Appendix C - Bushfire Hazard Assesment

1.7     VEGETATION
A site assessment was undertaken on 25 August 2021. Vegetation within the 150m assessment area
surrounding the proposed build site is characterised by tall open Eucalypt forest with vineforest
understorey. The canopy has attained a height of greater than 30m and is dominated by Eucalyptus
grandis (flooded gum). The mid-storey is mid-dense and contains a diverse range of vine forest species
including Commersonia bartramia (brown kurrajong), Flindersia bennettiana (Bennet’s ash), Glochidion
ferdinandi (cheese tree), Jagera pseudorhus (foam bark), Alphitonia excelsa (red ash), and Syzygium
oleosum (blue lily pily). Vine species such as Flagellaria indica (whip vine) and Cissus hypoglauca (native
grape) also occur in the mid-storey. The understorey is dominated by species such as Blechum
cartilagineum (gristle fern), Gahnia aspera (sword sedge), Scleria sphacelata (a sedge), and Lomandra
longifolia (mat rush) with shrub species such as Tabernaemontana pandacaqui (banana bush) and
Cordyline rubra (narrow-leaved palm lily). The vegetation community is analogous with Vegetation Hazard
Class 8.1 (VHC 8.1) which is described as Wet Eucalypt Tall Open Forest (QFES, 2019). Plate 7 depicts
typical conditions within the open Eucalypt forest surrounding the proposed build location. The remainder
of the vegetation within the 150m assessment area was low threat mowed grass with low density woody
vegetation surrounding the existing on-site sheds and associated with neighbouring allotments.




        Plate 7: Tall Open Eucalypt forest with vineforest understorey


October 2021                               BUSHFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT                               Page: 7
                                           797 Ringtail Creek Road, Pomona