Rev Fauna Flora Assessment

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3.2      Flora assessment
3.2.1 Vegetation at Carramar Extension

The vegetation in the south western section adjacent to the Carramar carpark and reception
building consists of an open area of mowed parkland with scattered trees including Eumundi
quandong (Elaeocarpus eumundi), Paperbark tea tree (Melelauca quinquenervia), Waterhousea
(Syzygium floribunda) and Black she oak (Allocasuarina littoralis) (Figure 4). Landscaped garden
beds and shade structures within the parkland contain a combination of native, ornamental and
exotic species including Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), Gardenia (Gardenia sp),
Pongamia (Milletia pinnata), Jasmine (Jasminum officinale), Bromeliads (Neoregelia sp), Croton
(Codiaemum variegatum), Hibiscus (Hibiscus sp) and Blue evolvulus (Evolvulus pilosus).




                      FIGURE 4: Scattered trees and parkland at Carramar entrance

The central and eastern parts of the proposed works footprint and bushfire buffer management
area are densely vegetated and consist of natural areas of regrowth Melaleuca wetland and
remnant Palustrine wetland with scattered emergent Eucalypts and Corymbias. The canopy is
semi-closed with Paperbark tea trees (Melaleuca quinquenervia), Small-leaved paperbark
(Melaleuca sieberi), Cheese tree (Glochidion ferdinandi) and emergent Swamp mahogany
(Eucalyptus robusta), Pink bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia) and White mahogany (Eucalyptus
acmenoides). Some of the Eucalypt emergents are of significant size, up to 15-20 metres in height
and diameter at breast height (dbh) up to 500 millimetres. Species composition in the understorey
is predominantly native, with sedges and ferns e.g. Tall saw sedge (Gahnia clarkei), Bungwall
(Blechnum indicum), Matamat (Rhyncospora corymbosa) and Smart weed (Persicaria attenuata)
indicative of seasonal inundation as shown in Figure 5. Non-native species are encroaching along
the disturbed edges, including Restricted Invasive Plants Singapore daisy (Sphagneticola
trilobata), Groundsel (Baccharis halmifolia) and Lantana (Lantana camara), as well as a range of
environmental weeds e.g. Sword fern (Nephrolepsis cordata), Common wild petunia
(Stephanophysum longifolium) and Cut leaf philodendron (Philodendron bipinnatifidum).




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