MCU16.0099.01, RAL19.0036 & OPW 19.0282.01 - Response to Information Request (final) 10.03.2020 · MCU16/0099.01

Appendix B - Likelihood of occurrence
assessment for threatened flora species
Table B.1 Threatened flora species identified as potentially occurring within a 5 km radius of the clearing impact area

 Family             Scientific name              Common name            NC Act             Likelihood of occurrence
                                                                        Conservation
                                                                        status
 Blandfordiaceae    Blandfordia grandiflora      Christmas bells        Vulnerable         Possible. Preferred habitat for this species exists within the western portion of the
                                                                                           clearing impact area
 Euphorbiaceae      Ricinocarpos speciosus       Wedding bush           Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat of wet Eucalypt forest is absent from the clearing impact
                                                                                           area
 Euphorbiaceae      Mallotus megadontus          -                      Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat of rainforest is absent from the clearing impact area
 Lamiaceae          Prostanthera spathulata      Prostrate mint bush    Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat for this species includes shrubland on rocky hillslopes and
                                                                                           in tall open forest on gently inclined slopes, or flat terrain on the coastal plain. Such
                                                                                           habitat is absent from the clearing impact area
 Lauraceae          Cryptocarya foetida          Stinking cryptocarya   Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat in the form of subtropical rainforest/notophyll vine forest
                                                                                           and wet sclerophyll forest is absent from the clearing impact area
 Mimosaceae         Acacia attenuata             Attenuated wattle      Vulnerable         Possible. Preferred habitat in the form of seasonally waterlogged areas of wet
                                                                                           heathland or heathland margins, open forest and woodland communities, and
                                                                                           specifically on sandy poorly drained soils or peat swamps which are infertile, could
                                                                                           occur at the clearing impact area
 Mimosaceae         Archidendron lovelliae       Bacon wood             Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat in the form of wet sclerophyll woodland, subtropical
                                                                                           lowland rainforest or riverine-type gallery forest is absent from the clearing impact area
 Myrtaceae          Rhodomyrtus psidioides       -                      Endangered         Unlikely. Preferred habitat of this species consists of sub-tropical rainforest which is
                                                                                           absent from the clearing impact area
 Myrtaceae          Eucalyptus conglomerata      Swamp stringybark      Endangered         Possible. Suitable habitat in the form of peaty soils exists at the clearing impact area
 Myrtaceae          Rhodamnia rubescens          -                      Endangered         Unlikely. Preferred habitat consists of closed forests along drainage lines/
                                                                                           watercourses. Such habitat is not present at the clearing impact area
 Proteaceae         Macadamia ternifolia         Bopple nut             Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat of remnant rainforest is not present at the clearing impact
                                                                                           area
 Rhamnaceae         Pomaderris crassifolia       -                      Vulnerable         Unlikely. Preferred habitat consists of mountain peaks associated with Main Range,
                                                                                           Mt Barney and Mt Mee and is not present within the clearing impact area


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