Ecological Assessment

State and Local Government Ecological Assessment
Noosa Civic Expansion



Scientific Name             Common                 NC(W)R         Likelihood     Noted     Noted within   Noted
                            Name                   Status         of             within    Herbrecs       within
                                                                  presence       Wildnet   Search (5km    Queensland
                                                                  within         Search    buffer)        Museum
                                                                  Study Area     (5km                     Database
                                                                                 buffer)                  (5km buffer)

Litoria                     Cooloola               NT             Possible       *
cooloolensis                Sedgefrog                             (medium)
Litoria freycineti          Wallum                 V              Possible       *
                            rocketfrog                            (medium)
Litoria                     Wallum                 V              Possible       *
olongburensis               sedgefrog                             (medium)
Pezoporus                   Ground parrot          V              Possible       *
wallicus wallicus                                                 (medium)
Phascolarctos               Koala                  V              Likely         *
cinereus                                                          (medium)
Ramphotyphlops              Cooloola blind         NT             Possible       *
silvia                      snake                                 (medium)

* E = Endangered; V = Vulnerable; & NT = Near Threatened under the NC(W)R

While these databases identify the potential for particular threatened species to occur within the Study Area,
they do not rule out the potential for other species to occur.

2.1.2              Vegetation Mapping

2.1.2.1            Scale
Vegetation communities were delineated at a property based scale. For the purpose of considering remnant
regional ecosystems, mapping was considered at a scale of the 1:25,000, consistent with the finest scale of
mapping prepared by the Queensland Herbarium for coastal areas (Neldner et. al., 2012). At this scale the
minimum mappable standalone polygon size is 1ha.

2.1.2.2            Remnant Regional Ecosystems
The mapping of vegetation categories across the Study Area was based on the regional ecosystem
framework (Sattler & Williams, 1999). Regional ecosystems are coded with a three-part number:
> the first number is the bioregion in which the Study Area occurs. In some instances the combination of
  vegetation and geology typical of a certain bioregion may occur outside the bioregional boundary. Study
  Area vegetation in this case is within the “Southeast Queensland” and is therefore numbered “12”;
> the second number is the geomorphic category or “Land Zone” that the ecosystem falls within (e.g. all
  Regional Ecosystems occurring on “Hills and lowlands on metamorphosed sedimentary rocks are Land
  Zone ‘11’); and
> the third number is the ecosystem number, and relates to the dominant vegetation.

2.1.2.3            Land Zones
Pre-clearing Regional Ecosystem mapping ver. 8.0 (DSITIA, 2014) indicates the presence of land zones 9-
10 and 3 in the Study Area:
> Landzone 3: Recent Quaternary alluvial systems, including closed depressions, paleo-estuarine deposits
  currently under freshwater influence, inland lakes and associated wave built lunettes. Excludes colluvial
  deposits such as talus slopes and pediments. Includes a diverse range of soils, predominantly Vertosols
  and Sodosols; also with Dermosols, Kurosols, Chromosols, Kandosols, Tenosols, Rudosols and
  Hydrosols; and Organosols in high rainfall areas.
> Landzone 9: Fine grained sedimentary rocks, generally with little or no deformation and usually forming
  undulating landscapes. Siltstones, mudstones, shales, calcareous sediments, and labile sandstones are


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