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

CH_H06Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 4-10 45-50 Banksia integrifolia subsp, integrifolia, Cryptocarya triplinervis, Acacialongifolia subsp. sophorae.Middle 0.3-6 20-35 Parsonsia straminea, Morinda jasminoides.Ground 0-1 25-70 Dichondra repens, Themeda australis, Viola banksii.* Data collated from 3 of 3 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThe proportion of cover between shrubs versus grasses varies across this mapping unit. It can vary from an opento dense shrubland or low open forest. Banksia shrubs are often recruited over a dense cover of Kangaroo Grass.ExoticsAgeratina adenophora, Araujia sericifera, Asparagus aethiopicus, Bidens subalternans, Bidenspilosa, Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata, Cirsium vulgare, Conyza bonariensis, Crassocephalumcrepidioides, Eugenia uniflora, Gomphocarpus physocarpus, Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea indica, Lantana camara,Ochna serrulata, Passiflora edulis, Paspalum mandiocanum, Paspalum urvillei, Passiflora suberosa, Senna pendula,Solanum mauritianum, Verbena rigidaSpecies richnessNumber of plots 3Total species 51Average number of species 27 ±8Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast RP (20ha), Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (9ha), Yuraygir NP (