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

CH_SW03COASTAL DUNE SEDGELAND SOAKSCIENTIFIC NAME Coastal Dune Soak Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca)– Sand Sedge (Carex pumila) – Club Rush (Ficinia nodosa) Shrublands andSedgelandsSTATEWIDE CLASS Saline Wetlands – Saltmarsh (Keith 2006)CH_SW03PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Shiny Bog-rush – Club Rush dune soakwetlands on Holocene dunes of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and SouthEastern Queensland Bioregion (NSW700-679)Sedgeland variantShrubland variantDescriptionA sedgeland community in which Tall Spike Rush (Ficinia nodosa) and Shiny Bog-rush (Schoenus nitens) are mostabundant. Also present are the sedges and herbs Sand Sedge (Carex pumila), Water Ribbons (Triglochin striata)and Cyperus laevigatus. A moderately dense stratum of Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca) and/or Broad-leavedPaperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia) is sometimes present.Occurs in depressions, seepage lines and swales of Holocene dunes where the water-table rises to the surfacewith a sub-saline influence. On Holocene dunes south from Station Creek in Yuraygir National Park to BundagenHeadland in Bongil Bongil National Park.Page 388Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area