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

CH_FrW05Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesTallest 4-20 15-40 Melaleuca quinquenervia, Lophostemon suaveolens, Casuarina glauca.Middle 1.5-8 15-50 Elaeocarpus reticulatus, Ficus coronata, Guioa semiglauca, Cryptocaryatriplinervis, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.Lower layer 0-1.5 15-55 Lomandra longifolia, Gahnia clarkei, Gahnia aspera, Geitonoplesiumcymosum Baumea juncea.Ground 0-0.3 15-20 Viola banksii, Ottochloa gracillima, Oplismenus imbecillis.* Data collated from 7 of 7 full floristic sitesExoticsAgeratum houstonianum, Asparagus aethiopicus, Cinnamomum camphora, Gloriosa superba,Ipomoea cairica, Lantana camara, Ligustrum sinense, Murraya paniculata, Ochna serrulata, Paspalum mandiocanum,Passiflora edulis, Passiflora suberosa, Senna pendula, Solanum seaforthianum, Syagrus romanzoffianaSpecies richnessNumber of plots: 7Total species: 110Average number of species: 38 ±11.3Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Coffs Coast Regional Park (23ha), Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (29ha), andYuraygir National Park (37ha)TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 30Freehold 40National Park 36Nature Reserve 29Regional Park 23TOTAL 158Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_FrW01 (Coastal Paperbark - Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest) and CH_RF07 (Tuckeroo Beach Bird’sEye Littoral Rainforest). CH_FrW01 has a similar overstorey component but has less rainforest elements in theunderstorey. CH_RF07 (Coastal Exposed Dune Littoral Rainforest) is characterised by a canopy of rainforestspecies such as Hard Corkwood (Endiandra sieberi) and Bird’s Eye Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides). It oftenadjoins wet heathland communities CH_FW02 (Coastal Wallum Paperbark –Banksia - Grass Tree Wet Heathland),CH_FW05 (Coastal Wallum Paperbark Wet Shrubland).EquivalentsBiometric: (NR217) Paperbark swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the North CoastOther: N20b Paperbark (Fisher et al. 1996)LocationsKnown locations include Middle Creek, Sawtell; Park Beach; Jetty Beach; Sapphire Beach; Moonee Beach NatureReserve; Emerald Beach; Fiddamans Beach and Sandy Beach.Page 352Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area