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

CH_DOF07Floristic summaryLayer Height (m)* Cover (%)* Dominant SpeciesTallest 15-25 30-60 Eucalyptus pilularis, Eucalyptus campanulata, Angophora costata,Eucalyptus carnea.Middle 5-15 5-10 Allocasuarina torulosa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia binervata.Lower layer 1 1-3 10-25 Trochocarpa laurina, Myrsine variabilis, Elaeocarpus reticulatus,Persoonia media, Cryptocarya glaucescens, Prostanthera ovalifoliaLower layer 2 0- 1.0 30-70 Calochlaena dubia, Lomandra longifolia, Gonocarpus oreophilus, Poasieberiana.* Data collated from 2 of 2 rapid data pointsStructural and floristic variationsThis highly restricted map unit has been sampled at only 2 locations in the study area and information about itsstructure is limited. From the survey data available, there appears to be a floristic variation in the understoreyfrom dry sclerophyll (dominated by Two-veined Hickory (Acacia binervata), Snow grass (Poa sieberiana) andSpiny-headed Mat-rush (Lomandra longifolia) to a moist sclerophyll with Jackwood (Cryptocarya glaucescens), SoftBracken (Calochlaena dubia) and Gonocarpus oreophilus. Further field sampling is required to clarify the floristicdescription for this map unit.Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bindarri National Park (27ha), Bindarri State Conservation Area (3ha) and DorrigoNational Park (4ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 1Freehold 1National Park 24NSW State Forest 9State Conservation Area 3TOTAL 37Relationship to other communitiesMore exposed and drier variant of CH_WSF18 (Escarpment New England Blackbutt Wet Ferny Forest). Oftenintergrades with CH_DOF01 (Coast and Escarpment Blackbutt Dry Forest) and CH_WSF09 (Northern EscarpmentBlackbutt - Apple Wet Ferny Forest). The presence of New England Blackbutt (Eucalyptus campanulata) is a keyindicator of this community and is usually co-dominant with Coastal Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis).LocationsKnown localities include Bushman’s Range Road, east of Lowanna and Langley’s Trail, Bindarri National Park.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 223