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

CH_FrW02COASTAL SWAMP MAHOGANY FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) – WillowBottlebrush (Callistemon salignus) – Saw Sedge (Gahnia clarkei) ForestedWetland on sandy alluvial soilsSTATEWIDE CLASS Forested Wetlands – Coastal Swamp Forests (Keith2006)CH_FrW02PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Swamp Mahogany – Willow Bottlebrush– Broad-leaved Paperbark forested wetland of the Coffs Harbour area,NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW700-477)DescriptionSwamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) dominates and occurs with Willow Bottlebrush (Callistemon salignus).Other canopy species sometimes present include Red Mahogany (Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra), BroadleavedPaperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia), Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) Flooded Gum (Eucalyptusgrandis) and Swamp Box (Lophostemon suaveolens). A sparse to dense mid layer often occurs with WillowBottlebrush (Callistemon salignus), Black Wattle (Callicoma serratifolia), Blueberry Ash (Elaeocarpus reticulatus)Corkwood (Endiandra sieberi) and Cheese Tree (Glochidion ferdinandi var. ferdinandi). Saw Sedge (Gahnia clarkei)dominates at ground level sometimes with Tassel Rush (Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum), Palm lily(Cordyline stricta) and Soft Bracken (Calochlaena dubia).The community is located on wet sandy loam soils along the floodplains of creeks in colluvial and transferralenvironments often adjoining undulating to flat meta-sedimentary hills. It consists of disjunct occurrences mainlyin the south of the study area.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 337