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<1%
1-10%
10-50%
>50%
Estimated percentage landcover for vegetation class
Structure
Dense sedgleland with open stratum of emergent sclerophyllous shrubs
Trees
None
Shrubs and vines
Leptospermum liversidgei, L. juniperinum, L. continentale, Melaleuca squarrosa, Callistemon citrinus, Epacris paludosa, E. obtusifolia, Sprengelia incarnata, Banksia robur, B. oblongifolia, B. ericifolia, Hakea teretifolia, Bauera microphylla, B. capitata, Dillwynia floribunda, Symphionema paludosum
Forbs, graminoids and pteridophytes
Empodisma minus, Leptocarpus tenax, Lepyrodia scariosa, L. interrupta, L. muelleri, Eurychorda complanatus, Schoenus brevifolius, Lepidosperma limicola, L. neesii, Ptilothrix deusta, Baumea teretifolia, B. rubiginosa, Chorizandra sphaerocephala, Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus, Gahnia sieberiana, Entolasia stricta, Tetrarrhena turfosa, Plinthanthesis paradoxa, Selaginella uliginosa, Gleichenia dicarpa, Drosera spathulata, D. binata, Xanthorrhoea fulva, X. resinifera, Blandfordia grandiflora, B. nobilis, Burchardia umbellata, Sowerbaea juncea, Thysanotus juncifolius, Xyris operculata, Dampiera stricta
Habitat
Poorly drained headwater valleys and dune swales with infertile sandy peats and humic sandy loams on coastal sand sheets and coastal plateaux
Distribution
Scattered along coast from Ballina to Nadgee, extending into south-east Qld and along the East Gippsland coast (Vic).
Notes
A species-rich and very variable group of assemblages whose composition varies regionally with latitude and locally with soil drainage and chemistry. Species richness decreases south from Sydney region; numerous species not occurring south of Sydney. Shares floristic affinities with adjacent coastal heath formations and Coastal swamp forests.
Sources
Myercough & Carolin (1985); Keith & Myerscough (1993); Keith & Bedward (1999); Thomas et al. (2000)
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