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

CH_FrW10Floristic summaryLayer Height Cover Dominant SpeciesTallest 2-10 25-55 Casuarina glauca.Middle 1-3 5 Parsonsia straminea, Melaleuca styphelioides, Melaleuca quinquenervia.Lower layer 1 0-1.5 35-85 Baumea juncea, Phragmites australis, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis,Hemarthria uncinata, Samolus repens.Lower layer 2 0-0.5 15-50 Hemarthria uncinata.* Data collated from 4 of 4 full floristic sitesExoticsBaccharis halimifolia, Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata, Cinnamomum camphora,Paspalum mandiocanum, Senna septemtrionalis, Solanum nigrum, Taraxacum officinaleSpecies richnessNumber of plots 4Total native species 29Average number of species 13 ±2.4Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (14ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (1ha), YuraygirNational Park (106ha)TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 16Freehold 59National Park 125Regional Park 2TOTAL 202Endangered Ecological Community:South East Corner bioregions EEC.Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest of the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin andRelationship to other communitiesA part of the saltmarsh/mangrove/forest zonation in estuaries. CH_FrW10 occupies the most saline area ofestuaries often along creek banks, adjoining Mangroves, or in a mosaic with saltmarsh communities. Often adjoinsand is related to CH_SW06 (Sea Rush Saltmarsh), CH_SW07 (Estuarine Samphire - Saltwater Couch Saltmarsh), CH_SW01 (Estuarine Mangrove Forest) and CH_FrW10 (Swamp Oak Forested Wetland) and CH_SW02 (Estuarine TwigRush Saltmarsh). Can be found as a transition from CH_FrW06 (Coastal Wallum Swamp Mahogany – Paperbark- Satinwood Forest) to CH_SW06 (Sea Rush Saltmarsh) as conditions become more saline. Often merges withCH_FrW01 (Coastal Paperbark - Swamp Oak Floodplain Forest)EquivalentsBiometric: (NR255) Swamp Oak swamp forest of the coastal lowlands of the North CoastOther:N26a Swamp Oak (Fisher et al. 1996), Community - 14 Swamp Oak Swamp Sclerophyll(Cameron et al. 2011)Page 374Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area