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

CH_DOF04Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesTallest * * Corymbia gummifera, Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra, Eucalyptus planchoniana,Eucalyptus signata, Eucalyptus tindaliae.Middle * * Melaleuca sieberi, Banksia oblongifolia, Leptospermum polygalifolium, Pultenaeamyrtoides, Epacris pulchella, Epacris obtusifolia, Persoonia stradbrokensis, Hakea actites,Leptospermum juniperinum.Lower * * Ptilothrix deusta, Gompholobium pinnatum, Leptocarpus tenax.* Structural information not available from full floristic data. Summary information interpreted from rapid flora dataand field observation.Structural and floristic variationsIn parts of the Red Range, Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus signata) and Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera subsp.hemilampra) dominate over large Sieber’s Paperbarks (Melaleuca sieberi) with a ground layer of sedges in riparianareas and flat valleys. During rapid sampling Tindale’s Stringybark (Eucalyptus tindaliae) and Scribbly Gum(Eucalyptus signata) were observed and will occur periodically in areas mapped as this community.Species richnessNumber of plots 2Total species 43Average number of species 27 ±14Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (6ha) and Yuraygir National Park (11ha).TenureArea (ha)Freehold 99National Park 29Nature Reserve 5NSW State Forest 30TOTAL 163Relationship to other communitiesRelated to communities CH_FW02 (Coastal Swamp Mahogany Forest) and transitions into CH_DOF02 (SandstoneBloodwood – Needlebark Stringybark Heathy Forest) as the drainage improves and the Horned sedge (Ptilothrixdeusta) is more or less replaced by grass and herb floristic species including Mat- Rushes (Lomandra multiflorasubsp. multiflora, Lomandra confertifolia subsp. pallida).EquivalentsBiometric: (NR220) Pink Bloodwood open forest of the coastal lowlands of the North CoastOther: UR0v20 - Eucalyptus gummifera/E. signata (Tweedie et al. 1995)Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 205