292 Illoura Place Cooroibah - Bushfire Management Plan · MCU20/0022

Vegetation ecotones result in varying fuel load availability. Subsequently, vegetation
communities have been referenced against predominant vegetation with highest fuel loads.
Observed vegetation communities are described in Table 1.
                                   Table 1 Vegetation Hazard Classifications
 Direction of       Vegetation           DNRM          Vegetation        Potential           Potential   Potential
  Bushfire       Description (Sub-      Regional      Hazard Class       Fuel Load           Fire-line   Bushfire
   Hazard        Unit – if relevant)   Ecosystem (CSIRO, 2014)             (t/ha)            Intensity    Hazard
                                                                                              (kw/m)
northwest        Melaleuca            RE:12.3.4      Class      22.1    28.4t/ha            26,790         High
through west     Woodland to forest                  Melaleuca
to southwest                                         open forests
                                                     on seasonally
                                                     inundated
                                                     lowland
                                                     coastal
                                                     swamps
North (site) &   Melaleuca            NA             Class      22.1    19.7t/ha            12,890       Medium
Adjacent to      Woodland                            Melaleuca
the northeast                                        woodlands on
                                                     seasonally
                                                     inundated
                                                     lowland
                                                     coastal
                                                     swamps
South            Eucalypt woodland    NA             Class 9.2 Moist    17.2t/ha            9,826        Medium
through                                              to dry eucalypt
southeast &                                          woodland on
Northeast                                            coastal
                                                     lowlands and
                                                     ranges
North            Managed              NA             Class       12:    5t/ha               830            Low
(adjacent        Landscapes                          Mixture      of
site)                                                Rural Classes,
                                                     mainly grasses
East (central)   Managed              NA             Class       12:    5t/ha               830            Low
                 Landscapes                          Mixture      of
                                                     Rural Classes,
                                                     mainly grasses
Site (balance)   Managed          &   NA             Class       12:    5t/ha               830            Low
                 unmanaged                           Mixture      of
                 grasslands                          Rural Classes,
                                                     mainly grasses


Vegetation Hazard classification as described in Table 1, are visually represented in Figure 5.




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