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

PLATEAU AND ESCARPMENT HOOP PINE DRY RAINFORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghammii) DryRainforest of steep slopes in the Little Nymboida River, Mt Coramba andWoolgoolga Creek areasSTATEWIDE CLASS Rainforests – Dry Rainforest (Keith 2006)CH_RF04PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Hoop Pine – Crows Ash – Silky Oak vinedry rainforest on well-drained fertile soils of the NSW North Coast andSouth Eastern Queensland Bioregions (NSW75-61)CH_RF04DescriptionHoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) often occurs as an emergent species. The canopy is dominated by Crabapple(Schizomeria ovata), Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus), Water Gum (Tristaniopsis laurina), Grey Myrtle (Backhousiamyrtifolia), Sassafras (Doryphora sassafras) and Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamii). In the mid layer SweetPittosporum (Pittosporum undulatum), Macleay Laurel (Anopterus macleayanus), Scentless Rosewood (Synoumglandulosum subsp. glandulosum), Python Tree (Gossia bidwillii), Silky Myrtle (Decaspermum humile) and Flintwood(Scolopia braunii) are the most common species. Gum Vine (Aphanopetalum resinosum) and Prickly Supplejack(Ripogonum discolour) are abundant climbers. Epiphytic herbs, ferns and orchids include Pink Rock Orchid(Dendrobium kingianum), Strap Fern (Cestichis reflexa) and Four-leaved Peperomia (Peperomia tetraphylla). Theground layer consists of Palm Lily (Cordyline congesta), Mat-rushes (Lomandra spicata, Lomandra longifolia), Gahniaaspera and Rasp Fern (Doodia aspera).A dry rainforest community which primarily occurs in steep sided valleys on exposed slopes with very shallowsoils derived from weathering of Carboniferous metasediments in the Bobo and Little Nymboida River region ofthe Local Government Area. There is an outlying occurrence near Woolgoolga that is placed in this mapping unitwhich requires further investigation.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 21