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

CH_FW01COASTAL WALLUM TEA-TREE – BANKSIAWET HEATHLAND SHRUBLANDSCIENTIFIC NAME Coastal Wallum White’s Tea-tree (Leptospermumwhitei) – Olive Tea-tree (Leptospermum liversidgei) – Fern-leaved Banksia(Banksia oblongifolia) wet heathland to shrubland of coastal sandplainsSTATEWIDE CLASS Freshwater Wetlands – Coastal Heath Swamps(Keith 2006)CH_FW01PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Xanthorrhoea fulva - Olive Teatree -Sporadanthus interruptus wallum heath on sandy near-coastal areas,South Eastern Queensland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion(NSW700-605)DescriptionA heath or shrub land dominated by an open cover of White’s Tea-tree (Leptospermum whitei), Olive Tea-tree(Leptospermum liversidgei), Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea fulva) and Fern-leaved Banksia (Banksia oblongifolia). A densecover of the sedge Sporadanthus interruptus is present in the lower layer, along with Red-fruit Saw Sedge (Gahniasieberiana). A diversity of sclerophyllous shrubs are present in the lower layer including Blunt-leaf Heath (Epacrisobtusifolia), Common Aotus (Aotus ericoides), Dog Rose (Bauera capitata) and Wallum Boronia (Boronia falcifolia).Devil’s Twine (Cassytha filiformis) is frequently encountered as tangles among the branches of shrubs. TheSpoon-leaved Sundew (Drosera spatulata) and Swamp Selaginella (Selaginella uliginosa) grow in the moist sandysoil. Other species indicative of this community include Branched Goodenia (Goodenia paniculata), Milkmaids(Burchardia umbellata), Milkwort (Comesperma defoliatum), Slender Twig Rush (Baumea gunnii) and Stackhousianuda. The community occurs in disjunct localities from the Eastern Peninsula Trail in Bongil Bongil National Parknorth to Station Creek in Yuraygir National Park. It is located in moderately waterlogged areas in freshwaterswamps on Pleistocene back barrier sands.Page 294Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area