Appendix H - Biodiversity Code

                                                                               Native Foresters



3.1.6 Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger map

The Protected Plants Survey Trigger Map is a tool provided by DEHP in order to identify areas
that may contain EVNT plant species. The trigger map is used to determine when a flora survey
needs to meet the requirements of the Flora Survey Guidelines – Protected Plants (NCA, 1992).
Figure 3 shows that the site lies within a Protected Plants high risk area and as such, is subject
to the provisions of the guidelines.

3.1.7 Koala legislation

A search of the South East Queensland SPRP Koala Mapping found that the survey area does
not lie within a Koala Assessable Development Area (KDA) and contains vegetation mapped as
“Medium value rehabilitation”.

3.1.8 Koala tracker

Koala tracker is a crowd sourced database of Koala sightings. The Koala tracker map shows a
small number of Koala sighting records (both live and dead) along the Cooroy Noosa Road east
and west of the Carramar site, and a further 20 sightings in the surrounding one kilometre
radius. Some of these records are likely to be multiple sightings of the one individual however
the distribution of sightings suggests that Koalas potentially traverse the parks within the Noosa
Parklands area, including Lomandra Park, and the Cooroy Noosa Road. In addition, between
October 2016 and February 2017, four individuals were sighted in Heritage Park and the Noosa
Golf Club (Joan Heavey, pers.comm).


3.2      Flora assessment
3.2.1 Vegetation along Cooroy Noosa Road

The vegetation in the south western section that surrounds the carpark and reception building of
the proposed Carramar extension consists of an open area of mowed parkland with scattered
trees including Eumundi quandong (Elaeocarpus eumundi), Paperbark tea tree (Melelauca
quinquenervia), Waterhousea (Syzygium floribunda) and Black she oak (Allocasuarina littoralis)
(Figure 4). Landscaped garden bens and shade structures within the parkland contain a
combination of native, ornamental and exotic species including Camphor laurel (Cinnamomum
camphora), Gardenia (Gardenia sp), Pongamia (Milletia pinnata), Jasmine (Jasminum
officinale), Bromeliads (Neoregelia sp), Croton (Codiaemum variegatum), Hibiscus (Hibiscus sp)
and Blue evolvulus (Evolvulus pilosus).

The northern and eastern parts of the proposed works footprint are densely vegetated and
consist of natural areas of regrowth Melaleuca woodland and remnant Palustrine wetland with
emergent Eucalypts and Corymbias. The canopy is semi-closed with Paperbark tea trees
(Melaleuca quinquenervia), Small-leaved paperbark (Melaleuca sieberi), Cheese tree
(Glochidion ferdinandi) and emergent Swamp mahogany (Eucalyptus robusta), Pink bloodwood
(Corymbia intermedia) and White mahogany (Eucalyptus acmenoides). Some of the Eucalypt
emergents are of significant size, up to 15-20 metres in height and diameter at breast height
(dbh) up to 500 millimetres. Rainforest elements in the northern section include Silver sycamore
(Cryptocarya glaucescens), Canary beech (Polyalthia nitidissima) and Native tamarind
(Diploglottis australis).


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