210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                               Ecological Assessment Report
                                                                                                                          327 Kinmond Creek Rd, Cootharaba




      Species          Common      NC Act   EPBC Act                          Habitat                                      Likelihood of Occurrence
                        Name       Status    Status
  Flora
                                                       In Australia, this species is found in scattered
                                                       locations through Queensland and northern NSW.
                                                       The preferred habitat is moist Eucalypt forest and
                                                                                                                 Unlikely – while the site provides marginally
  Arthraxon          hairy-joint                       the edges of rainforest where it is usually found
                                     V         V                                                                 suitable habitat, this species was not recorded
  hispidus           Grass                             along creeks or near water sources. In south east
                                                                                                                 during the site survey.
                                                       Queensland, it has also been found on sandy dunes,
                                                       along creeks and gullies in woodland (SPRAT
                                                       2008).
                                                       Heath ecotones or layered Eucalypt open forest and
                                                       woodland, on coastal sands or sandy peaty soils and
                                                       mostly poorly drained aeras. This species is
                                                       endemic to south-east Queensland and grows from
                     whipstick                         just north of Bundaberg to Burleigh Heads, where it       Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Acacia attenuata                   V         V
                     wattle                            is never more than 40km from the coast. It occurs on      for this species were not found on site.
                                                       flat coastal plains at altitudes of lower than 30m
                                                       above sea level in high rainfall areas (EPBC
                                                       Protected Matters Search database and references
                                                       within).
                                                       Grows in wet sclerophyll woodland, subtropical
                                                       lowland rainforests or riverine-type gallery rainforest
                                                       on well-drained sandy loam soils which are often
                                                                                                                 Unlikely – while the site provides potentially
  Archidendron                                         alluvial in origin and contain clay or deep podosols
                     bacon wood      V         V                                                                 suitable habitat, this species was not recorded
  lovelliae                                            (Barry & Thomas 1994; Qld CRA/RFA Steering
                                                                                                                 during the site survey.
                                                       Committee 1997; Williams 1984). The species is
                                                       mostly recorded below 50 m above sea level (asl),
                                                       but has been found up to 160 m asl (QDNR 2000).




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