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

CH_FrW06Floristic summaryLayer Height m Cover Dominant SpeciesTallest 6-20 20-35 Eucalyptus robusta, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Corymbia intermedia,Lophostemon suaveolens.Middle 2-7 5-50 Leptospermum polygalifolium, Nematolepis squamea, Leptospermumwhitei, Elaeocarpus reticulatus.Lower layer 1 0-2 5-60 Leucopogon lanceolatus, Elaeocarpus reticulates, Baloskiontetraphyllum, Gahnia clarkei, Lomandra longifolia.Lower layer 2 0 0-0.1 Pomax umbellata.* Data collated from 4 of 6 full floristic sitesExoticsSpecies richnessLantana camaraNumber of plots 6Total species 83Average number of species 25 ±8.5Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (43ha), Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (2ha) andYuraygir National Park (2ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 23Freehold 61National Park 46Nature Reserve 2TOTAL 131Relationship to other communitiesThis community forms a transition with other sand swamp communities such as CH_FW06 (Coastal WallumTeatree Tall Wet Shrubland), and CH_FW01(Coastal Wallum Teatree - Banksia Wet Heathland Shrubland). Related toCH_FW05 (Coastal Wallum Paperbark Wet Shrubland) and CH_FrW02 (Coastal Swamp Mahogany Forest). SwampMahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) in the canopy and Plume Rush (Baloskion tetraphyllum) in the ground layer are akey diagnostic species for CH_FrW06. It occasionally intergrades with CH_FrW01 (Coastal Paperbark - Swamp OakFloodplain Forest).EquivalentsBiometric: (NR254)- Swamp Mahogany swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the North CoastOther:N52 Swamp Mahogany (Fisher et al. 1996), Community 10- Swamp Mahogany SatinwoodSand Swamp Forest (Cameron et al. 2011).LocationsBongil Bongil National Park; Airport Lands; Coffs Creek; Darlington Park; and Corindi River north of Red Rock.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 357