Appendix B - Terrestrial Ecology Assessment

                                                                                                                                                           Name                                                              Status                      Type of Presence
Extra Information                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        within area
                                                                                                                                                           Rattus rattus
State and Territory Reserves                                                                                        [ Resource Information ]
                                                                                                                                                           Black Rat, Ship Rat [84]                                                                      Species or species habitat
Name                                                                                                              State                                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area
Girraween                                                                                                         QLD
Keyser Island                                                                                                     QLD                                      Sus scrofa
Noosa                                                                                                             QLD                                      Pig [6]                                                                                       Species or species habitat
Weyba Creek                                                                                                       QLD                                                                                                                                    likely to occur within area

Invasive Species                                                                                                    [ Resource Information ]               Vulpes vulpes
Weeds reported here are the 20 species of national significance (WoNS), along with other introduced plants                                                 Red Fox, Fox [18]                                                                             Species or species habitat
that are considered by the States and Territories to pose a particularly significant threat to biodiversity. The                                                                                                                                         likely to occur within area
following feral animals are reported: Goat, Red Fox, Cat, Rabbit, Pig, Water Buffalo and Cane Toad. Maps from
Landscape Health Project, National Land and Water Resouces Audit, 2001.                                                                                    Plants
                                                                                                                                                           Asparagus aethiopicus
                                                                                                                                                           Asparagus Fern, Ground Asparagus, Basket Fern,                                                Species or species habitat
Name                                                                          Status                              Type of Presence
                                                                                                                                                           Sprengi's Fern, Bushy Asparagus, Emerald Asparagus                                            likely to occur within area
Birds
                                                                                                                                                           [62425]
Acridotheres tristis                                                                                                                                       Cabomba caroliniana
Common Myna, Indian Myna [387]                                                                                    Species or species habitat               Cabomba, Fanwort, Carolina Watershield, Fish Grass,                                           Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area              Washington Grass, Watershield, Carolina Fanwort,                                              likely to occur within area
                                                                                                                                                           Common Cabomba [5171]
Anas platyrhynchos                                                                                                                                         Chrysanthemoides monilifera
Mallard [974]                                                                                                     Species or species habitat               Bitou Bush, Boneseed [18983]                                                                  Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area                                                                                                            may occur within area
Columba livia                                                                                                                                              Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp. rotundata
Rock Pigeon, Rock Dove, Domestic Pigeon [803]                                                                     Species or species habitat               Bitou Bush [16332]                                                                            Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area                                                                                                            likely to occur within area
Lonchura punctulata                                                                                                                                        Eichhornia crassipes
Nutmeg Mannikin [399]                                                                                             Species or species habitat               Water Hyacinth, Water Orchid, Nile Lily [13466]                                               Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area                                                                                                            likely to occur within area
Passer domesticus                                                                                                                                          Lantana camara
House Sparrow [405]                                                                                               Species or species habitat               Lantana, Common Lantana, Kamara Lantana, Large-                                               Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area              leaf Lantana, Pink Flowered Lantana, Red Flowered                                             likely to occur within area
                                                                                                                                                           Lantana, Red-Flowered Sage, White Sage, Wild Sage
Streptopelia chinensis                                                                                                                                     [10892]
Spotted Turtle-Dove [780]                                                                                         Species or species habitat               Opuntia spp.
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area              Prickly Pears [82753]                                                                         Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         likely to occur within area
Sturnus vulgaris
Common Starling [389]                                                                                             Species or species habitat               Salvinia molesta
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area              Salvinia, Giant Salvinia, Aquarium Watermoss, Kariba                                          Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                                                           Weed [13665]                                                                                  likely to occur within area
Frogs
Rhinella marina                                                                                                                                            Senecio madagascariensis
Cane Toad [83218]                                                                                                 Species or species habitat               Fireweed, Madagascar Ragwort, Madagascar                                                      Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  known to occur within area               Groundsel [2624]                                                                              likely to occur within area

Mammals                                                                                                                                                    Reptiles
Canis lupus familiaris                                                                                                                                     Ramphotyphlops braminus
Domestic Dog [82654]                                                                                              Species or species habitat               Flowerpot Blind Snake, Brahminy Blind Snake, Cacing                                           Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area              Besi [1258]                                                                                   may occur within area

Felis catus
Cat, House Cat, Domestic Cat [19]                                                                                 Species or species habitat               Nationally Important Wetlands                                                                  [ Resource Information ]
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area              Name                                                                                          State
                                                                                                                                                           Lake Weyba                                                                                    QLD
Feral deer
                                                                                                                                                           Noosa River Wetlands                                                                          QLD
Feral deer species in Australia [85733]                                                                           Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area

Lepus capensis
Brown Hare [127]                                                                                                  Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur within area

