MCU 14/0106 Appendix F - Ecological Assessment

Site number               H18
Broad                     Eucalypt open
Vegetation                forest
Group
Radius of                 40
surveyed area
Characteristic            Abundance
Hollows in trees          Nil
and stags
Fallen logs               Rare
(>10cm diam.)
Decorticating             Rare to
                          Occasional
bark




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

Scats                                            Seen

Tracks                    bandicoot
                          diggings

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



Abundance score 7 to 0:

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