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

CH_H05COASTAL DAGGER - HAKEA CLAY HEATHLANDSCIENTIFIC NAMECoastal Dagger Hakea (Hakea actites) Clay HeathlandSTATEWIDE CLASS Heathlands – Coastal Headland Heaths (Keith 2006)CH_H05PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Fern-leaved Banksia –She-oakgraminoid heathland on heavy clay soils of coastal hills in theNSW North Coast Bioregion and the South Eastern QueenslandBioregion (NSW1000-1490 or 1491)DescriptionDagger Hakea Clay Heathland/Shrubland is found on undulating low hills often associated with the Look-atme-nowsoil landscape. The clay soils are derived from metasediments of the Coffs Harbour Association. Thecommunity is restricted to the Mullaway area in Coffs Harbour Regional Park and Garby Nature Reserve.A shrubland or heathland with a dense upper layer of Mullaway Needlebush (Hakea actites) and Prickly-leavedPaperbark (Melaleuca nodosa). Other shrubs occur at lower abundance in the mid and lower layers and includeFern-leaved Banksia (Banksia oblongifolia), Mock Olive (Notelaea ovata), Leptospermum semibaccatum and BlackShe-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis). Horned sedge (Ptilothrix deusta) is abundant in the ground layer with WiryPanic (Entolasia stricta), Austrostipa pubescens, Epacris pulchella, Dampiera stricta, Black Bog Rush (Schoenusmelanostachys) and Screw Fern (Lindsaea incisa). Mullaway Needlebush (Hakea actites) is abundant and forms adense shrub layer in unburnt sites.Page 264Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area