Attachment 7C - Flora and Fauna Survey Assessment_Noosa Landfill - Revision 3

                                                                                      Native Foresters



iii.   RE 12.3.5 – Least Concern

       Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest to woodland. Onsite this vegetation type occurs
       along the drainage lines on areas mapped as containing alluvial soils (Figure 8). The
       understorey, which contains species such as Tall Saw sedge (Gahnia sieberiana), Zig
       Zag Bog Rush (Schoenus melanostachyos) and Silk Pod vine (Parsonsia straminea),
       is open and prone to weed invasion.

       Within the area of interest, this RE is mapped within a heterogeneous polygon with RE
       12.3.13 (closed wet heath) as a 70% RE 12.3.13/30% RE 12.3.5 split. The mapping
       for the site could be refined with respect to the drainage line that occurs at the northern
       end of the landfill at 26.4361oS; 153.0261oE and contains Melaleuca quinquenervia
       open forest but is mapped as RE 12.3.13. Melaleuca quinquenervia forest has a
       distinctive canopy signature under aerial photo interpretation.




             FIGURE 8: Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest on alluvium - RE12.3.5




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