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

CH_FW01Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 1 – 5 45 Leptospermum whitei, Leptospermum liversidgei.Middle 1 1 – 5 35 - 70 Leptospermum whitei, Leptospermum liversidgei, Xanthorrhoea fulva,Banksia oblongifolia.Lower 1 0.5 - 2 15 - 60 Epacris obtusifolia, Aotus ericoides, Bauera capitata, Boronia falcifolia,Cassytha filiformis, Sporadanthus interruptus, Gahnia sieberiana.Lower 2 0 – 0.5 15 - 70 Drosera spatulata, Selaginella uliginosa, Goodenia paniculata, Burchardiaumbellata, Comesperma defoliatum, Baumea gunnii, Stackhousia nuda.* Data collated from 6 of 6 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsIn Yuraygir National Park this community occurs as a variation with Prickly Tea-tree (Leptospermum juniperinum)and Olive Tea-tree (L. liversidgei) as dominates or co-dominates in the upper strata with a lower strata dominatedby Baumea teretifolia. These species are clearly recorded in the Fidel dataSpecies richnessNumber of plots 6Total species 54Average number of species 22 ±4Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (21ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (6ha), YuraygirNational Park (12ha) and Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (46ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 14Freehold 29National Park 31Nature Reserve 45Regional Park 6TOTAL 125Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_FW06 (Coastal Wallum Teatree Tall Wet Shrubland). The heathland shrubland structure anddominance of White’s Tea-tree (Leptospermum whitei) in the canopy and increased abundance of Olive Tea-tree(Leptospermum liversidgei) and Sporadanthus interruptus are key diagnostics for CH_FW01.EquivalentsBiometric:Other:(NR152) Coastal heath on sands of the North CoastnilLocationsEastern Peninsula Trail, Bongil Bongil National Park; Boambee Creek, Newport’s Creek; Airport Drive – CoffsHarbour; Christmas Bells Road; Moonee Beach Nature Reserve; Hearn’s Lake; Woolgoolga, Coffs Regional Park;Station Creek, Yuraygir National Park.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 295