Attachment 6- Ecology report prepared by Gondwana Ecology

4.4 Threatened Flora
The habitat for threatened flora and an assessment of the likelihood of their occurrence on the subject
land is provided in Table 3.
Table 3. Threatened Flora Habitat and Likelihood of Occurrence

 Scientific Name              Habitat                                                             Likelihood of occurrence

                              Confined to high rainfall coastal plains from Southport N to        Possible. Recorded within 1
 Acacia attenuata             Maryborough, south-eastern Qld. Grows in heath or layered           km and suitable habitat
                              eucalypt open forest.                                               present

 Acacia baueri subsp.         Low-lying coastal heath on infertile and often waterlogged          Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 baueri                       sands from Fraser Island to Sydney.                                 not present

                              The Emu Mountain Sheoak grows in open and closed heath on
                                                                                                  Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 Allocasuarina emuina         fine-grained rhyolite rocky slopes (Mt Peregian) and in wallum
                                                                                                  not present
                              heath on undulating coastal plain.

 Allocasuarina                Known only from the windswept south-facing slopes of Mt             Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 thalassoscopica              Coolum Qld.                                                         not present

                                                                                                  Possible. Suitable habitat
                              May be found growing on the fringe of rainforest or in more
 Arthraxon hispidus                                                                               present and 1 record within
                              open, wet eucalypt forest
                                                                                                  5km

                              In subtropical rainforest; known only from a few sites north        Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 Baloghia marmorata
                              from the Lismore district to Mt Pinbarren (SE of Gympie).           not present

 Blandfordia                  Grows in damp sandy and/or peaty soils in coastal and               Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 grandiflora                  tableland areas.                                                    not present

                              Lowland subtropical rainforest up to 150m altitude, from            Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 Bosistoa transversa
                              Mullumbimby NSW to Maryborough.                                     not present

                              The species grows only on Hoop Pines (Araucaria
                              cunninghamii), colonising the upper branches of mature trees
 Bulbophyllum                                                                                     Unlikely. Suitable habitat
                              in upland rainforest. It is conserved in Noosa National Park,
 globuliforme                                                                                     not present
                              Lamington National Park and Bunya Mountains National Park,
                              and Border Ranges National Park.

                              Llittle publicly available published information. Record at
                                                                                                  Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 Carex breviscapa             Noosa NP, headland section; other records confined to north
                                                                                                  not present
                              Queensland

                              Grows in littoral rainforest, usually on sandy soils, from Iluka,   Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 Cryptocarya foetida
                              NSW to Fraser Island, Qld.                                          not present

                              Heathlands, heathy woodlands, sedgelands, Xanthorrheoa spp.
                              plains, dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation and      Possible. Suitable habitat
 Cryptostylis hunteriana      shrubby sub-formation), forested wetlands, freshwater               present although no
                              wetlands, grasslands, grassy woodlands, rainforests and wet         records within 5km
                              sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation) .

                              The species typically grows on the margin between open forest       Possible. Suitable habitat
 Eucalyptus
                              and heathland, on deep sandy acidic soils. Drainage is generally    present and several records
 conglomerata
                              poor and soils can be seasonally waterlogged.                       within 5km

                              On sandy coastal soils north from Noosa; Only known from            Unlikely. Suitable habitat
 Glycine argyrea
                              Holocene dune sands in Cooloola National park.                      not present




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