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
                                                         Commonly occurs in lowland rainforest or on
                                                         rainforest margins (Hewson 1985), but it can also be
                                                                                                                  Unlikely – while the site provides marginally
                                                         found in other forest types, such as open forest and
  Samadera bidwilii   Quassia          V         V                                                                suitable habitat, this species was not recorded
                                                         woodland (QDNR 2001). Quassia is commonly
                                                                                                                  during the site survey.
                                                         found in areas adjacent to both temporary and
                                                         permanent watercourses
                                                         Usually found in wet situations in wet sclerophyll
                                                         forest and a range of rainforest types including vine
                                                         forest. Generally prefers growing along rainforest
                                                         margins in eucalypt forests in the vicinity of
                      brush                              rainforests or in large canopy gaps in closed forest     Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Sophora fraseri                      V         V
                      sophera                            communities.       Restricted    to    south-eastern     for this species were not found on site.
                                                         Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales
                                                         where it occurs from the Casino area north to near
                                                         Miriam Vale. Very rare in NSW and widespread but
                                                         not common in south-east Queensland.
                      Austral                            It occurs in shrubland, grassland or woodland, often     Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Thesium australe                     V         V
                      toadflax                           on damp sites.                                           for this species were not found on site.
                                                         This species is restricted to a small area in the
                                                         Sunshine Coast of around 40km. It is found from
                                                         Woombye to Pomona where it occupies notophyll
                      glossy spice                                                                                Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Triunia robusta                      E         E       vine forest and mixed tall open forest with a
                          bush                                                                                    for this species were not found on site.
                                                         rainforest understory. Most commonly found within
                                                         25m of a stream on south or south east facing slopes
                                                         on well-draining soil (SPRAT 2008).
                                                         Occurs mostly in notophyll and microphyll vineforest
                                                         communities, occasionally in wet sclerophyll
  Xanthostemon          southern                         communities, at altitudes from near sea-level to 300     Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
                                       V         V
  oppositifolius         penda                           m altitude. It is mostly found along stream banks or     for this species were not found on site.
                                                         flat alluvial terraces, occasionally on footslopes and
                                                         low ridges. Southern penda is known from three




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