MCU 14/0106 Appendix F - Ecological Assessment

Site number           H6
Broad                 Melaleuca
                      forest
Vegetation
Group
Radius of             20
surveyed area
Characteristic        Abundance
Hollows in            Nil
trees and
stags
Fallen logs           Nil
(>10cm diam.)
Decorticating         Nil
bark




Course Litter         Abundant            Waterway                                          None
(>2cm diam)
Fine Litter           Common to           Pond/pool/dam                                     Present natural
                      Abundant
(<2cm diam)
Bare ground           Rare                Wetland/swamp                                     Absent
Grass                 Nil                 Disturbance – wildfire                            Minor
Soil cracks           Nil                 Disturbance – grazing                             Nil
Stones (20-           Nil                 Disturbance clearing                              Nil
60cm)
Boulders (61-         Nil                 Disturbance – weeds                               Nil
2m)
Large                 Nil                 Disturbance - erosion                             Nil
boulders
(>2m)
Rock crevices         Nil
Exfoliating           Nil
rock
Other                 Other               Other observations                                Other observations
observations          observations
Remains                                   Heard

Scats                                     Seen

Tracks

Habitat Rank          Arboreal and or hollow dependent: Very Low
                      Terrestrial & Ground dwelling (reptiles, mammals and birds): Moderate
                      Amphibious or water dependent life stage/wetland dependent: Moderate



Abundance score 7 to 0:

Abundant, common-abundant, common, occasional to common, occasional, rare to occasional, rare, nil