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

CH_DOF10FOOTHILLS SPOTTED GUM - MAHOGANY - GREY GUM -IRONBARK DRY FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Coastal Foothills Spotted Gum (Corymbia variegata)– Thick-leaved Mahogany (Eucalyptus carnea) – Small-fruited Grey Gum(Eucalyptus propinqua) – Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia) grassydry exposed open forest on sediments and metasedimentsSTATEWIDE CLASS Dry Sclerophyll Forests – North Coast DrySclerophyll Forest (Keith 2006)CH_DOF10PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Tallowwood – Thick-leaved Mahogany– Small-fruited Grey Gum – Grey Ironbark grassy open forest on shallowsedimentary soils, NSW North Coast Bioregion and South EasternQueensland Bioregion (NSW1500-124)DescriptionA dry open forest with Thick-leaved White Mahogany (Eucalyptus carnea), Small-fruited Grey Gum (Eucalyptuspropinqua), Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia) and Spotted Gum (Corymbia variegata). Other canopy speciesthat are common in few sites include Red Ironbark (Eucalyptus fibrosa), Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys) andRed Mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra). There are occurrences of Large-fruited Spotted Gum(Corymbia henryi) which are mapped with this community. A small tree layer of Forest Oak (Allocasuarina torulosa)and, at some sites, Green Wattle (Acacia irrorata) is present. Other shrubs such as Fringe Wattle (Acacia fimbriata)may occur. The ground layer comprises of Kangaroo Grass (Themeda australis), Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica),Lepidosperma laterale, Wiry Panic (Entolasia stricta), Glycine clandestina, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi and WhiteRoot (Pratia purpurascens).This community occurs commonly on dry aspects of ridges and upper slopes on shallow soils derived from coarseand fine grained sedimentary and metasedimentary rocks. The community is distributed in three main localitiesin coastal and hinterland hills of the Coast Range, Barcoongeree Low Hills and Gleniffer - Bonville Hills. There is anoutlying occurrence in Boambee State Forest.Page 234Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area