Attachment 6a - Ecological Assessment Part 1 · MCU18/0015

                                                    Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



4.3.7.2 Assessment of Essential Habitat Factors

                                                              TABLE 9
                                              ASSESSMENT OF ESSENTIAL HABITAT FACTORS
                                                                                                      Position in
      Species                   Vegetation Community                     Altitude             Soils                       Site Assessment
                                                                                                      Landscape
                     RE 12.2.5 is a listed as a mandatory essential                                                 RE 12.2.5 (mandatory
                     habitat factor for this species. Freshwater                                                    essential habitat factor)
                     acidic swamps/lagoons (permanent or                                                            does occur on site however
                     temporary still water) dominated by sedges                                                     there are no acidic
                     (e.g. Baumea and Eleocharis spp.) in                                                           swamps/lagoons present.
                                                                                        Sandy and
  Wallum rocket      heathland (e.g. Banksia/Xanthorrhoea),            Sea level to                                 Suitable habitat is not
                                                                                         alluvial       None
   frog (Litoria     wallum (Banksia aemula shrubland/woodland)          200 m                                      considered to occur for this
                                                                                        substrates
     freycieti)      or Melaleuca open forest (e.g. M.                                                              species.
                     quinquenervia), and adjacent Eucalyptus
                     racemosa forest, also found around acidic
                     coastal lakes; on sand and sandstone; can be
                     found well away from water during non-
                     breeding season.
                     RE 12.2.5 is a listed as a mandatory essential                                                 RE 12.2.5 (mandatory
                     habitat factor for this species. Permanent to                                                  essential habitat factor)
                     ephemeral acidic (pH 4.3 - 5.2), soft                                                          does occur on site however
                     freshwater in Melaleuca (e.g. M.                                   Sandy and                   there are no permanent or
  Wallum froglet     quinquenervia) swamps, sedgeland, wet and         Sea level to       sandy-                    ephemeral acidic swamps,
                                                                                                        None
  (Crinia tinnula)   dry heathland (e.g. Banksia robur,                  150 m           alluvial                   or areas of heath present.
                     Xanthorrhoea) and wallum (Banksia aemula                           substrates                  Suitable habitat is not
                     shrubland/woodland) areas coastal lowlands                                                     considered to occur for this
                     on sand or sandstone, occasionally in adjacent                                                 species.
                     open forest/woodland (e.g. Eucalyptus



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