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

CH_FrW09Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesEmergent 6-15 10 Eucalyptus robusta, Eucalyptus resinifera subsp. hemilampra.Tallest 2-22 10-30 Eucalyptus robusta, Eucalyptus signata, Eucalyptus resinifera subsp.hemilampra, Melaleuca quinquenervia, Lophostemon suaveolens, Melaleucalinariifolia.Middle 1-2 10-35 Banskia oblongifolia, Gahnia sieberiana, Callistemon pachyphyllus, Banksiaspinulosa var. collina, Baeckea frutescens.Lower 0-2 30-80 Entolasia stricta, Hibbertia vestita, Xanthorrhoea fulva, Ptilothrix deusta,Themeda australis, Baumea articulata* Data collated from 4 of 4 full floristic sitesStructural and floristic variationsThere is considerable north-south floristic variation in this community. One site within is dominated by ScribblyGum (Eucalyptus signata) and has a clay heath understorey of Horned Sedge (Ptilothrix deusta) suggesting astrong clay influence in the soil.Species richnessNumber of plots 4Total species 75Average number of species 31 ±4.3Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (13ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (3ha) Garby NatureReserve (11ha) Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (3ha) Yuraygir National Park (42ha)TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 6Freehold 43National Park 57Nature Reserve 14Regional Park 4TOTAL 124Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_FW05 (Coastal Wallum Paperbark Wet Shrubland). CH_FrW09 on sandy soils is distinguished byhaving an open forest or woodland structure with Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) or Red Mahogany (E.resinifera subsp. hemilampra)EquivalentsBiometric:(NR254) Swamp Mahogany swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the North Coast.Other:SG6003- Leptospermum juniperinum mid-high to tall heathland and closed heathland and6004 - Xanthorrhoea fulva mid-high closed heathland (Griffith and Wilson, 2007), Community 33 - SwampMahogany – Melaleuca sieberi (Cameron et al. 2011).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 369