OPW Fauna Management Plan RFI Response · OPW25/0057

Fauna Management Plan v1                                                                       NCES REF: J001343
Lot 105 on SP118458 – 62 Lake MacDonald Drive, Cooroy, QLD




                   Plate 2 – Indicative distribution of vegetation communities & clearing extent

2.1.2    Vegetation Community 1 – Grassland area with low density of mature trees
VC1 dominates the northern site extent and is characterised by periodically slashed grassland with
scattered native and exotic native trees. The vegetation community exhibits canopy height range of
15-30m.
Mature tree species present included Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel), Pinus elliotii (slash
pine), Acacia melanoxylon (blackwood), Lophostemon confertus (brushbox), and Corymbia
intermedia (pink bloodwood).
A windbreak was present in the western site extent dominated by Corymbia intermedia (pink
bloodwood) but also contained Lophostemon confertus (brushbox), Pinus elliotii (slash pine), and
Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel) (refer Plate 3b left)
A narrow linear tract of vegetation lined a 1st order stream adjacent to the eastern site boundary
(refer Plate 3b right). The canopy was dominated by Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel) but
also contained Acacia spp., Lophostemon suaveolens (swamp box), and Corymbia intermedia (pink
bloodwood). The understorey was sparse due to low light conditions and leaf fallout but where
present was most commonly dominated by Pteridium esculentum (hard bracken fern) and grasses.
Plate 3a & 3b depicts typical vegetation within VC1.




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