Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                  Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



      Scientific Name              Common Name                                 Likelihood of Occurring on the Site
                                                       south-facing gullies with fertile, basalt-derived krasnozem soils or the interface
                                                       between sandstone and basalt krasnozems. Surface soils tend to be dark, of
                                                       varying textures (sandy loams to light clays), slightly acid (pH 5.5–7.0) and well
                                                       drained (Dept. Environment 2012).
                                                       Unlikely: No heath vegetation is present of the subject site. This species was
                                                       not recorded from the subject site during onsite surveys. Occurs on dry heath,
                                                       coastal dunes, wallum and Eucalyptus forest on sand. Around Noosa it occurs in
                                                       Tristania conferta-Eucalyptus intermedia-Callitris columellaris open-forest with
Macarthuria complanata       -
                                                       the lower tree layer of mainly Banksia semula. Also in wallum vegetation of
                                                       Banksia sp. and Leptospermum sp. Population are located around Noosa and in
                                                       the great sandy national park. A single individual is located east of Brisbane near
                                                       Victoria Point (Australian Government 2014).
                                                       Unlikely: Species is restricted to upland rainforest. This species was not
                                                       recorded from the subject site during onsite surveys. Occurs in NEQ and in
                             Richmond         birdwing south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales but not in coastal
Pararistolochia praevenosa
                             butterfly vine            central Queensland. Grows in upland rainforest on basaltic and metamorphic
                                                       rocks (CSIRO 2010). Occurs in in subtropical and littoral rainforests and also
                                                       gallery forests (Sands and Scott 2002).
                                                       Unlikely. This species is associated with coastal wet heath/sedgeland wetlands,
                                                       swampy grassland or swampy forest and often where broad-leaved paperbark
Phaius australis             Lesser swamp-orchid       (Melaleuca leucadendra) or Swamp Mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta) are found.
                                                       Less commonly, this species has been found in drier forest near the coast (Dept.
                                                       Environment 2012).
                                                       Unlikely. Occurs in semi-evergreen vine thicket on red volcanic soils, or in
                                                       communities adjacent to this vegetation type. Geology of the area in which this
                                                       species occurs is deeply weathered basalt with undulating to hilly terrain. Soils
                                                       range from red-brown earths to brown clays (derived from siltstone and
                                                       mudstones), and lithosols to shallow, gravelly krasnozems (very dark brown
Phebalium distans            Mt Berryman phebalium
                                                       loam). Vegetation associations in which Mt Berryman Phebalium occur include
                                                       microphyll to notophyll vine forest with or without Araucaria cunninghamii and
                                                       low microphyll vine forest and semi-evergreen vine thicket with or without
                                                       Araucaria cunninghamii. Populations are known from near Mt Berryman,
                                                       Kingaroy (Mt Jones Plateau and surrounds) and Mt Walla (Coalston Lakes) (Dept.



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