Mus musculus
House Mouse [120]                                                                                                 Species or species habitat
                                                                                                                  likely to occur




Caveat                                                                                                                                                     Acknowledgements
The information presented in this report has been provided by a range of data sources as acknowledged at the end of the report.                            This database has been compiled from a range of data sources. The department acknowledges the following
                                                                                                                                                           custodians who have contributed valuable data and advice:
This report is designed to assist in identifying the locations of places which may be relevant in determining obligations under the Environment                -Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It holds mapped locations of World and National Heritage properties, Wetlands of International
and National Importance, Commonwealth and State/Territory reserves, listed threatened, migratory and marine species and listed threatened                      -Department of Environment and Primary Industries, Victoria
ecological communities. Mapping of Commonwealth land is not complete at this stage. Maps have been collated from a range of sources at various                 -Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania
resolutions.
                                                                                                                                                               -Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources, South Australia
                                                                                                                                                               -Department of Land and Resource Management, Northern Territory
                                                                                                                                                               -Department of Environmental and Heritage Protection, Queensland
Not all species listed under the EPBC Act have been mapped (see below) and therefore a report is a general guide only. Where available data                    -Department of Parks and Wildlife, Western Australia
supports mapping, the type of presence that can be determined from the data is indicated in general terms. People using this information in making
a referral may need to consider the qualifications below and may need to seek and consider other information sources.                                          -Environment and Planning Directorate, ACT
                                                                                                                                                               -Birdlife Australia
                                                                                                                                                               -Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme
For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote                -Australian National Wildlife Collection
sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point
location data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.                                                                                                -Natural history museums of Australia
                                                                                                                                                               -Museum Victoria
                                                                                                                                                               -Australian Museum
Threatened, migratory and marine species distributions have been derived through a variety of methods. Where distributions are well known and if               -South Australian Museum
time permits, maps are derived using either thematic spatial data (i.e. vegetation, soils, geology, elevation, aspect, terrain, etc) together with point
locations and described habitat; or environmental modelling (MAXENT or BIOCLIM habitat modelling) using point locations and environmental data                 -Queensland Museum
layers.                                                                                                                                                        -Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
                                                                                                                                                               -Queensland Herbarium
Where very little information is available for species or large number of maps are required in a short time-frame, maps are derived either from 0.04
                                                                                                                                                               -National Herbarium of NSW
or 0.02 decimal degree cells; by an automated process using polygon capture techniques (static two kilometre grid cells, alpha-hull and convex hull);          -Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria
or captured manually or by using topographic features (national park boundaries, islands, etc). In the early stages of the distribution mapping
process (1999-early 2000s) distributions were defined by degree blocks, 100K or 250K map sheets to rapidly create distribution maps. More reliable             -Tasmanian Herbarium
distribution mapping methods are used to update these distributions as time permits.                                                                           -State Herbarium of South Australia
                                                                                                                                                               -Northern Territory Herbarium
                                                                                                                                                               -Western Australian Herbarium
Only selected species covered by the following provisions of the EPBC Act have been mapped:                                                                    -Australian National Herbarium, Canberra
     - migratory and                                                                                                                                           -University of New England
     - marine                                                                                                                                                  -Ocean Biogeographic Information System
The following species and ecological communities have not been mapped and do not appear in reports produced from this database:                                -Australian Government, Department of Defence
                                                                                                                                                               Forestry Corporation, NSW
     - threatened species listed as extinct or considered as vagrants                                                                                          -Geoscience Australia
                                                                                                                                                               -CSIRO
     - some species and ecological communities that have only recently been listed
                                                                                                                                                               -Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns
     - some terrestrial species that overfly the Commonwealth marine area
                                                                                                                                                               -eBird Australia
     - migratory species that are very widespread, vagrant, or only occur in small numbers
                                                                                                                                                               -Australian Government – Australian Antarctic Data Centre
The following groups have been mapped, but may not cover the complete distribution of the species:
                                                                                                                                                               -Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
     - non-threatened seabirds which have only been mapped for recorded breeding sites
     - seals which have only been mapped for breeding sites near the Australian continent
                                                                                                                                                               -Australian Government National Environmental Science Program
Such breeding sites may be important for the protection of the Commonwealth Marine environment.
                                                                                                                                                               -Australian Institute of Marine Science
                                                                                                                                                               -Reef Life Survey Australia
                                                                                                                                                               -American Museum of Natural History
Coordinates                                                                                                                                                    -Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Inveresk, Tasmania
                                                                                                                                                               -Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
                                                                                                                                                               -Other groups and individuals
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                                                                                                                                                           The Department is extremely grateful to the many organisations and individuals who provided expert advice
                                                                                                                                                           and information on numerous draft distributions.


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