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

CH_FrW06COASTAL WALLUM - SWAMP MAHOGANYPAPERBARK - SATINWOOD FORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) – BroadleavedPaperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) – Satinwood (Nematolepissquamea subsp. squamea) and Tassel Rush (Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp.meiostachyum) Wallum Swamp Sclerophyll ForestSTATEWIDE CLASS Forested Wetlands – Coastal Swamp Forests (Keith2006)CH_FrW06PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Swamp Mahogany – Tea-tree – TasselRush forested wetland of waterlogged wallum soils of the NSW NorthCoast and South Eastern Queensland bioregions (NSW700-614)DescriptionA forested wetland that is distributed in deep, moderately to poorly drained infertile unconsolidated sands inPleistocene backbarrier flats, occurring in disjunct locations from Bongil Bongil National Park/Coffs Harbour andnorth from near Corindi to Red Rock .A tall open forest in which the dominant tree species is Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta), which is rarelyassociated with Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia), Pink Bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia),Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus signata) and Swamp Box (Lophostemon suaveolens). The mid layer is comprised of alayer of heath shrubs to small trees including Satinwood (Nematolepis squamea subsp. squamea), Leucopogonlanceolatus, Tantoon Tea-tree (Leptospermum polygalifolium), White’s Teatree (Leptospermum whitei) and BlueberryAsh (Elaeocarpus reticulatus). The lower layer comprises a dense cover of Tassel Rush (Baloskion tetraphyllum subspmeiostachyum), Blechnum indicum and Saw Sedges (Gahnia clarkei, G. sieberiana). Rarely a sparse ground layer ofBilly Buttons (Pomax umbellata) is present.Page 356Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area