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

CH_DOF06LOWLANDS SWAMP BOX - PAPERBARK - RED GUM DRY FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Swamp Box (Lophostemon suaveolens) – BroadleavedPaperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) – Forest Red Gum(Eucalyptus tereticornis) – Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera subsp.hemilampra) transitional dry open forest of coastal lowlands and valleysSTATEWIDE CLASS Dry Sclerophyll Forests – North Coast DrySclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_DOF06PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Forest Red Gum – Swamp Box – Prickly-leavedTea-tree shrubby open forest on floodplains of the lower Richmond Rivervalley, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion (NSW700-66)Forest Red Gum – Swamp Box shrubby open forest on floodplain edgesin the lower Richmond River valley, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion(NSW700-488)DescriptionA dry open forest which has a varied dominance in the canopy usually of Swamp Box (Lophostemon suaveolens),Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia), Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia), Red Mahogany(Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra), Willow Bottlebrush (Callistemon salignus) and Forest Red Gum(Eucalyptus tereticornis). Other canopy species may include Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta), CoastalBlackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) and Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus signata). Black She-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) andCheese Tree (Glochidion ferdinandi var. ferdinandi) are sometimes present as a small tree layer. Large-leaf Hop Bush(Dodonaea triquetra), Geebung (Persoonia stradbrokensis), Notched Bush-pea (Pultenaea retusa) and Coffee Bush(Breynia oblongifolia) dominate the lower layer. The ground layer is distinctive and consists of Kangaroo Grass(Themeda australis), Wiry Panic (Entolasia stricta), Mat- Rushes (Lomandra longifolia, Lomandra confertifolia), GuineaFlower (Hibbertia aspera), Blue Flax-lily (Dianella caerulea), White Root (Pratia purpurascens) and Bracken Fern(Pteridium esculentum).This community occurs mostly across coastal and hinterland lowlands on alluvial and colluvial flats and drainagedepressions on clay and sand loam soils subject to infrequent inundation, which are transitional between drysclerophyll forest and swamp sclerophyll Forest. In many areas this community has been cleared and is nowonly represented by remnant trees of Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis). For example at Corindi River andColdwater Creek.Page 216Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area