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

CH_FW08Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesEmergent 0.1 – 5 5 - 25 Melaleuca quinquenervia.Lower 1 0- 2 25 - 40 Eleocharis acuta, Persicaria strigosa,Eleocharis sphacelata.* This information collated from 2 of 3 full floristic sitesExoticsNymphaea capensisSpecies richnessNumber of plots 3Total species 11Average number of species ±1Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (13ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 1Freehold 167National Park 13NSW State Forest 8Regional Park 0TOTAL 189Endangered Ecological Community: Ephemeral natural freshwater wetlands do occur in the study area andthese are difficult to differentiate from the large majority of wetlands that are derived from clearing or artificiallycreated in water impoundments. Natural occurring freshwater wetlands where they do occur are consideredhighly likely to be Freshwater Wetlands on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South EastCorner bioregions EEC.Relationship to other communitiesNo closely related communities. Eleocharis sphacelata and Broadleaf Cumbungi (Typha orientalis) are keydiagnostics for this community.EquivalentsBiometric:(NR150) Coastal freshwater meadows and forblands of lagoons and wetlandsLocationsWilliams Road on Bongil Bongil National Park, west of Corindi Beach, and North of Hearns Lake.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 325