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

Using the Vegetation Community ProfilesIntroductionThis technical report provides a description of each of the 80 vegetation communities mapped within CoffsHarbour Local Government Area. These profiles were designed using the template suggested in the NSWVegetation Standard (DECCW 2009b).Short NameA concise name of the vegetation community which contains the most relevant pieces of information concerningeither its distribution, habitat, floristic composition and/or structure.Vegetation Community CodeA six digit descriptive abbreviation of the vegetation community. First two digits (CH) are an abbreviation ofthe Coffs Harbour Local Government Area (LGA). The subsequent alpha- numeric code displays the communitynumber for the community’s vegetation formation. For example CH_DOF10 is Dry Open Forest communitynumber ten.Vegetation formation abbreviations:RF RainforestWSF Wet Sclerophyll ForestGGrasslandDOF Dry Open ForestHHeathlandFW Freshwater WetlandFrW Forested WetlandSW Saline WetlandThe contents of the report follow the above formation order followed by a numeric code. The numeric codes arein sequence except where post-analysis has resulted in merging of vegetation communities due to its similaritywith another community. This applies to three communities of RF10, WSF04, DOF03 which have been removedand are not listed in the report.Scientific NameThe scientific name has a more complete description of the community’s structure and floristics. It includesinformation on the community’s distribution, structure, common and scientific names of dominant or informativespecies, geology and habitat.Statewide ClassA listing of the vegetation formation and class derived from the publication by Keith (2006) titled ‘Ocean Shores toDesert Dunes’. Format is given as ‘formation’ followed by ‘class’ (Formation – Class).Plant Community TypeThis field provides an equivalency to the Plant Community Types listed in the NSW Vegetation Classification andAssessment module of the NSW Vegetation Information System. The Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH2012b) conducted a numerical analysis and expert botanical review of vegetation communities with the NorthernRivers Catchment Management Area, and identified 384 Plant Community Types within the study area. For eachVegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 1