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

CH_RF11EquivalentsBiometric: Black Booyong - Rosewood - Yellow Carabeen subtropical rainforest of the North Coast (NR111)Other: RF33 Black Booyong and Red Bean (Fisher et al. 1996), Sub-alliance 12 (Floyd 1990), Sub-alliance 33 (Floyd1990)Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_RF09 (Hinterland White Booyong Floodplain Forest), however CH_RF11 is more widespread andextends beyond the alluvial plains up into the foothills and steep gullies of the escarpment. CH_RF11 is alsorelated to and often adjoins CH_WSF05 (Foothills to Escarpment Brush Box Tallowwood Blackbutt Wet Forest) andCH_WSF01 (Coast and Hinterland Riparian Flooded Gum Bangalow Wet Forest).Scattered occurrences of CH_RF09 are often found within mapped areas of the Warm Temperate Rainforesttypes; CH_RF03 (Plateau and Escarpment Coachwood – Sassafras Warm Temperate Rainforest) and CH_RF12(Escarpment Coachwood – Sassafras – Brush Box Warm Temperate Rainforest). In these instances, CH_RF11 iscommon on the northern and western facing slopes and gully head topographical positions.LocationsKnown examples include Conglomerate State Forest, Wedding Bells State Forest, Sherwood Nature Reserve,Orara East State Forest, Bucca Bucca Creek in Ulidarra National Park, Woolgoolga Creek in Sherwood Creek NatureReserve, Upper reaches of Tallawudjah Creek adjacent Bagawa State Forest and Shinglebed Creek in BindarriNational Park.Page 50Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area