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

CH_WSF01Relationship to other communitiesRelated to CH_WSF05 (Foothills to Escarpment Brush Box - Tallowwood - Blackbutt Wet Forest) and may transitionto this community with altitude and topographic position. CH_WSF05 is indicated by a dominance of FloodedGum (Eucalyptus grandis) and high cover of Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana). This communitymay also be replaced by CH_WSF03 (Foothills and Escarpment Blue Gum - Tallowwood – Turpentine Wet ShrubbyForest) away from the coast (Orara valley and Dorrigo escarpment) with an increasing proportion of Sydney BlueGum (Eucalyptus saligna) and decreasing proportion of Bangalow Palm (Archontophoenix cunninghamiana).Other species such as Callicoma (Callicoma serratifolia) and Rose Myrtle (Archirhodomyrtus beckleri) are likely to bemore common. CH_WSF01 can transition into CH_RF11 (Escarpment and Lowland Bangalow - Carabeen - BlackBooyong Palm Gully Rainforest) or CH_RF09 (Hinterland White Booyong Floodplain Rainforest) in more shelteredareas. This community often forms a mosaic with CH_FrW07 (River Oak Riparian Forest) in the Orara Valley andmapped examples of both communities may elements of the other.LocationsKnown localities include Bundageree Creek in Bongil Bongil National Park, Corindi River, Bucca Bucca River inBruxner Park Flora Reserve, junction of Orara River and Coldwater Creek and Bonville Creek.Vegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 75