08/1128 - Information Response to Biodiversity Items & Ecological Impact Items - Place Designs [As Published] · 132008.1128

Community 4 — Disturbed Paperbark Open Forest

This community occurs to the immediate north of Lot 6 on RP901384 and Lot 5 on RP890947. The
community is heavily degraded and represents the opportunism of non-indigenous flora (PLATE 4)
Situated within a mechanically altered drainage line that has been filled with boulders, the community !s
dominated by Common Lantana, Broad-leaved Pepper Tree, Signal Grass, Elephant Grass, Molasses
Grass, Balsam Lily, Groundsel Bush, Typha and Glycine. Upper stratum species such as Broad-leaved
Paperbark, Macaranga, Black She-Oak and Black Wattle occur sporadically throughout. Although no
flora species of conservation significance were identified at the time of initial assessment, thorough
investigation 1s recommended

A representative list of flora species is contained in Appendix C (of Original report).

The community is heavily degraded and as such not representative of any described Regional Ecosystem
This concurs with current EPA mapping of the investigation area

   

PLATE 4 - Gardens associated with Community and Commercial Infrastructure

Community 5 ~ Gardens associated with Community and Commercial Infrastructure

This community describes all flora associated with the Uniting Church located at the western end of
Grasstree Court and a small shopping complex located at the eastern extent. Remnant and regrowth
species characteristic of the Regional Ecosystem 12.2.9 and 12.2.13 were identified throughout informal
gardens surrounding the said buildings. Common horticultural varieties have been utilised as feature
plants

 

   

Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach Ecological Assessment Repor ronmental

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