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

CH_FrW10SWAMP OAK FORESTED WETLANDSCIENTIFIC NAME Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) – Bare Twig Rush(Baumea juncea) – Sea Rush (Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis) SalineForested WetlandStatewide Class Forested Wetlands – Coastal Floodplain Wetlands(Keith 2006)CH_FrW10PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Swamp Oak – Sea Rush swamp foreston saline coastal swamps and flats of the South Eastern QueenslandBioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW700-681)DescriptionA saline swamp forested wetland that occurs in tidally influenced creeks and rivers, north from the upper tidalreaches of Pine and Boambee Creek north to Mullet Creek, Saltwater Creek and Corindi River tidal estuaries. It isoften associated with deltaic estuarine Toormina and Angourie soil landscapes. Best developed at Mullet Creekand Saltwater Creek.Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) is the dominant canopy species in this community. Broad-leaved Paperbark(Melaleuca quinquenervia) is rarely present. The climbers Hairy Silkpod (Parsonsia straminea) and sometimesCynanchum carnosum are encountered amongst trees. There is a dense saltmarsh ground layer of Twig Rush(Baumea juncea), Mat Rush (Hemarthria uncinata), Creeping Brookweed (Samolus repens) and Sea Rush (Juncuskraussii subsp. australiensis).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 373