Ecological Assessment

Site number                H15
Broad Vegetation           Eucalypt open
                           forest
Group
                           Dense shrub/vine
                           layer
Radius of                  20
surveyed area
Characteristic             Abundance
Hollows in trees           Nil
and stags
Fallen logs                Rare to Occasional
(>10cm diam.)
Decorticating              Nil
bark




Course Litter              Occasional              Waterway                                     None
(>2cm diam)
Fine Litter (<2cm          Abundant                Pond/pool/dam                                Absent
diam)
Bare ground                Nil                     Wetland/swamp                                Absent
Grass                      Occasional              Disturbance – wildfire                       Minor – blackened up trunks
Soil cracks                Nil                     Disturbance – grazing                        Nil
Stones (20-60cm)           Nil                     Disturbance clearing                         Minor – evidence of logging
Boulders (61-2m)           Nil                     Disturbance – weeds                          Nil
Large boulders             Nil                     Disturbance - erosion                        Nil
(>2m)
Rock crevices              Nil
Exfoliating rock           Nil
Other                      Other                   Other observations                           Other observations
observations               observations
Remains                                            Heard                                        Lewins honeyeater
                                                                                                Grey Fantail

Scats                                              Seen

Tracks

Habitat Rank               Arboreal and or hollow dependent: Very Low
                           Terrestrial & Ground dwelling (reptiles, mammals and birds): Moderate
                           Amphibious or water dependent life stage/wetland dependent: Very Low



Abundance score 7 to 0:

Abundant, common-abundant, common, occasional to common, occasional, rare to occasional, rare, nil