Reference Document - RAL23/0013.02 - Part 1 (As Published)

Bushfire Hazard Assessment v3                                                          NCES REF: J001178
Lot 4 on RP809059 – 33 Pavilion St, Pomona QLD 4568


3.2       Vegetation Hazard Classes
The following vegetation hazard classes (classified in accordance with QFES (2019)) were identified
within the assessment area which includes a 150m buffer surrounding the site:
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 2.1 – Complex to simple, semi-deciduous mesophyll to notophyll
           vine forest;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 8.1 – Wet eucalypt tall open forest;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 9.1 – Moist to dry eucalypt open forests on coastal lowlands and
           ranges;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 38.4 – Continuous dryland cropping and horticulture;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 – Low to moderate tree cover in built-up areas;
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 42.6 – Nil to very low vegetation cover; and
      •    Vegetation Hazard Class 43.6 – Water bodies or very low vegetation cover.
The characteristics of each observed vegetation hazard class are described in the following sections
whilst Plan No. BF01 – Vegetation Hazard Classes depicts their distribution across the assessment
area.

3.2.1      Vegetation Hazard Class 2.1 – Complex to simple, semi-deciduous mesophyll to
           notophyll vine forest
Location = Riparian vegetation associated with Cooroora Creek in the western extent of the
assessment area
Average canopy height = 20-28m
Projective Foliage Canopy Cover (PFCC) = >70%.
T1 Canopy Species = Scattered emergent Eucalyptus grandis (flooded gum)
T2 Canopy Species = Dominated by Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel) and Syzgium
floribunda (waterhousia) with scattered Lophostemon suaveolens (swamp box)
Dominant Mid-storey species = Juvenile Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel),
Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (Bangalow palm), Glochidion spp., Acacia spp., and
Heptapleurum actinophyllum (umbrella tree)
Understorey = Dominated by Lomandra spp. and regenerating Cinnamomum camphora (camphor
laurel) with Calochlaena dubia (soft bracken) also present
Potential combined surface fuel load = 3.5 t/ha
Total fuel load = 12 t/ha
Prone Type Class = 3 (QFES BRC 2019)
Plate 5 depicts typical conditions within VHC 2.1.




                                  Plate 5 – Characteristic vegetation within VHC 2.1


3.2.2      Vegetation Hazard Class 8.1 – Wet eucalypt tall open forest
Comprehensive revegetation works are proposed within the proposed ‘Vegetation Covenant’ in the
western site extent and have been completed with the western extent of the southerly adjacent lot.
The species palette within these revegetation areas mimics 12.3.2 which is described as “Eucalyptus



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