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

CH_FrW08PLATEAU TEA-TREE – WATER GUM RIPARIAN SHRUBLANDSCIENTIFIC NAME Plateau Tantoon Tea-tree (Leptospermumpolygalifolium) Water Gum (Tristaniopsis laurina) riparian shrublandSTATEWIDE CLASS Forested Wetlands – Eastern Riverine Forests (Keith2006)CH_FrW08PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Tantoon – White Sally Wattle – PouchedCoral Fern riparian shrubland of the eastern tablelands and escarpment,New England Tablelands Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion(NSW700-274)Intact community along Little Nymboida River with Water Gum dominant.DescriptionTea-tree and privet dominant areas occurs through the creeks andrivers of cleared parts of the Eastern Dorrigo Plateau.This community grows along riparian corridors on the alluvial valley floors of the Little Nymboida RiverCatchments in the Eastern Dorrigo plateau. A riparian shrubland in which Tantoon Tea-tree (Leptospermumpolygalifolium) dominates with Water Gum (Tristaniopsis laurina) and River Bottlebrush (Callistemon sieberi) inless disturbed locations. Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) is present in the canopy in some sites and Coachwood(Ceratopetalum apetalum) may also occur. The understorey is often sparse and may include sedges and fringingferns such as Fishbone Water Fern (Blechnum nudum), Soft Bracken (Calochlaena dubia) Coral Fern (Gleicheniadicarpa) and Mat-rushes (Lomandra hystrix, L. longifolia). This community are commonly invaded by weed speciessuch as Privet (Ligustrum sinense) and Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 365