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

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CH_SW07ESTUARINE SAMPHIRE - SALTWATER COUCH SALTMARSHSCIENTIFIC NAME Estuarine Samphire (Sarcocornia quinqueflora) -Saltwater Couch (Sporobolus virginicus) SaltmarshSTATEWIDE CLASS Saline Wetlands – Saltmarsh (Keith 2006)CH_SW07PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Saltwater Couch – Samphire saltmarshof low-lying estuarine areas of the South Eastern Queensland Bioregionand NSW North Coast Bioregion (NSW700-684)DescriptionA saltmarsh common in tidally influenced saline bays and estuaries of the main creeks and rivers of the study area.The dominant species is Saltwater Couch (Sporobolus virginicus) with Samphire (Sarcocornia quinqueflora) beingalso common. Water ribbons (Triglochin striatum) are common amongst the dense grass layer. Sea Rush (Juncuskraussii subsp. australiensis) is present as less common more patchy clumps.Common in tidally influenced saline bays and estuaries of the main creeks and rivers of the study area.<strong>Vegetation</strong> Mapping of the <strong>Coffs</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> Local Government Area Page 403

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