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

CH_RF12Floristic summaryLayer Height (m) Cover (%) Dominant SpeciesTallest 15 - 45 40 - 90 Ceratopetalum apetalum, Lophostemon confertus, Orites excelsa,Litsea reticulata, Doryphora sassafras.Middle 3 - 20 25 - 80 Atractocarpus benthamianus, Polyosma cunninghamii, Cinnamomumoliveri, Sarcopteryx stipitata, Trochocarpa laurina, Cyathealeichhardtiana, Calamus muelleri, Palmeria scandens, Berberidopsisbeckleri, Anopterus macleayanus, Platycerium bifurcatum.Lower 0.1 – 0.8 5 - 10 Blechnum cartilagineum, Linospadix monostachya.* Data collated from 12 of 16 full floristic sitesSpecies richness:Number of plots 16Total species 215Average number of species 53 ±18.9Conservation statusThe vegetation community is reserved in Bindarri National Park (947ha) and Bindarri State Conservation Area(72ha)TenureArea (ha)Crown Land 31Freehold 420National Park 891NSW State Forest 265State Conservation Area 72TOTAL 1 679Endangered Ecological Community: Below 600 metres this community could be recognised as LowlandRainforest in the NSW North Coast and Sydney Basin bioregions EECThreatened and Rare plants: Cryptocarya dorrigoensis, Niemeyera whiteiRelationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_RF03 (Plateau and Escarpment Coachwood Sassafras Warm Temperate Rainforest). CH_RF12 occurscloser to the escarpment edge with a significant influence of subtropical elements in the species composition.CH_RF03 is more common on the western parts of the plateau within the study area.EquivalentsBiometric: Coachwood - Soft Corkwood - Crabapple warm temperate rainforest of the North Coast (NR147).Other: RF33 Black Booyong and Red Bean (Fisher et al. 1996); Sub-alliance 33 (Floyd 1990).LocationsKnown examples include Below Tucker’s Nob; Upper Urumbilum River; Bushman’s Range; Mole Creek; Moleton.Page 58Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area