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

CH_DOF08Floristic summaryLayer Height (m)* Cover (%)* Dominant SpeciesTallest 6-20 25-40 Corymbia intermedia.Middle layer 3-8 10-20 Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia,Callistemon salignus, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Guioa semiglauca,Smilax australis.Lower layer 1 0.2-4 25-60 Dodonaea triquetra, Lomandra longifolia, Pteridium esculentum,Myrsine variabilis, Stephania japonica var. discolor.Lower layer 2 0-1 10-45 Imperata cylindrica, Commelina cyanea, Pratia purpurascens.* Data collated from 4 flora plots.ExoticsseptemtrionalisChrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata, Gloriosa superba, Lantana camara, SennaSpecies richnessNumber of plots 5Total species 76Average number of species 37 ±8Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (123ha) and Coffs Coast Regional Park (5ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown LandFreehold 27National Park 122Regional Park 5TOTAL 154Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_DOF09 (Coast Sand Blackbutt - Bloodwood - Apple Forest) and CH_H01 (Coast Banksia Shrublandon Holocene Dunes). Distinguished from CH_DOF09 by dominance or co-dominance of B. integrifolia in thecanopy.EquivalentsBiometric: NR220 - Pink Bloodwood open forest of the coastal lowlands of the North CoastOther:N44a Dry Blackbutt (Fisher et al. 1996); Community 23-Pink Bloodwood on Holocene Dunes(Cameron et al. 2011)LocationsEastern Peninsula Trail, Bongil Bongil National Park; Moonee Beach Nature Reserve; Bundagen, Bongil BongilNational Park; Coffs Coast Regional Park.Page 226Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area