Australian rainforests in New South Wales; volume 2 0949324302, 0949324329

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The National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Floyd, A. G. (Alexander) Australian Rainforests in New South Wales. Bibliography.

ISBN 0 949324 30 2. ISBN 0 949324 32 9 (v. I). 1. Rainforests —

New

South Wales. 2. Trees — Identification. I. Title.

New

South Wales.

582.1609944

The views and opinions expressed herein by the author, Alexander G. Floyd,

of are not necessarily those of the Director, National Parks and Wildlife Service New South Wales.

Published August

1990

Printed and Published in Australia

by

Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Limited Rickard Road, Chipping Norton, New

South Wales

In association with

National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales

Contents LIST

OF

COLOUR

LIST

OF

FIGURES

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER

viil

PLATES ..

1. SUBTROPICAL

RAINFOREST

Argyrodendron trifoliolatum Alliance Suballiance 1 Argyrodendron trifoliolatum .. 2 Toona-Flindersia 3 Cryptocarya obovata- Dendrocnide excelsa- Ficus spp. -Araucaria “ . 4 Elaeocarpus grandis 5 Castanospermum-Dysoxylum mueller 6 Archontophoenix-Livistona Argyrodendron actinoph yllum Alliance

Suballiance

7 8 9 10

Argyrodendron Argyrodendron Argyrodendron Argyrodendron

Caldcluvia Alliance

Suballiance 11 12 13.

im actinophyllum actinophyllum-Araucaria .. actinophyllum-Dysoxylum muelleri- Syzygium francis actinophyllum-Dendrocnide-Ficus

..

. Caldeluvia- “Cryptocarya “enithroxlon- Orites-- Melicope octandra- Acmena ingens Sloanea woollsii-Dysoxylum fraserianum-Argyrodendron actinophyllum-Caldcluvia . ” Schizomeria-Doryphora-Caldcluvia-Cryptocarya glaucescens ..

Dendrocnide-Ficus Alliance

Suballiance 14 15

Doryphora-Daphnandra micrantha-Dendrocnide-Ficus-Toona Ficus-Dysoxylum fraserianum/Toona-Dendrocnide

Cupaniopsis anacardioides-Acmena spp. Alliance Suballiance 16 Syzygium Iuehmannii-Acmena hemilampra .. 17 Cupaniopsis anacardioides . 18 Lophostemon confertus .. 19 Drypetes-Sarcomelicope- Cassine- Podocarpus 20 Acmena smithii-Ficus spp.-Livistona-Podocarpus CHAPTER

2. DRY

RAINFOREST..

Drypetes-Araucaria Alliance Suballiance 21

Araucaria

_

22

Flindersia spp. -Araucaria

93

Ficus-Streblus-Dendrocnide- Cassine

:

Castanosperm um-Waterhousea floribunda Alliance

Suballiance 24 25 26

Castanospermum-Grevillea robusta . Sireblus-Austromyrtus .. . Waterhousea floribunda- Tristaniopsis laurina

Choricarpia-Backhousia spp. Alliance Suballiance 27 28 29 30

Choricarpia Backhousia Backhousia Backhousia

leptopetala sciadophora- -Dendrocnide- -Drypetes myrtifolia-Lophostemon confertus- Tristaniopsis spp. o 7 myrtifolia-Acmena smithu

List of Colour Plates v

“

Frontispiece: Plank Buttressed Yellow Carabeen. Photo: Leo Meier. Courtesy: Weldon Trannies...

Between pages 84 and 8&5

D4,

Well developed Subtropical Rainforest. Fluted trunk on left — Planchonella australis. Plank buttresses — Argyrodendron trifoliolatum. Liane — Parsonsia fulva. Suballiance No. 1. Johnstons Scrub, Eureka. Photo: A. Floyd.

53.

Irregular canopy of emergent Ficus macrophylla and F. obliqua. Suballiance No. 3. Boatharbour Nature Reserve. Photo: A. Floyd.

56.

Austromyrtus fragrantissima. A rare and endangered species from Richmond River to Currumbin Suballiance No. 3. Boatharbour Nature Reserve. Photo: A. Floyd.

Creek.

37, Archontophoenix cunninghamiana palm forest. Suballiance No, 6. Mt Warning National Park. Photo: G. G. Biddle. 58. Argyrodendron actinophyllum in subtropical rainforest on basalt beneath trachyte cliffs. Suballiance No. 7. Wilsons Peak Flora Reserve. Photo: A. Floyd. 59,

Syzygium francisii with Archontophoenix understorey. Suballiance No. 9. Pretty Gully Reserve. Photo. A. Floyd.

