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

For example:• Number of plots 5• Total native species 76• Average number of species 24 ±5.8ExoticsA list of exotic taxa recorded from sitesConservation StatusThe area of occupancy in hectare is presented by land tenure class for each community, as well as the proportionreserved within the Coffs Harbour LGA. The latter figure is presented as a percentage of extant vegetation atthe time of the study, and not the pre-1750 extant vegetation. This is because modelling for pre-settlementvegetation extant was not conducted as part of this study. A list of the conservation reserves where thevegetation community occurs is also noted.Example of conservation statisticsTenureArea (ha)Crown Land 142Freehold 56National Park 128Nature Reserve 37Regional Park 55TOTAL 418Proportion reserved within LGA 53%Example of conservation notesThis community is reserved in Bongil Bongil National Park (83ha), Coffs Coast Regional Park (53ha), MooneeBeach Nature Reserve (37ha) and Yuraygir National Park (42ha).Threatened and Rare plants: Includes a list of threatened, ROTAP and species of conservation importancerecorded in the plant communities. In some profiles species have been added to the community where they areknown to occur, but were not recorded in sites (e.g Zieria prostrata).Endangered Ecological Community: A recording of whether the community is likely to contain or represent anEndangered Ecological Community (EEC) as listed on the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Definitionsof the EECs under the TSC Act (1995) are likely to be different to the definitions given in the vegetation profile.Therefore, this section only provides an indication of the types of EECs likely to be present in the vegetationclassification. The name(s) of the EECs likely to occur within the mapped vegetation community are thereforelisted, and further field validation or surveys may be required to establish its presence or occurrence.Relationship to Other CommunitiesThis section describes the relationship of the community to spatially adjoining or related communities in theclassification. Distinguishing features that may be used to separate these communities while in the field aredescribed.EquivalentsThe main vegetation equivalencies of Statewide Class and Plant Community Type are listed in the header of thevegetation profiles. Most of the Plant Community Types identified by the OEH (2012a) study have Biometric typesVegetation Mapping of the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area Page 3