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

                                                                                                                                                    Native Foresters




  WAY       LAT        LONG       LOCATION               SURFACE WATER       VEGETATION         AQUATIC   WATER               pH    SALINITY   TANNIN-       NOTES ON
  POINT     (Decimal   (Decimal                                                                 FAUNA     QUALITY                   (ppt)      STAINING      HYDROLOGY
            degrees)   degrees)                                                                           OBSERVATIONS                         (mg/L
                                                                                                                                               tannic acid
                                                                                                                                               equiv.)
     2022   -26.4403   153.0339   Remnant/regrowth       Area of shallow     M. quinquenervia             Water clear with    4.6   NA         NA            Ponding of surface
                                  vegetation east of     ponding water       woodland with                light-to-moderate                                  water possibly due to
                                  tip, at southern end   amidst sedges, to   mid-dense sedge              tannin-staining                                    impeded drainage; more
                                  of Impact Area, on     the south of area   cover.                                                                          likely due to surface
                                  edge of RE12.5.3 /     infested with                                                                                       expression of shallow
                                  12.5.4.                Parsonsia.                                                                                          groundwater above
                                                                                                                                                             indurated layer.
     2025   -26.4394   153.0345   Remnant/regrowt        Shallow ponding     Wet heath with               Water clear with    6.7   NA         NA            Water possibly
                                  h vegetation east      water amidst        emergent M.                  light tannin-                                      originating from
                                  of tip, at southern    sedges and          quinquenervia                staining                                           extensive subterranean
                                  end of Impact          Parsonsia.          and M. sieberi                                                                  movement of surface
                                  Area.                                      and extensive                                                                   runoff from drainage line
                                                                             growth of                                                                       on eastern boundary of
                                                                             Parsonsia.                                                                      tip. The dense growth of
                                                                                                                                                             Parsonsia may reflect
                                                                                                                                                             alterations to hydrology
                                                                                                                                                             and/or water chemistry
                                                                                                                                                             due to discharge of
                                                                                                                                                             surface runoff from tip
                                                                                                                                                             (including increased pH
                                                                                                                                                             and, potentially, nutrient
                                                                                                                                                             levels).




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