Ecological Assessment Report

J000202-002-R-Rev1                                                                                      June 2016




                                            EPBC                                                        Potential to
      Scientific     Common      NC Act      Act                        Habitat***                      occur in the
       Name           Name       Status*   Status**                                                     project area


Plants
                      Three-
Bosistoa                                              Associated with wet and dry sclerophyll
                     Leaved        C          V                                                           Potential
transversa                                            forest and rainforest up to 300 m altitude.
                     Bosistoa
                                                      The Leafless Tongue-orchid has been
                                                      reported to occur in a wide variety of habitats
                                                      including heathlands, heathy woodlands,
                                                      sedge lands, Xanthorrheoa spp. plains, dry
                                                      sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-
                     Leafless
Cryptostylis                                          formation and shrubby sub-formation),
                     Tounge-       C          V                                                           Potential
hunteriana                                            forested wetlands, freshwater wetlands,
                      orchid
                                                      grasslands, grassy woodlands, rainforests
                                                      and wet sclerophyll forests Soils are
                                                      generally considered to be moist and sandy,
                                                      however, this species is also known to grow
                                                      in dry or peaty soils
                                                      Swampy wallum or poor sandy areas fringing
Eucalyptus           Swamp
                                   E          E       wallum flats in the Moreton and Wide Bay            Potential
conglomerata       Stringybark
                                                      districts.
                                                      Lesser Swamp-orchid is commonly
                                                      associated with coastal wet heath / sedge
                      Lesser
                                                      land wetlands, swampy grassland or
Phaius Australis     Swamp-        E          E                                                           Potential
                                                      swampy forest and often where Broad-
                      orchid
                                                      leaved Paperbark or Swamp Mahogany are
                                                      found.
                                                      Grows in wet grassy sites associated with
Prasophyllum         Wallum
                                   NT         -       sclerophyll forest, woodlands and wallum            Potential
wallum             Leek Orchid
                                                      communities. Flowers August to September
8.4          Connectivity Surrounding Vegetation
The Site is located immediately adjacent to Noosa National Park which contains vegetation immediately to
the north and east of the Site considered State Significant Corridor vegetation. Noosa National Park
provides significant connectivity from Sandy Cape to Coolum and west to hinterland vegetation. Additionally,
Eenie Creek riparian vegetation, to the south of the Site, provides local east west corridor movement.
The Site itself provides minimal connectivity with Walter Hay Drive bounding the western boundary and
Eenie Creek Road minimising movement to the north of the Site. Additionally, limited vegetation corridors
occur to the north of the Site or to the west. Current connectivity is likely to be maintained by proposed
buffer zones to the National Park.

8.5          Koala Habitat Assessment
Under the South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions (May 2010,
Amended 26 June 2015) the Site is mapped as High Value Bushland habitat and considered a site that
contains non juvenile koala habitat trees. Under the provisions non juvenile trees are those with a height
greater than 4 m and / or circumference greater than greater than 31.5 cm. Koala habitat trees are identified
as

ƒ     A food tree of the Corymbia, Melaleuca, Lophostemon or Eucalyptus genera

ƒ     A preferred shelter species such as Angophora.
A field survey of koala habitat trees within the Site was undertaken on 31 May and 1 June.



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