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Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 NCES REF: J000542
Lot 9 on RP225312 — 100 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads

 

3.2 Vegetation Hazard Classes

The following vegetation hazard classes (classified in accordance with QFES (2019)) were identified
within the assessment area which includes a 150m buffer surrounding the site:

e Vegetation Hazard Class 22.1 — Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowland
coastal swamps;

° Vegetation Hazard Class 29.2 — Woodlands associated with heathlands, scrubs and
shrublands;
Vegetation Hazard Class 34.5 — Sedgeland dominated wetlands; and

e Vegetation Hazard Class 39.2 — Low to moderate tree cover in built-up areas.

The characteristics of each observed vegetation hazard class are described in the following sections

whilst Plan No. BFO1 — Vegetation Hazard Classes depicts their distribution across the assessment
area.

approximately 30-40%,

The canopy was dominated by Melaleuca quinquenervia (broad-leaved Paperbark) but also
contained scattered Corymbia intermedia (pink bloodwood), and Acacia spp.

The mid-storey was characterised by rejuvenating paperbark, Banksia aemula (wallum banksia),
Allocasuarina littoralis (black sheoak), Glochidion sumatranum (cheese tree) and Lophostemon
confertus (brush box).

The understorey contained a mix assemblage of native grasses, shrubs and herbs and was
dominated by Blechnum indicum (bungwahlI fern) in many areas.

VHC 22.1 is attributed a Potential combined surface fuel load of 23.4 t/ha and a potential total fuel
load of 28.4 tha, and is classed as Prone Type 1 (QFES, 2019). Plate 5 depicts typical conditions
within VHC 22.1.

   

Plate 5 — Characteristic vegetation within VHC 22.1

3.2.2. Vegetation Hazard Class 29.2 — Woodlands associated with heathlands, scrubs and
shrublands

approximately 10-30%.

The canopy was dominated by Banksia aemula (wallum banksia) and Allocasuarina littoralis (back
she-oak). The mid-storey was characterised by rejuvenating B. aemula, Acacia spp., and
Pittosporum revolutum (forest pittosporum). The understorey is dominated by a range of native ferns,

 

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