MCU 14/0106 Appendix F - Ecological Assessment

Site number            H22
Broad                  Eucalypt
Vegetation             open forest
Group
Radius of              30
surveyed area
Characteristic         Abundance
Hollows in             Rare
trees and
stags
Fallen logs            Rare
(>10cm diam.)
Decorticating          Nil
bark




Course Litter          Occasional          Waterway                                         None
(>2cm diam)
Fine Litter            Common to           Pond/pool/dam                                    Absent
                       Abundant
(<2cm diam)
Bare ground            Nil                 Wetland/swamp                                    Absent
Grass                  Rare                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                                            Rainbow lorikeet, toressian
                                                                                            crow, lewins honeyeater,
                                                                                            whipbird,
                                                                                            currawong, eastern yellow
                                                                                            robin, white cheeked
                                                                                            honeyeater
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: Very Low



Abundance score 7 to 0:

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