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

HEADLAND BRUSH BOX LITTORAL RAINFORESTSCIENTIFIC NAME Headland Brush Box (Lophostemon confertus)Littoral RainforestSTATEWIDE CLASS Rainforests – Littoral Rainforest (Keith 2006)CH_RF08PLANT COMMUNITY TYPE Brush Box headland littoral rainforest,NSW North Coast Bioregion and the South Eastern Queensland Bioregion(NSW700-411)CH_RF08DescriptionA Brushbox (Lophostemon confertus) dominant closed forest growing on meta-sedimentary headlands and/orintermediate sheltered aspects on sediments and foot slopes of coastal barrier sands. Emergent Pink Bloodwood(Corymbia intermedia) is sometimes present. There is a mid layer of Scentless Rosewood (Synoum glandulosumsubsp. glandulosum), Cheese Tree (Glochidion ferdinandi var. ferdinandi), Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis anacardioides),Guioa (Guioa semiglauca) and Red Bean (Dysoxylum mollissimum subsp. molle). A sparse lower layer of Palm Lily(Cordyline stricta), Native Ginger (Alpinia caerulea) and Hairy Psychotria (Psychotria loniceroides) occurs. Thereis a ground layer of Rasp Fern (Doodia aspera), Pastel Flower (Pseuderanthemum variabile) and Basket Grass(Oplismenus aemulus).Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 37