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

CH_FrW04Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 10-16 25 Melaleuca quinquenervia, Eucalyptus robusta, Melaleuca sieberi.Middle 3-6 15 Melaleuca quinquenervia, Melaleuca sieberi.Lower 0-1 70 Baumea rubiginosa, Baumea articulata.* Data collated from 1 of 1 full floristic siteStructural and floristic variationsDuring rapid site survey examples of this community dominated by Giant Sedge (Lepironia articulata) andChorizandra (Chorizandra spp.) were observed. Forest Red Gum (Eucalyptus tereticornis), Swamp Mahogany(Eucalyptus robusta), and Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca), was recorded as additional species which helped toimprove the description of this community.Species richnessNumber of plots 1Total species 13Average number of speciesConservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (19ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (4ha) Moonee BeachNature Reserve (11ha) and Yuraygir National Park (128ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 17Freehold 324National Park 149Nature Reserve 10NSW State Forest 24Regional Park 4TOTAL 529Endangered Ecological Community: Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains of the NSW North Coast,Sydney Basin and South-east Corner bioregions EECRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_FrW01 (Coastal Paperbark - Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest) and CH_FrW03 (Coastal Paperbark -Bottlebrush Channel Forest). CH_FrW04 (Coastal Paperbark Sedgeland Dominated Forest) is distinguished byhaving a wetter and simpler ground layer usually dominated by Baumea spp. and Grey Rush (Lepironia articulata).Often adjacent to CH_FrW01 and transitional to this community.EquivalentsBiometric:(NR217) - Paperbark swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the North Coast.Other: N20, N50 – Paperbark (Fisher et al. 1996)Page 348Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area