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**


                                                                                     The Leafless Tongue-orchid has been reported to occur in
                                                                                     a wide variety of habitats including heathlands, heathy
                                                                                     woodlands, sedgelands, Xanthorrheoa spp. plains, dry
                                                                                     sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation and shrubby
         Cryptostylis hunteriana       Leafless Tounge-orchid     C          V       sub-formation), forested wetlands, freshwater wetlands,              Potentially          Not Recorded
                                                                                     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 wallum flats
         Eucalyptus conglomerata        Swamp Stringybark         E          E                                                                            Potentially              5 km
                                                                                     in the Moreton and Wide Bay districts.
         Macadamia ternifolia               Bopple Nut            V          V       Rainforest, clayey soils                                              Unlikley               10 km
                                                                                     Lesser Swamp-orchid is commonly associated with coastal
                                                                                     wet heath/sedgeland wetlands, swampy grassland or
         Phaius Australis              Lesser Swamp-orchid        E          E                                                                            Potentially          Not Recorded
                                                                                     swampy forest and often where Broad-leaved Paperbark or
                                                                                     Swamp Mahogany are found.
                                                                                     Grows in wet grassy sites associated with sclerophyll
         Prasophyllum wallum            Wallum Leek Orchid        NT         -       forest, woodlands and wallum communities. Flowers                    Potentially          Not Recorded
                                                                                     August to September
                                                                                     Triunia robusta is restricted to a small area on
                                                                                     Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, between Pomona and
                                                                                     Woombye, mainly in the Maroochy River catchment area
         Triunia robusta                 Glossy Spice Bush        E          E                                                                             Unlikley            Not Recorded
                                                                                     covering a range of approximately 40 km. The main
                                                                                     habitat is notophyll vine forest, or mixed tall open forest
                                                                                     developing a rainforest understorey in the absence of fire.
                                                                                     In southern locations, southern penda occurs
                                                                                     predominantly in riparian communities on slightly acid
                                                                                     clayey sands to sandy clays derived from sedimentary and
         Xanthostemon oppositifolius      Southern Penda          V          V       metasedimentary rocks. Associated vegetation                          Unlikley                5 km
                                                                                     includes notophyll vine forest, simple notophyll mixed tall
                                                                                     closed forest with Araucaria
                                                                                     cunninghamii var. cunninghamii




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