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

CH_RF03Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 20 - 40 60 - 100 Araucaria cunninghamii, Ceratopetalum apetalum, Doryphorasassafras, Acradenia euodiiformis, Callicoma serratifolia.Middle 1 5 - 20 60 - 80 Pittosporum multiflorum, Cryptocarya meissneriana, Triuniayoungiana, Callicoma serratifolia, Ripogonum fawcettianum,Ripogonum discolour, Petermannia cirrosa, Ripogonum elseyanum.Middle 2 1 - 10 10 - 30 Acacia melanoxylon, Neolitsea dealbata.Lower 0.1 - 0.6 5 - 10 Blechnum cartilagineum, Tasmannia insipida, Linospadixmonostachya.* Data collated from 9 of 9 full floristic sitesSpecies richnessNumber of plots 9Total species 138Average number of species 34 ±11Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bindarri National Park (539ha), Bindarri State Conservation Area (287 ha) andDorrigo National Park (389ha)TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 27Freehold 2 088National Park 984NSW State Forest 567State Conservation Area 287TOTAL 3 952Endangered Ecological Community: Lowland Rainforest in the NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin bioregions EECThreatened and Rare plants:Cryptocarya dorrigoensisRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_RF12 (Escarpment Coachwood - Sassafras - Brush Box Warm Temperate Rainforest). CH_RF12 occurscloser to the escarpment edge with a significant influence of subtropical elements in the species composition.CH_RF03 is more common on the western parts of the plateau within the study area.Within CH_RF03, there are restricted occurrences of CH_RF02 (Plateau Beech – Coachwood Cool TemperateRainforest). In areas of Warm Temperate Rainforest, due to the floristic similarity and difficulty in interpretation,there will be occurrences of CH_RF12 (Escarpment Coachwood – Sassafras – Brush Box Warm TemperateRainforest) within mapped areas of CH_RF03 and occurrences of CH_RF03 within mapped areas of CH_RF12.EquivalentsBiometric: Coachwood - Soft Corkwood - Crabapple warm temperate rainforest of the North Coast (NR147)Other: R35 Coachwood (Fisher et al. 1996), Sub-alliance 35 (Floyd 1990)Page 16Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area