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

CH_DOF06Floristic summaryLayer Height (m)* Cover (%)* Dominant SpeciesTallest 3-40 35-80 Corymbia intermedia, Lophostemon suaveolens, Melaleuca quinquenervia,Eucalyptus pilularis, Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra, CallistemonsalignusMiddle 1 5-15 30-50 Allocasuarina littoralis, Glochidion ferdinandi var. ferdinandi.Middle 2 0.5-1.5 30-50 Dodonaea triquetra, Persoonia stradbrokensis, Pultenaea retusa, Breyniaoblongifolia, Geitonoplesium cymosumLower 0.1- 1.1 30-70 Themeda australis, Entolasia stricta, Lomandra longifolia, Lomandraconfertifolia, Hibbertia aspera, Dianella caerulea, Pratia purpurascens,Pteridium esculentum, Imperata cylindrica, Billardiera scandens.* Data collated from 5 of 6 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsOne site dominated by Bancroft’s Red Gum (Eucalyptus bancroftii) in the Station Creek area of Yuraygir NationalPark was mapped within this community. In the Moonee area there are stands which were mapped as a dualcode with CH_DOF01 (Coast and Escarpment Blackbutt Dry Forest). These areas contained Blackbutt (Eucalyptuspilularis), and Ironbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia) in association with Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia),Swamp Box (Lophostemon suaveolens) and Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis).ExoticsAgeratum houstonianum, Andropogon virginicus, Asparagus aethiopicus, Baccharis halimifolia,Gomphocarpus fruticosus, Lantana camara, Senna pendulaSpecies richnessNumber of plots 6Total species 80Average number of species 28 ±8.2Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast Regional Park (8ha), Garby Nature Reserve (6ha), Moonee Beach NatureReserve (4ha) and Yuraygir National Park (609ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 93Freehold 895National Park 612Nature Reserve 10NSW State Forest 395Regional Park 8TOTAL 2 013Endangered Ecological Community:Subtropical Coastal Floodplain Forest of the NSW North Coast bioregion EECRelationship to other communitiesThis community often occurs adjacent to CH_DOF01 (Coast and Escarpment Blackbutt Dry Forest) and CH_FrW01(Coastal Paperbark Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest). The presence of Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis) is a majordiagnostic feature of this community. The increasing proportion of Broadleaf Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia)indicates transition into CH_FrW01.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 217