2022-11-14 GC Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Draft Eastern Beaches Foreshore Management Plan

Attachment Two: Regional Ecosystem short descriptions.
RE 12.2.14: Strand and fore dune complex comprising Spinifex sericeus grassland Casuarina
equisetifolia subsp. incana low woodland/open forest and with Acacia leiocalyx, A. disparrima
subsp. disparrima, Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, Pandanus tectorius, Corymbia
tessellaris, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Acronychia imperforata and Hibiscus tiliaceus. Occurs
mostly on frontal dunes and beaches but can occur on exposed parts of dunes further inland.
VMA Status: Least Concern
Biodiversity Status: No concern at present

Small pockets of other mapped remnant Regional Ecosystems and High Value Regrowth occur,
including;

12.2.5 Corymbia intermedia +/- Lophostemon confertus +/- Banksia spp. +/- Callitris columellaris
open forest on beach ridges usually in southern half of bioregion
VMA Status: Least Concern
Biodiversity Status: Of Concern

12.2.7 Melaleuca quinquenervia or rarely M. dealbata open forest. Other species include
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Corymbia intermedia, E. bancroftii, E. latisinensis, E. robusta,
Lophostemon suaveolens and Livistona decora. A shrub layer may occur with frequent species
including Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum or Banksia robur. The ground layer is
sparse to dense and comprised of species including the ferns Pteridium esculentum and Blechnum
indicum the sedges Schoenus brevifolius, Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum,
Machaerina rubiginosa and Gahnia sieberiana and the grass Imperata cylindrica. Occurs on
Quaternary coastal dunes and seasonally waterlogged sandplains usually fringing drainage system
behind beach ridge plains or on old dunes, swales and sandy coastal creek levees.
 VMA Status: Least Concern
Biodiversity Status: No concern at present

12.2.13 Open or dry heath. Characteristic shrubs include stunted Banksia aemula and
Allocasuarina littoralis as well as Xanthorrhoea johnsonii, Leptospermum semibaccatum,
Phebalium woombye, Dillwynia retorta and Caustis recurvata. Usually occurs on Pleistocene
dunes and beach ridges
VMA Status: Of Concern
Biodiversity Status: Endangered

12.2.15 Closed sedgeland in coastal swamps and associated water bodies. Characteristic species
include Gahnia sieberiana, Empodisma minus, Gleichenia spp., Blechnum indicum, Lepironia
articulata, Baumea spp., Juncus spp., and Eleocharis spp. Occurs on Quaternary coastal dunes
and beaches. Low part of coastal landscape where water collects from both overland flow and
infiltration from adjoining sand dunes.
VMA Status: Least Concern
Biodiversity Status: No concern at present




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