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

CH_H08WALLUM BANKSIA - BLACK SHE-OAK SHRUBLANDSCIENTIFIC NAME Wallum Banksia (Banksia aemula) – Black She-oak(Allocasuarina littoralis) Shrubland of Pleistocene dunesSTATEWIDE CLASS Heathlands – Coastal Wallum Heaths (Keith 2006)CH_H08PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Black She-oak – Wallum Banksia –Blueberry Ash dry heath on coastal sands, South Eastern QueenslandBioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW700-342)DescriptionA dry shrubland community that grows on well drained Pleistocene sand dunes of varying relief and slightlyraised and well-drained areas on sandplains. This community is best developed in the study area in YuraygirNational Park, where it occurs on large transgressive barrier dunes up to 20 metres in relief. The community isuncommon south of Corindi where it occurs as small isolated patches. Wallum Banksia (Banksia aemula), BlackShe-oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) and Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus) dominate the dense mid stratumlayer. A lower layer of shrubs including Prickly-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca nodosa) and Homoranthus virgatusmay also occur. Curly Wig (Caustis flexuosa), Spiny-headed Mat-rush (Lomandra longifolia), Bracken Fern (Pteridiumesculentum) and Xanthosia pilosa are common in the ground layer.Page 278Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area