Ecological Assessment

Site number           H28
Broad                 Eucalypt
Vegetation            Open
Group                 Forest
Radius of             20
surveyed
area
Characteristi         Abundanc
c                     e
Hollows in            Nil
trees and
stags
Fallen logs           Nil
(>10cm
diam.)
Decorticating         Rare
bark




Course Litter         Occasional to    Waterway                                            None
                      Common
(>2cm diam)
Fine Litter           Common           Pond/pool/dam                                       Absent
(<2cm diam)
Bare ground           Rare             Wetland/swamp                                       Absent
Grass                 Occasional to    Disturbance – wildfire                              Minor
                      Common
                      (Cassytha
                      along the
                      ground
                      forming mats
                      and
                      tussocks)
Soil cracks           Nil              Disturbance – grazing                               Nil
Stones (20-           Nil              Disturbance clearing                                Nil
60cm)
Boulders (61-         Nil              Disturbance – weeds                                 Nil
2m)
Large                 Nil              Disturbance - erosion                               Nil
boulders
(>2m)
Rock                  Nil
crevices
Exfoliating           Nil
rock
Other                 Other            Other observations                                  Other observations
observations          observatio
                      ns
Remains                                Heard                                               Currawong, eastern yellow
                                                                                           robin, striated pardalote,
                                                                                           lewins honeyeater, grey fantail
Scats                                  Seen

Tracks                Bandicoot
                      diggings

Habitat Rank          Arboreal and or hollow dependent: Very Low
                      Terrestrial & Ground dwelling (reptiles, mammals and birds): Moderate to High
                      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