Appendix F - Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v1                                                        NCES REF: J001050
Lot 3 on RP131369 – 96 Black Mountain Range Road, Black Mountain


Fauna
      •    Adelotus brevis (tusked frog) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act;
      •    Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami (glossy black-cockatoo (eastern)) – listed as ‘vulnerable’
           under the NC Act; and
      •    Phascolarctos cinereus (koala) – listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the NC Act and ‘endangered’
           under the NC and EPBC Act.
Flora
      •    Symplocos harroldii (hairy hazelwood) – listed as ‘near threatened’ under the NC Act;
      •    Triunia robusta – listed as ‘endangered’ under the NC Act and EPBC Act; and
      •    Rhodamnia rubescens (scrub turpentine) – listed as ‘critically endangered’ under the NC Act
           and EPBC Act.

3.6       Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Map
The Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Map identifies that the vegetated areas onsite are
mapped within a ‘high risk area’ prescribed under the Nature Conservation (Plants) Regulation 2020
(refer to Plate 8).




                                 Plate 8 – Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Map

3.7       EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool
The EPBC Act Protected Matters Search Tool was queried in May 2022 using a 2km search radius.
The Search uses bio-climatic modelling to predict where protected matters may be present in an
area and therefore does not necessarily indicate the actual recorded presence of protected matters.
The Search Result identified that the following Matters of National Environmental Significance
(MNES) have the potential to be present within a 2km radius of the site (refer to Appendix 3):
      •    The ‘endangered’ Coastal Swamp Oak Forest of New South Wales and South East
           Queensland Threatened Ecological Community;
      •    The ‘Critically Endangered’ Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia;
      •    16 threatened flora species;
      •    29 threatened terrestrial fauna species; and
      •    Marine, terrestrial and wetland migratory bird species.



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