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

CH_H11TALL TEA-TREE – CRABAPPLE MONTANE CLOSED FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Tall Montane Tea-tree (Leptospermumpolygalifolium subsp. montanum) – Crabapple (Schizomeria ovata) closedforest of the Dorrigo EscarpmentSTATEWIDE CLASS Heathlands – Northern Montane Heaths (Keith2006)CH_H11PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Lemon-scented Tea-tree – Port JacksonPine – Grass Tree tall shrubland of steep rocky hills of the eastern Dorrigoplateau, NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW700-434 in part) Lilly Pilly– Tea-tree shrubland of trachyte outcrops in rainforest of the easternranges, NSW North Coast and South Eastern Queensland Bioregion(NSW40-31 in part)DescriptionA high altitude moist tall shrubland of Tantoon Tea-tree (Leptospermum polygalifolium subsp. montanum) witha dense cover rainforest species such as Crabapple (Schizomeria ovata), Hill Kanuka (Tristaniopsis collina) andSassafras (Doryphora sassafras). Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus) is present. There is a sparse mid layer of BrushPepperbush (Tasmannia insipida) and Macleay Laurel (Anopterus macleayanus). A very sparse ground layer ofTripladenia cunninghamii and Lomandra spicata is present.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 289