Ecological Assessment Report

J000206-002-R-Rev1                                                                                                                                                                              June 2016




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

                                                                                  In Australia, Loggerhead Turtles nest on open, sandy
                                                                                  beaches. Hatchlings enter the open ocean and begin
         Caretta caretta                 loggerhead turtle       E       E, M, MA feeding on small animals. Small Loggerhead Turtles live at                   Nill                 5 km
                                                                                  or near the surface of the ocean and move with the ocean
                                                                                  currents.
         Plants
                                                                                    This species occurs on flat coastal lowland plains typically
                                                                                    occurring in seasonally waterlogged areas of wet heathland
         Acacia attenuata                                        V          V       or heathland margins, open forest and woodland                          Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                    communities, and specifically on sandy poorly drained soils
                                                                                    or peat swamps which are infertile
         Acacia baueri subsp. Baueri        Tiny Wattle          V           -                                                                              Unlikley
                                                                                    Low heathland south of Mt. Emu through to Caloundra.
                                                                                    Dominant species of heathland habitat where Emu
         Allocasuarina emuina            Mt. Emu She-oak         E          E       Mountain Sheoak occurs include Ptilanthium deustum ,                    Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                    Hakea actites and Banksia oblongifolia . Wet heath
                                                                                    vegetation grows to 1–1.5 m in height and is dense
                                                                                    Bacon Wood occurs mostly on well-drained sandy loam
                                                                                    soils, which are often alluvial in origin and contain clay or
         Archidendron lovelliae            Bacon Wood            V          V       deep podosols. The species is mostly recorded below 50                  Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                    m above sea level (asl), but has been found up to 160 m
                                                                                    asl
                                                                                    Found in or on the edges of rainforest and in wet eucalypt
                                                                                    forest, often near creeks or swamps. In south-east
                                                                                    Queensland, Hairy-joint Grass has also been recorded
         Arthraxon hispidus              Hairy-joint Grass       V          E       growing around freshwater springs on coastal foreshore                  Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                    dunes, in shaded small gullies, on creek banks, and on
                                                                                    sandy alluvium in creek beds in open forests, and also with
                                                                                    bog mosses in mound springs.
         Blandfordia grandiflora          Christmas Bells        E           -      Water logged heathland on sandy coastal plains.                         Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                    Marbled Balogia is found in subtropical rainforest/notophyll
                                                                                    vine forest and wet sclerophyll
                                                                                    forest (brush box woodland) with rainforest understorey
         Baloghia marmorata               Marbled Balogia        V          V                                                                               Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                    between 150 and 550 m above sea
                                                                                    level. Soils are rich black or dark brown clay and loam
                                                                                    derived from basalt
                                                                                    Associated with wet and dry sclerophyll forest and
         Bosistoa transversa           Three-Leaved Bosistoa     C          V                                                                              Potentially          Not Recorded
                                                                                    rainforest up to 300 m altitude.

                                                                                    Stinking Cryptocarya grows in littoral rainforest, usually on
         Cryptocarya foetida               Stinkin Laurel        V          V                                                                               Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                    sandy soils, with mature trees also growing on basalt soils




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