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PLATE 1 - Open/Dry Heath


Community 2 – Closed Wet Heath/Sedgeland on Coastal Dunes

This community occurs within a small pocket in the north-western corner and along the immediate
western boundary of the investigation area upon an area of moister, lowland soil. As with Community
1, this association represents a combination of vegetation types and is characteristic of Regional
Ecosystem 12.2.15 and 12.2.12. (PLATE 2).

A representative list of flora species is contained in Appendix C.

The community is generally devoid of non-indigenous flora (weeds), with most notable incursion
occurring along a number of internal trails. Groundsel Bush occurs infrequently within the north –
western pocket of vegetation and but frequently in association with Typha and Common Lantana within
Burgess Creek. Representation of all strata was recorded and the wet heath component of the
community is regarded as relatively intact and would most likely satisfy the criterion for remnant status.
This concurs with current EPA mapping of the investigation area. The sedgeland component of the
community is generally far removed from the edge of the site and is instead associated with floodplains
of Burgess Creek. The community appears to have been markedly altered through a combination of
nutrient pollution and increased pH levels.




Grasstree Court, Sunrise Beach      Ecological Assessment Report (BCR02)                 PLACE Environmental

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