Ecological Assessment Report v2- 25 Pavilion St Pomona

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                             NCES REF: J000908
Lot 21 on SP316902 – 25 Pavilion Street, Pomona



4     FIELD SURVEY RESULTS

4.1       General
The following sections detail the findings of the field survey undertaken on 29 July 2021, as per the
methodology described in Section 2.2.

4.2       Conservation Significant Flora Species
No species listed under the NC Act or the EPBC Act were observed within the site. All species
observed were listed as Least Concern under the NC Act and were observed to be common
throughout the local landscape.

4.3       Vegetation Communities
One vegetation community was observed within the site:
      •    Vegetation Community 1 (VC1) – Low density trees over mowed grass
The distribution of the vegetation within the site is shown in Figure 1 with a description of the
vegetation community presented below.

4.3.1      Vegetation Community 1 – Low density trees over mowed grass
The vegetation within the site consists of individual trees over mowed grass. The western extent of
the site is characterised by a large expanse of mowed/slashed grassland with occasional trees
including mature Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany) and the exotic weed trees Cinnamomum
camphora (camphor laurel) and Pinus elliotii (slash pine) (refer to VC1a on Figure 1). A narrow band
of predominantly Pinus elliottii (slash pine) is located flanking the small onsite dam which is adjacent
to the northern site boundary (refer to VC1b on Figure 1). The central extent of the site contains a
small number of mature Eucalyptus tereticornis (Queensland blue gum) interspersed with the exotic
weed species Cinnamomum camphora (camphor laurel) (refer to VC1c on Figure 1). The eastern
extent of the site is dominated by planted fruit trees including an established orchard of jaboticaba
trees, lychees and pecan nut trees (refer to VC1d on Figure 1).
Plate 10 and Plate 11 depicts typical vegetation within VC1.




                               Plate 10 – On site vegetation (VC1a – left & VC1b - right)




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