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

CH_DOF09Floristic summaryLayer Height (m)* Cover (%)* Dominant SpeciesTallest 16-40 30-60 Eucalyptus pilularis, Angophora costata, Eucalyptus resiniferasubsp. hemilampra, Corymbia intermedia, Syncarpia glomulifera.Middle 1-3 30-45 Dodonaea triquetra, Breynia oblongifolia, Pteridium esculentum,Pultenaea villosa, Acacia falcata, Persoonia stradbrokensis.Lower layer 1 0-1.2 10-50 Imperata cylindrica, Hovea longifolia, Pteridium esculentum,Leucopogon lanceolatus, Lomandra longifolia.Lower layer 2 0- 0.5 10-70 Entolasia stricta, Lomandra filiformis, Lepidosperma laterale,Aristida vagans.* Data collated from 2 of 2 full floristic sites. The description is developed from additional API sites which more fullydocuments the variation in this community.Structural and floristic variationsVaries from heathy to grassy dry sclerophyll forest to some examples of taller wet sclerophyll forest on sand.Species richnessNumber of plots 6Total species 112Average number of species 37 ±6Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (83ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (1ha), Moonee BeachNature Reserve (19ha) and Yuraygir National Park (141ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 29Freehold 48National Park 238Nature Reserve 19Regional Park 1TOTAL 334Relationship to other communitiesClosely related to CH_DOF01 (Coast and Escarpment Blackbutt Dry Forest) and CH_WSF12 (Brushbox-CorkwoodOpen Forest on sand). The key diagnostic feature for CH_DOF09 is the sandy substrate. This community isfound adjacent to CH_FrW01 (Coastal Paperbark Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest), CH_SW02 (Estuarine Twig RushSaltmarsh), CH_SW06 (Estuarine Sea Rush Saltmarsh), CH_SW07 (Estuarine Samphire - Saltwater Couch Saltmarsh)and CH_DOF06 (Lowlands Swamp Paperbark Red Gum Dry Forest).EquivalentsBiometric:North Coast(NR114) Blackbutt - bloodwood dry heathy open forest on Quaternary sands of the northernOther:N44a Dry Blackbutt (Fisher et al. 1996); Community 23-Pink Bloodwood on Holocene Dunes(Cameron et al. 2011); Forest Ecosystem 27 - Coast Sands Blackbutt (ELA 2005).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 231