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

CH_H02Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesLower layer 1 0.3-1.5 70 Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae.Lower layer 2 0-0.4 60 Spinifex sericeus, Imperata cylindrica, Zoysiamacrantha.* Data collated from 3 of 3 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThe community varies in the abundance and cover of Coast Wattle (Acacia longifolia subsp. sophorae) and BitouBush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata).ExoticsChrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundataSpecies richnessNumber of plots 2Total native species 7Average number of species 5 ±0Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (33ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (20ha), Moonee BeachNature Reserve (33ha) Yuraygir National Park (97ha)TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 77Freehold 3National Park 132Nature Reserve 34Regional Park 28TOTAL 273Threatened and Rare plants:Sophora tomentosaRelationship to other communitiesRelated to and often occurring adjacent to CH_G01 (Strandline Grassland), and CH_H01 (Coast Banksia Shrublandon Holocene Dunes). It also associates with CH_SW05 (Coastal Headland Twig Rush Sedgeland Soak).EquivalentsBiometric:NR151- Coastal headland heaths of the North CoastOther:N75a - Foredune complex (Fisher et al. 1996); Community 3- Coast Wattle Shrublands(Cameron et al. 2011).LocationsBonville Beach; Boambee Beach; Sawtell Beach; Jetty Beach; Sapphire Beach; Safety Beach; Emerald Beach,Fiddaman’s Beach, Woolgoolga Beach, Hearns Lake, Ocean View Beach, Corindi Beach, Red Rock Surf Beach.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 253