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

CH_SW02Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesEmergent 2-3 5 Melaleuca quinquenervia Casuarina glauca.Middle 0-2 5 Melaleuca quinquenervia.Lower 0-1 95 Baumea juncea, Phragmites australis, Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis.* Data collated from 1site only.Structural and floristic variationsMay vary from an almost pure bed of Twig Rush (Baumea juncea) with few emergents of Broad-leaved Paperbark,to a more diverse community with elements of saline grasslands, soaks and lagoons.Species richnessNumber of plots: 2Total species: 19Average number of species: 11 ±5Conservation statusThis community is reserved in Moonee Beach Nature Reserve (1ha), Coffs Harbour Regional Park (1ha) andYuraygir National Park (3ha).TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 1Freehold 24National Park 11Nature Reserve 1NSW State Forest 8Regional Park 1TOTAL 47Endangered Ecological Community Coastal saltmarsh in the NSW North Coast, Sydney Basin and South East Cornerbioregions EECRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_FrW11 (Estuarine Paperbark - Twig Rush Forest). CH_SW02 is distinguished by having only ascattered (20% CCP and commonly >50%) of Broad-leaved Paperbark and Swamp Oak(Casuarina glauca).EquivalentsBiometric:Other:Saltmarsh complex of the North Coast (NR225)S3 Baumea juncea tall to very tall closed sedgeland: (Pressey and Griffith,1987).LocationsKnown examples include Newport’s Creek, Coffs Creek, Moonee Creek, Hearn’s Lake, Corindi River and StationCreek.Page 386Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area