Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                     Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights




APPENDIX 1 - HABITAT SUITABILITY ASSESSMENTS
                               HABITAT SUITABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR THREATENED FLORA SPECIES
     Scientific Name                Common Name                                      Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                             Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species was not recorded
                                                             from the subject site during onsite surveys. Occurs on flat coastal lowland
                                                             plains, at altitudes of lower than 30m above sea level. Typically found in
Acacia attenuata              Whipstick wattle
                                                             seasonally waterlogged areas of wet heathland or heathland margins, open
                                                             forest and woodland communities, and specifically on sandy poorly drained soils
                                                             or peat swamps which are infertile (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                             Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species was not recorded
Acacia baueri subsp. baueri   Tiny wattle                    from the subject site during onsite surveys. Occurs in infertile and often
                                                             seasonally waterlogged sands in coastal heath (wallum) habitat and adjacent
                                                             plateaus and low open woodland (DEHP 2013).
                                                             Unlikely: Suitable habitat not observed onsite. This species was not recorded
                                                             from the subject site during onsite surveys. Occurs in transition zones between
Acronychia littoralis         Scented acronychia             littoral rainforest and swamp sclerophyll forest; between littoral and coastal
                                                             cypress pine communities; and margins of littoral forest and cleared land. Found
                                                             on sand in humid, high rainfall zones (greater than 1600mm), within 2km of the
                                                             ocean (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                             Unlikely: No heath vegetation communities occur on the subject site. This
                                                             species was not recorded from the subject site during onsite surveys. Occurs in
                                                             open and closed heath on fine-grained rhyolite rocky slopes (Mt Peregian) and in
                                                             wallum heath on undulating coastal plain. The soils range in texture from sands,
                                                             sandy loams and light to medium clays, usually with a weak acidic reaction.
Allocasuarina emuina          Emu Mountain she-oak
                                                             Found in relatively flat, low-lying coastal areas at elevations of between 5 and
                                                             70m above sea level and on a range of inclinations from flat to slopes of 20
                                                             degrees. Dominant species of heathland habitat where Emu Mountain she-oak
                                                             occurs include Ptilanthium deustum, Hakea actites and Banksia oblongifolia
                                                             (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                             Unlikely. Occurs mostly on well-drained sandy loam soils, which are often
Archidendron lovelliae        Bacon wood
                                                             alluvial in origin and contain clay or deep podosols (Williams 1984).
Arthraxon hispidus            Hairy-joint grass              Unlikely: The well drained nature of the subject site limits the potential for the



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