Ecological Assessment Report

Ecological Assessment Report v2                                                                   NCES REF: LEA2016-06
Lot 496 on MCH591 - 30 Pottery Street, Pomona



APPENDIX 6 – EPBC ACT THREATENED SPECIES LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE
ASSESSMENT


 Threatened Flora Species

 Species name                 EPBC Act          Habitat                                  Likelihood of Occurrence
                              Status                                                     within the Project Area
 Arthraxon hispidus           Vulnerable        Hairy-joint grass is found in or on      Species or species’ habitat
 hairy joint grass                              the edges of rainforest and in wet       unlikely to occur in the
                                                eucalypt forest, often near creeks       project area.
                                                or swamps (Queensland CRA/RFA            No previous records within 2
                                                Steering Committee, 1997, 1998;          km of site.
                                                DECC NSW, 2005), as well as              Low potential to occur
                                                woodland (Queensland Herbarium,          due to lack of habitat and
                                                2008). In south-east Queensland,         previous records.
                                                hairy-joint grass has also been
                                                recorded growing around
                                                freshwater springs on coastal
                                                foreshore dunes, in shaded small
                                                gullies, on creek banks, and on
                                                sandy alluvium in creek beds in
                                                open forests (Queensland
                                                CRA/RFA Steering Committee,
                                                1997, 1998), and also with bog
                                                mosses in mound springs
                                                (Queensland Herbarium, 2008).
 Baloghia marmorata           Vulnerable        Marbled        Baloghia     has      a   Site is outside of species’
 Marbled Balogia,                               geographically disjunct distribution     known range.
 Jointed Baloghia                               (BRI, undated; Quinn et al., 1995)       No previous records within 2
                                                confined to the Lismore district, in     km of site.
                                                north-east      NSW,      and      the   Low potential to occur due
                                                Tamborine         Mountains       and    to site being outside of
                                                Springbrook,        in    south-east     species’ range and lack of
                                                Queensland (NSW NPWS, 2002;              previous records.
                                                DECC NSW, 2005; Harden, 2005).
                                                Marbled Baloghia is found in
                                                subtropical rainforest/notophyll vine
                                                forest and wet sclerophyll forest
                                                (brush      box     woodland)     with
                                                rainforest understorey between 150
                                                and 550 m above sea level
                                                (Queensland Herbarium, 2008).
                                                Soils are rich black or dark brown
                                                clay and loam derived from basalt
                                                (Quinn et al., 1995; Steenbeeke,
                                                1998; NSW NPWS, 2002; DECC
                                                NSW, 2005; Harden, 2005).
 Bosistoa transversa          Vulnerable        Three-leaved bosistoa grows in           Species or species’ habitat
 three-leaved bosistoa                          wet sclerophyll forest, dry              unlikely to occur in the
                                                sclerophyll forest and rainforest up     project area.
                                                to 300 m in altitude. Associated         No previous records within 2
                                                vegetation includes Argyrodendron        km of site.
                                                trifoliolatum, Syzygium                  Low potential to occur
                                                hodgkinsoniae, Endiandra pubens,         due to lack of habitat and
                                                Dendrocnide photinophylla,               previous records.
                                                Acmena ingens, Diploglottis
                                                australis and Diospyros mabacea
                                                (BRI, n.d.).
 Cryptocarya foetida          Vulnerable        Littoral rainforest on sandy or          Species or species’ habitat
 stinking cryptocarya,                          basalt soils.                            unlikely to occur in the
 stinking laurel                                                                         project area.




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