also consists of shrubby wet rainforest species such as Thick-leaved Laurel(Cryptocarya meissneriana), Native Honeysuckle (Triunia youngiana) and Callicoma (Callicoma serratifolia). Thelower and ground layer consists of Gristle Fern (Blechnum cartilagineum), Orange Thorn (Pittosporum multiflorum),Brush Pepperbush (Tasmannia insipida) and Walking Stick Palm (Linospadix monostachya). Vines such as SmallSupplejack (Ripogonum fawcettianum), Prickly Supplejack (Ripogonum discolor), Petermannia cirrosa and HairySupplejack (Ripogonum elseyanum) are common in the middle layers.This community is widespread on the Eastern Dorrigo Plateau in moist areas of metasedimentary derived soilsand sometimes unconsolidated alluvial sediments between about 500 and 1000 metres in altitude. It occurson sheltered slopes and gullies on undulating to steep topography in the catchments of the Bobo and LittleNymboida River and their tributaries.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 15