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Seaview Terrace, Ecology Report

 

Planchonella australis, Ficus spp., Olea
paniculata, Planchonella myrsinoides,
Brachychiton discolor, Maliotus
claoxyloides, Drypetes deplancheri, and
Calamus mueller (Threatened Species
Scientific Committee, 2008i0).

 

Bosistoa selwynii

Heart-leaved Bosistoa

Rainforest up to 300 m In aititude.
Occurs on deep basaltic soils. In NSW,
it prefers alluvial flats, particularly
creek banks (Department of
environment and conservation NSW,
2005)

 

Bosistoa transversa

Three-eaved Bosistoa

Rainforest up to 300 m in altitude.
Occurs on deep asaltic soils. In NSW,
it prefers alluvial flats, particularly
creek banks (Department of
environment and conservation NSW,
2005)

 

Bulbophyilum globuliforme

Miniature Moss-orchid

An epiphytic orchid that occurs in dry
rainforest. In Queensland apears to
grow soley on older hoop pine trees
(Araucaria cunninghami) (QPWS,
2001).

 

Cryptocarya foetida

Stinking Cryptocarya,
Stinking Laure!

Tree to 10m usually found in coastal
areas (Logan River Branch SGAP (Qld
Region), 2005).

 

Phaius australis

Lesser Swamp-orchid

This species is terrestrial, favouring
littoral rainforest, dunes (including
stabilised sands), riparian (stream-
side) areas, swampy forests, swampy
areas and wetlands, (LRB SGAP,
2002).

 

Phebalium distans

Mt Berryman Phebalium

CE

The Mt. Berryman Phebalium is known.
from ten populations in south-east
Queensland, where it is endemic, It is
always found in seml-evergreen vine
thicket on red volcanic soils or
communities adjacent to this
vegetation type (Threatened Species
Scientific Committee, 2008aet).

 

Taeniophylium mueller

 

 

Minute Orchid, Ribbon-
root Orchid

 

 

This species is epiphytic, favouring
littoral rainforest, subtropical
rainforest, wet sclerophyll forests and
riparian (stream-side) areas.

 

2.2 STATE INVESTIGATIONS / INVENTORIES

2.2.1 Regional Ecosystem Mapping

2.2.1.1 Background

The Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VMA) defines a “Regional Ecosystems” as a
vegetation community that is consistently associated with a particular combination of
geology, landform and soil. The VMA defines “Remnant Regional Ecosystems” as the
vegetation forming the predominant canopy:

(a) Covering more than 50% of the undisturbed predominant canopy;

(b) Averaging more than 70% of the vegetation’s undisturbed height; and

(c) Composed of species characteristic of the vegetation’s undisturbed predominant

canopy.

Under the VMA, three levels of conservation status are defined for Regional Ecosystems:

 

Chenoweth EPLA

 

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Mar ‘09