Appendix B - Bushfire Hazard Assessment · RAL22/0006

Plate 6: Topography (Source: Noosa Council Intramaps)

1.7     VEGETATION
A site assessment was undertaken on 28 April 2022. One dominant vegetation unit was recorded within
the 150m assessment area surrounding the proposed development area. The vegetation is dominated by
a vine forest community which has attained a height of approximately 20m and is dominated by a range
of vine forest species including Alphitonia petriei (pink ash), Acacia disparrima (hickory wattle), Jagera
pseudorhus (foam bark), Flindersia schottiana (bumpy ash), Mallotus philippensis (red kamala), Ficus spp.
(figs) and Glochidion ferdinandi (cheese tree). The woody weed species Cinnamomum camphora
(camphor laurel) is also prevalent throughout the vine forest and forms a dominant component in many
areas. The majority of vegetated areas within the site are currently impacted by livestock grazing and
therefore the understorey is sparse. Ground cover species including improved pasture such as
Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass), Brachiaria decumbens (signal grass) and Setaria sphacelata (South
African pigeon grass), with native grass species such as Oplismenus aemulus (forest beard grass) and
Ottochloa gracillima (graceful grass) also present. The vegetation community is analogous with
Vegetation Hazard Class 3.1 (VHC 3.1) which is described as Notophyll vine forest (QFES, 2019). Plate 7
depicts typical conditions within the vine forest vegetation adjacent to the proposed development area.




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