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

CH_FW02COASTAL WALLUM PAPERBARK - BANKSIA - GRASS TREEWET HEATHLANDSCIENTIFIC NAME Prickly-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca nodosa)– Fern-leaved Banksia (Banksia oblongifolia) – Swamp Grass Tree(Xanthorrhoea fulva) wet Heathland of coastal sandplainsSTATEWIDE CLASS Freshwater Wetlands – Coastal Heath Swamps(Keith 2006)CH_FW02PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Prickly-leaved Paperbark - Hakea actites- Zig-zag Bog-rush graminoid shrubland of low hills and plains, SouthEastern Queensland Bioregion (NSW70-22)DescriptionLow to mid-high open to closed heath or shrubland occurring on unconsolidated backbarrier sand depositsin moderately wet sandy soils. There is rarely an emergent cover of scattered low trees of Pink Bloodwood(Corymbia intermedia), Needlebark Stringybark (Eucalyptus planchoniana) or Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus resiniferasubsp. hemilampra). The shrub layer is dense and diverse, with characteristic frequent species including PricklyleavedPaperbark (Melaleuca nodosa), Mullaway Needle Bush (Hakea actites), Tantoon Tea-tree (Leptospermumpolygalifolium), Sieber’s Paperbark (Melaleuca sieberi), Fern-leaved Banksia (Banksia oblongifolia), Hairpin Banksia(Banksia spinulosa var. collina), Pultenaea myrtoides and Hairy Bush-pea (Pultenaea villosa). The ground layer isopen to mid-dense and comprises a mix of Graminoid and Forb species including Zig-zag Bog-rush (Schoenusbrevifolius), Wiry Panic (Entolasia stricta), Horned Sedge (Ptilothrix deusta), Creeping Raspwort (Gonocarpusmicranthus), Daisy-leaved Goodenia (Goodenia bellidifolia subsp. bellidifolia) and Swamp Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoeafulva). This community is located north of Moonee Creek and is best developed on the coastal sandplains fromCorindi to Station Creek in Yuraygir National Park and adjoining freehold land. There is an isolated occurrence onthe Red Range Road.Page 298Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area