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

CH_FW02Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesEmergent 8 – 20(estimate)5 – 15(estimate)Corymbia intermedia, Eucalyptus planchoniana, Eucalyptus resinifera subsp.hemilampra.Middle 1 - 5 35 - 70 Melaleuca nodosa, Hakea actites, Leptospermum polygalifolium, Melaleucasieberi, Banksia oblongifolia, Banksia spinulosa var. collina.Lower 1 0.2 - 2 15 - 60 Pultenaea myrtoides, Pultenaea villosa, Xanthorrhoea fulva.Lower 2 0 – 0.5 15 - 70 Schoenus brevifolius, Entolasia stricta, Ptilothrix deusta, Gonocarpusmicranthus, Goodenia bellidifolia subsp. bellidifolia.* Data collated from 6 of 7 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThis community sometimes occurs with a sparse emergent overstorey of low trees of Pink Bloodwood (Corymbiaintermedia), Needlebark Stringybark (Eucalyptus planchoniana) or Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera subsp.hemilampra).Species richnessNumber of plots 7Total species 106Average number of species 39 ±7Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast Regional Park (1ha), Yuraygir National Park (128ha) and Moonee BeachNature Reserve (15ha). This community is threatened on freehold land by vegetation clearing on the Coast Range,Sherwood Plateau.TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 17Freehold 104National Park 132Nature Reserve 35Regional Park 1TOTAL 290Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_FW03 (Coastal Wallum Slender Twine Rush Sedgeland). CH_FW03 occurs in deeper and wetterswamps than CH_FW02. CH_FW02 shares many species in common with CH_FW05 (Coastal Wallum PaperbarkWet Shrubland). CH_FW05 also has a dominance of Prickly-leaved Melaleuca (Melaleuca nodosa) and a lower coverof Sieber’s Paperbark (Melaleuca sieberi) and Mullaway Needlebush (Hakea actites).EquivalentsBiometric:(NR152) Coastal heath on sands of the North CoastOther: SG5502 Wet Heath/Shrubland (Fisher et al. 1996)Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 299