60. Acradenia euodtiformis in flower with tall Caldcluvia paniculosa beyond. Suballiance No. 11. Tweed Range, Border Ranges National Park. Photo: A. Floyd. 61.

Large, light green crowns of Sloanea woollsi.

Munningyundo

Mountain,

Nymboida

National Park. Photo:

A. Floyd. 62.

Protected gorge with Suballiance No. 15 in otherwise Dry Rainforest as in upper right. Pilchers Mountain, Dungog. Photo: A. Floyd.

63.

Littoral Rainforest with strangler fig, woody vines and sparse ground cover. Suballiance No. Nature Reserve. Photo: G. G. Biddle. ‘

64.

Dieback in rainforest due to unrestricted camping and fires. Suballiance No. Reserve. Photo: A. Floyd.

65.

Encroachment into rainforest by exotic bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides Suballiance No. 16. Iluka Nature Reserve. Photo: M. J. Dodkin.

monilifera)

66,

Cupaniopsis anacardioides thicket on windswept Island. Suballiance No. Photo: A. Floyd.

17. Cook Island Nature Reserve.

67.

Rutile mining of littoral rainforest. Suballiance No. 17. Mitchell Island, Manning River. Photo: M. J. Dodkin.

68.

Ridges dominated by Lophostemon confertus running down to the sea. Suballiance No. Nature Reserve. Photo. A. Floyd.

69.

Littoral

rainforest behind

dunes

on

a sheltered

beach.

Suballiance

No.

16. Huka

16. Broken Head Nature

19. Gap

planted

along

dunes.

18. Broken Head

Beach,

Arakoon

State

Recreation Area. Photo: A. Floyd. 70.

Stunted rainforest on seaward Area. Photo: M. J. Dodkin.

71.

Littoral Rainforest on one-time hilly island in foreground. Suballiance No. 19. Mungo Brush, Myall Lakes

midslope.

Suballiance

No.

19. Cape

Hawke, "

Booti Booti State Recreation

National Park. Photo: M. J. Dodkin. 72. Ficus rubiginosa on steep bouldery slope overlooking the sea. Suballiance No. 20. Bunga Head, Mimosa Rocks National Park. Photo: A. Floyd.

x

AUSTRALIAN

RAINFORESTS

IN

NEW

SOUTH

WALES

LO.

Mosses and ferns concealing the bases of Nothofagus moorei. Suballiance No. 47. Brindle Creek, Border Ranges National Park. Photo: G. G. Biddle.

102.

Denhamia mooret, endemic to the Bellingen Escarpment and Mt Hyland. Suballiance No. 48. Dorrigo. Photo: A. Floyd.

103.

Atherosperma moschatum, entire-leaved northern Barrington Tops National Park. Photo: A. Floyd.

104.

Ferny understorey of Dicksonia antarctica and Blechnum spp. Suballiance No. 51. Deervale. Photo: R. S. Faggoter.

105.

Landslip below Carey’s Peak four years previously (1978), with dense Nothofagus regrowth from previous slips. Suballiance No. 51. Barrington Tops National Park. Photo: A. Floyd.

106.

Flowers of Eucryphia moorei, related to Cunoniaceae but with large petals and numerous stamens. Mt Dromedary Flora Reserve. Photo: A. Floyd.

form.

Suballiance

No.

50.

Head

of

Moppy

River,

107.

Attractive, light green, feathery foliage of Eucryphia moorei. Currowan Creek. Freehold. Photo: A. Floyd.

LO8.

Eucryphia moorei with ring of coppice stems. Currowan Creek. Freehold. Photo: A. Floyd.

109.

Lycopodium myrtifolium, an epiphyte in cool temperate rainforest extending from the Queensland border to Tasmania. Suballiance No. 57. Cathedral Rocks National Park. Photo: A. Floyd.

110.

Elaeocarpus holopetalus on steep sandstone scree slope untouched by fire. Suballiance No. 57. Mt Imlay National Park. Photo: A. Floyd.

List of Figures . Floristic classification of subtropical rainforest . . Original distribution of rainforests in the Richmond—Tweed . Floristic relationships between Johnstons Scrub and some other Big . Floristic classification of dry rainforest . . i . . Floristic classification of warm temperate rainforest . . Floristic classification of cool temperate rainforest “

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