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

CH_RF05Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesEmergent No data No data Eucalyptus rummeryi, Eucalyptus grandis, Eucalyptus propinqua,Araucaria cunninghamiana.Tallest No data No data Choricarpia leptopetala, Drypetes deplanchei, Lophostemonconfertus, Baloghia inophylla, Planchonella australis, Gossiabidwilli, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana, Diospyros australis.Middle No data No data Cordyline stricta, Cordyline petiolaris, Rhodamnia rubescens,Pittosporum multiflorum, Morinda jasminoides, Dendrobiumaemulum, Dendrobium gracicaule, Pyrossia rupestris.Lower No data No data Doodia aspera, Pellaea paradoxa, Adiantum hispidulum, Gahniaaspera.Data collated from Floyds (1990) description of sub-alliance 21Structural and floristic variationsAlong creek lines Hoop Pine (Araucaria cunninghamiana), Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana),and Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus) are more abundant and form a riparian variant of this community. BrownMyrtle (Choricarpia leptopetala) is uncommon to absent along the creeklines and increases in abundance on thesteeper stonier slopes.Species richnessNumber of plotsTotal speciesAverage number of speciesnilno datano dataConservation statusThis community is reserved in Madman’s Creek Flora Reserve (12ha).TenureArea (ha)Freehold 33NSW State Forest 293NSW State Forest Flora Reserve 13TOTAL 340Endangered Ecological Community: Lowland Rainforest in the NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin bioregions EECThreatened and Rare plants:Eucalyptus rummeryiRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_WSF15 (Steel Box Brown Myrtle Wet Sclerophyll Forest) and transitions to this community upslopeand with increasing density of some canopy species such as Steel Box (Eucalyptus rummeryi), Small-fruited GreyGum (Eucalyptus propinqua) and Northern Grey Ironbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia).EquivalentsBiometric: Shatterwood - Giant Stinging Tree - Yellow Tulipwood dry rainforest of the North Coast (NR229)Other: Sub-alliance 27 (Floyd, 1990). Sub-alliance 21 (Floyd, 1990)Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 27