Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01729:body:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01729
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 2879–4873

(Southern Mahogany/Bangalay), E. ovata (Swamp Gum), Livistona australis and/or Lophostemon spp.  Some of these species are more prominent in sites adjacent to other forest types, such as rainforests and eucalypt forests.
   * The understorey typically includes a variable ground layer, depending on the canopy cover and inundation rate/period. Tall sedges (typically Gahnia spp.) and/or ferns often dominate the ground layer, mixed with graminoids and other herbs, especially Imperata cylindrica (Blady Grass).
   * Vines that climb into the crowns of canopy trees may be present, including Parsonsia straminea (Common silk-pod), Gynochthodes jasminoides (Climbing Scrub-orange) and Stephania japonica var. discolour (Snake-vine). Epiphytic plants, such as Cymbidium suave (Snake Orchid), can also be found on the branches of larger trees. Twining and scrambler plants present along the ground include Glycine clandestina (Twining Glycine) and G. tabacina (Glycine Pea, Variable Glycine).
   * The ecological community may include more specialist plant species at certain sites. For example: species tolerant of salinity, such as Twig-rushes, may be more common in areas close to estuaries or where groundwater is influenced by brackish flows. While they can occur regularly in the ground layer, the ecological community is not present if halophytic species, more typically associated with estuarine/saltmarsh areas, dominate the ground layer of a patch, for example, Appium prostratum, Atriplex cineria, Chenopodium glaucum, Rhagodia candolleaus and Samolus repens.
   * Wetland specialist plants, such as Cycnogeton procerum (Water Ribbons) are present at sites that are more often inundated.
   * Cryptogams such as mosses, lichens and liverworts occur where light levels are low, while Sphagnum moss may be regularly present in waterlogged areas.

This ecological community includes a variety of fauna species, including many that are listed individually as threatened or migratory species.