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

CH_FrW01COASTAL PAPERBARK - SWAMP OAK FLOODPLAIN FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia)– Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) – Willow Bottlebrush (Callistemonsalignus) floodplain Forested WetlandSTATEWIDE CLASS Forested Wetlands – Coastal Swamp Forests (Keith2006)CH_FrW01PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Red-fruit Saw-sedge – Coral FernSedgeland of North Coast Wallum duneslopes and open depressions,South Eastern Queensland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion(NSW888-10)DescriptionA forested wetland in which Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) dominates and occurs withSwamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) and Willow Bottlebrush (Callistemon salignus). A mid layer of Prickly Paperbark(Melaleuca styphelioides) is sometimes present. The lower layer is variable comprising of Saw Sedge (Gahniaclarkei), Ottochloa gracillima, Floyd’s Grass (Alexfloydia repens), Native Violet (Viola banksii) and Leptinella longipes.In inundated sites Azolla filiculoides forms floating mats.This community occurs on floodplains, levees and backswamps of near coastal creeks and rivers in slightlyelevated areas inundated less regularly by flood events and tides than similar communities CH_FrW03 (CoastalPaperbark - Bottlebrush Channel Forest) and CH_FrW04 (Coastal Paperbark Sedgeland Dominated Forest) . Thecommunity can grade into Pleistocene sand barriers and tidally influenced estuarine channels and is locatednorth from Bundageree Creek in Bongil Bongil National Park. It is best developed along the floodplains of Pine,Bonville, Boambee, Newport’sand Moonee Creek and scattered occurrences north to Corindi River and StationCreek. Commonly associated with the Newport’s Creek and the Toormina soil landscapes.Page 332Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area