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

CH_FrW07Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 7-35 30 Casuarina cunninghamiana, subsp. cunninghamiana.Middle 4-10 10 Toona ciliata, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.Ground 0 - 1 1.5 Carex appressa, Rubus rosifolius, Diplazium australe, Lomandrahystrix, Oplismenus aemulus.* Data collated from 1 of 1 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThe structure and floristics of this community varies considerably from stands with a more developed rainforestunderstorey and those with a more disturbed. The abundance of weeds is very high in many examples of thiscommunity and it had undergone considerable past disturbance.ExoticsAraujia sericiflora, Cinnamomum camphora, Ligustrum lucidum, Ligustrum sinense, Phytolaccaoctandra, Senna septemtrionalis, Solanum mauritianum, Solanum nigrumSpecies richnessNumber of plots 1Total species 33Average number of speciesConservation statusThis community is reserved as a small area of less than one hectare in Coramba Nature Reserve.TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 2Freehold 187TOTAL 189Endangered Ecological Community:Wales North Coast Bioregion EEC.Contains elements of Lowland Rainforest on Floodplain in the New SouthRelationship to other communitiesMost closely related to CH_WSF01 (Coast and Hinterland Riparian Flooded Gum Bangalow Wet Forest)EquivalentsBiometric: NR223 - River Oak riparian woodland of the North CoastOther: RV2 Orara/Bucca Riparian vegetation (Fisher et al. 1996).LocationsOrara River; Coramba; Nana Glen, Nana Creek; Coldwater Creek.Page 362Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area