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

CH_FW08COASTAL FRESHWATER WETLANDSCIENTIFIC NAME Spike Rush (Eleocharis sphacelata, Eleocharis acuta)– Broadleaf Cumbungi (Typha orientalis) Freshwater WetlandSTATEWIDE CLASS Freshwater Wetlands – Coastal Freshwater Lagoons(Keith 2006)CH_FW08PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Lagoon forbland of permanent wetlandson the coastal floodplains, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion andNSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW500-3). Giant Sedge sedgeland offrequently inundated areas of sandy alluvium of the lower and midnorth coasts, South Eastern Queensland Bioregion and NSW North CoastBioregion (NSW700-643)DescriptionThis community potentially contains a range of other sedges, rushes, grasses and aquatic herbs than describedbelow, as this information is based on limited sampling of sites in dams within Bongil Bongil National Park.The mapping unit represents the occurrence of freshwater wetlands including ephemeral wetlands, and thosewetlands of farm dams, and also creeklines derived from clearing. In the sample sites common species includeGiant Sedge (Lepironia articulata), Tall Spike Rush (Eleocharis sphacelata) Common Spike Rush (Eleocharis acuta),Cyperus haspan subsp. juncoides, Water Ribbons (Triglochin procera) and Broadleaf Cumbungi (Typha orientalis). Attimes this community may have a sparse emergent layer of Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia).The exotic Cape Water Lily (Nymphaea capensis) is also common in these wetlands.Page 324Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area