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

CH_DOF09COAST SAND BLACKBUTT - BLOODWOOD - APPLE FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) – Blackbutt(Eucalyptus pilularis) – Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata) tall dryopen forest on sandSTATEWIDE CLASS Dry Sclerophyll Forests – Coastal Dune DrySclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_D0F09PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Blackbutt – Sydney Red Gum/BastardTallowwood open forest on coastal dunes and sandplains of the SouthEastern Queensland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW70-49)DescriptionA tall dry to occasionally wet open forest that grows on coastal dune sands. The dominant trees are Blackbutt(Eucalyptus pilularis), Smooth-barked Apple (Angophora costata), Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus resiniferasubsp. hemilampra) and Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia). Other canopy trees may include Turpentine(Syncarpia glomulifera), Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus), Tindale’s Stringybark (Eucalyptus tindaliae) and GreyIronbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia). Old Man Banksia (Banksia serrata), Corkwood (Endiandra sieberi), Brush Box(Lophostemon confertus), and Forest Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa) may occur as a second tree layer. A sparse tomoderately dense mid-stratum is usually present and composed mainly of Large-leaf Hop-bush (Dodonaeatriquetra) and Coffee Bush (Breynia oblongifolia). The ground layer is composed of Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica),Wiry Panic (Entolasia stricta), Wattle Mat-rush (Lomandra filiformis), Variable Sword-sedge (Lepidosperma laterale),Barbwire Grass (Cymbopogon refractus), Two-colour Panic (Panicum simile) and Three-awned Spear Grass (Aristidavagans).Occurs in areas of well-drained sandy unconsolidated sediments over a range of landforms including largePleistocene dunes, dry sites on backbarrier flats, and often associated with coastal creeks deposits. It occurs inrelatively sheltered sites set back from the ocean and is distributed north from Bongil Bongil National Park toStation Creek in Yuraygir National Park.Page 230Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area