Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287:reg:3:p41
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00287
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 41/276)
Character Range: 158095–166845

valleys.                               * Nestegis apetala (Ironwood)                            * Cordyline obtecta
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Lagunaria patersonia (white oak)                       * Myrsine ralstoniae
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Baloghia inophylla (Bloodwood)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Cyathea brownii (smooth treefern)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk pine)
Sheltered coastal forest           Thick forest that only occurs close to the coast in areas protected from wind and salt. Small pockets left at Bumboras, Ball Bay and Selwyn Reserve.       * Baloghia inophylla (bloodwood)                         * Meryta latifolia
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Lagunaria patersonia (white oak)                       * Myrsine ralstoniae
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Nestegis apetala (ironwood)                            * Pteris kingiana
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Elaeodendron curtipendulum (maple)                     * Streblus brunonianus
Coastal pine and white oak forest  Hardy open forest of Norfolk pines and white oaks that can be seen at Hundred Acres.                                                                       * Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk pine)                  * Coprosma baueri
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Lagunaria patersonia (white oak)                       * Euphorbia norfolkiana
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * Myrsine ralstoniae
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       * Senecio australis
Coastal white oak shrubland        Stunted, low growing white oaks and melky trees such as those near Cemetery Bay, Ball Bay and Hundred Acres.                                               * Lagunaria patersonia (white oak)                       * Senecio australis
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Excoecaria agallocha (melkytree)                       * Coprosma baueri
Sandy beach herbland               Low growing, non‑woody plants growing in sand at Slaughter Bay, Anson Bay, and Cemetery Bay.                                                               * Sporobolus virginicus (salt couch)                     * Euphorbia obliqua
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Ipomoea pes-caprae (goat's foot)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Wollastonia biflora (mile‑a-minute)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Ficinia nodosa (club rush)
Coastal grassland                  Thick, salt tolerant grasses and sedges growing in sandy coastal areas.                                                                                    * Sporobolus virginicus (salt couch)                     * Senecio australis
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Carpobrotus glaucescens (pigface)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Achyranthes aspera (coastal achyranthes)
Moo-oo sedgeland                   Thick cover of moo‑oo on exposed northern coastal cliffs, for example near Gun Club (Anson Bay area).                                                      * Cyperus lucidus (moo-oo)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Achyranthes aspera (coastal achyranthes)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Carpobrotus glaucescens (pigface)
Coastal flax community             Uncommon areas of native flax, found on sheltered southern cliffs/slopes at Ball Bay, Garnet Point and Beefsteak.                                          * Phormium tenax (flax)                                  * Coprosma baueri
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Achyranthe saspera (coastal achyranthes)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Dianella intermedia (native dianella)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Asplenium difforme (coastal two-frond)
Freshwater swamp                   Muddy areas and creeksides with native drain flax, bullrushes, and swamp lillies, for example at Kingston. Probably more widespread in the past.           * Eleocharis acuta (common spike rush)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Crinum pedunculatum (crinum)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Typha orientalis (drain flax)
                                                                                                                                                                                              * Juncus continuus (bull rush)

The native plant communities listed in Table 12 are all remnant communities in which the main native canopy is intact. Non-remnant vegetation may have been significantly disturbed (for example, by weed invasion and clearing), but may still resemble one of the native plant communities and potentially be suitable for restoration. Non-remnant vegetation also includes plantations of native species such as pine plantations.
Source: Invasive Species Council & TierraMar 2021.
Table 13 Plant communities of Phillip Island
Community                                 Key species                                    Proposed pre-European occurrence                                                                                      2008 occurrence
Pine hardwood subtropical forest              * Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk