Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

                               Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



2.3.2 Database Searches
2.3.2.1 Threatened Flora Species and Ecological Communities
Database searches using the Commonwealth PMST identified fifteen (15) threatened flora
species that may occur within 5km of the subject site based on the availability of suitable
habitat in the locality. The DEHP Wildlife Online database indicated that seventeen (17)
threatened flora species have been recorded from within 5km of the subject site.

Threatened flora species detected in the database searches are listed in TABLE 22. The
conservation status of each species listed in TABLE 22 is shown in accordance with the
Commonwealth EPBC Act (1999) and Queensland Nature Conservation (Wildlife)
Regulation (NCWR, 2006).

                                  TABLE 2
DATABASE RECORDS OF LISTED THREATENED FLORA SPECIES WITHIN 5KM OF THE SITE
         Scientific Name               Common Name            EPBC# NCWR*
Acacia attenuata             Whipstick wattle                   CV    QV
Acacia baueri subsp. baueri  Tiny wattle                         -    QV
Acronychia littoralis        Scented acronychia                (CE)   QE
Allocasuarina emuina         Emu Mountain she-oak               CE    QE
Archidendron lovelliae       Bacon wood                         CV   (QV)
Arthraxon hispidus           Hairy-joint grass                  CV    QV
Baloghia marmorata           Marbled balogia                    CV   (QV)
Blandfordia grandiflora      Christmas bells                     -    QE
Bulbophyllum globuliforme    Miniature moss-orchid              (V)  QNT
Boronia keysii               Key’s boronia                     (CV)   QV
Bosistoa transversa          Three-leaved bosistoa              CV     -
Carex breviscapa             -                                   -    QV
Cryptocarya foetida          Stinking cryptocarya               CV    QV
Cryptostylis hunteriana      Leafless tongue-orchid             CV     -
Eucalyptus conglomerata      Swamp stringybark                  CE   (QE)
Glycine argyrea              Silver glycine                      -   QNT
Habenaria harroldii          -                                   -    QE
Lobelia membranacea          -                                   -   QNT
Macadamia integrifolia       Macadamia nut                      CV   (QV)
Macadamia ternifolia         Small-fruited Queensland nut       CV   (QV)
Macarthuria complanata       -                                   -   QNT
Pararistolochia praevenosa   Richmond birdwing butterfly vine    -   QNT
Phaius australis             Lesser swamp-orchid                CE   (QE)
Phebalium distans            Mt Berryman phebalium             CCE   (QE)
Prasophyllum wallum          Wallum leek-orchid                 CV   (QV)
Symplocos harroldii          Hairy hazelwood                     -   QNT
Triunia robusta              Glossy spice bush                  CE   (QE)
Xanthostemon oppositifolius  Southern penda                    (CV)   QV
 # CCE - Critically Endangered, CE – Endangered & CV - Vulnerable as listed within schedules of the
 Commonwealth EPBC Act (1999);
 * QE - Endangered, QV - Vulnerable & QNT – Near Threatened as listed within schedules of the Queensland
 NCWR (2006);
 () listed but not found in site database search.




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