Len Webb Ecological Images Collection
Low streamlined notophyll-microphyll vine forest with some sclerophylls on exposed coastal cliffs on basaltic soils. Note that such eutrophic (high mineral nutrient availability) sites can develop moderately tall (ca. 15 metres) moist subtropical rainforest with buffer zone of salt-wind tolerant species. (Contrast Image 18-5 on lower nutrient sand hollows in lee of coastal dunes which require protection from salt-laden winds).
Image No. 18-6Vegetation Types
Streamlined low vine forest littoral vegetation on basaltic cliffs exposed to persistent southeasterly winds
Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie, New South Wales
December 1971
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