Appendix B - Terrestrial Ecology Assessment

Table 5. Habitat for threatened species with some likelihood of occurrence.

 Species                           Habitat                                                                                                               Likelihood of Occurrence
                                   The range of this population extends from approximately the latitude of Cairns to the New South Wales-Victoria
                                   border. Koalas inhabit a range of temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forest, woodland and semi-arid
                                                                                                                                                         26 local records. NJKHTs occur
                                   communities dominated by species from the genus Eucalyptus. The koala’s diet is restricted mainly to foliage of
 koala                                                                                                                                                   on site.
                                   Eucalyptus species but may also consume foliage of related genera, including Corymbia, Angophora and
 Phascolarctos cinereus                                                                                                                                  No evidence of activity and site
                                   Lophostemon and at times supplement its diet with other species, including species from the genera
                                                                                                                                                         access may be compromised.
                                   Leptospermum and Melaleuca. Eucalypt forest and woodland on foothills and plains, particularly with high-
                                   nutrient soils.
 wallum froglet
                                   These frog species occur along Australia’s eastern seaboard from Bundaberg, south-east Queensland, south as far       1 record for each species <2km.
 Crinia tinnula
                                   as Jervis Bay, New South Wales. The wallum frogs are restricted to freshwater swamps in lowland coastal areas         No habitat for these species.
 wallum sedgefrog
                                   and is found in associated vegetation communities such as heath, sedgeland and woodland on nutrient-poor              No likelihood of occurrence on
 Litoria olongburensis
                                   sandy soils. Acidic swamps and lakes in these areas provide essential breeding habitat for wallum-dependent frog      subject land or immediate
 wallum rocketfrog
                                   species. These frogs have also been observed in disturbed heath habitat.                                              surrounds.
 Litoria freycineti
                                                                                                                                                         1 record <2km.
 glossy black-cockatoo             Woodland dominated by Allocasuarina and in open forests where it forms a substantial middle layer. Often              Forage evidence on site
 Calyptorhynchus lathami           confined to remnant Allocasuarina patches surrounded by cleared farmlands.                                            boundary/near footpath along
                                                                                                                                                         Resort Drive.
                                   This species mostly occurs in dense coastal and subcoastal heathlands, sedgelands and buttongrass plains, where       10 records <2km.
 ground parrot                     there is a high diversity of low-growing plants. There they feed on fallen seeds taken from the ground or plucked     No habitat for this species.
 Pezoporus wallicus                directly from the plants as they walk briskly and agilely through the vegetation. Occurs in scattered populations     No likelihood of occurrence on
 wallicus                          along the east coast of Australia, from south-east coastal Queensland and in pockets in north-east and southern       subject land or immediate
                                   New South Wales.                                                                                                      surrounds.
                                                                                                                                                         2 records <2km.
                                   This species typically occurs in coastal saltmarsh, mangroves and adjacent freshwater wetland habitats in             No habitat for these species.
 water mouse
                                   Australia and in coastal wetland areas of Papua New Guinea. Constructed nesting mounds and natural or artificial      No likelihood of occurrence on
 Xeromys myoides
                                   hollows located close to or above the high tide mark, are used for shelter during the day and between tidal cycles.   subject land or immediate
                                                                                                                                                         surrounds.
                                   Highly mobile species moving up and down the east coast in search for food. Species has a preference for the          10 records <2km.
 grey-headed flying-fox
                                   nectar and pollen from eucalypts, melaleucas and banksias although feeds in orchids if natural foods are scarce.      Potential forage habitat within
 Pteropus poliocephalus
                                   Diverse native diet, which it supplements with introduced plants. The species has no adaptations for withstanding     subject site and surrounding
                                   food shortages and migrates in response to changes in the amount and location of flowering.                           locality.




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