Ecological Assessment Report

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



 Threatened Flora Species

 Species name                 EPBC Act          Habitat                                 Likelihood of Occurrence
                              Status                                                    within the Project Area
                                                                                        No previous records within 2
                                                                                        km of site.
                                                                                        Low potential to occur
                                                                                        due to lack of habitat and
                                                                                        previous records.
 Floydia praealta             Vulnerable        The Ball Nut inhabits floristically-    Species or species’ habitat
 Ball Nut, Possum Nut,                          rich, tall, closed riverine to          unlikely to occur in the
 Big Nut, Beefwood                              subtropical rainforest or coastal       project area.
                                                scrub. The species is recorded on       No previous records within 2
                                                gently sloping alluvial levees to       km of site.
                                                moderately sloped footslopes and        Low potential to occur
                                                hillslopes, as well as steeply          due to lack of habitat and
                                                sloping screeslopes at altitudes        previous records.
                                                from 50—350. This species
                                                generally occurs in red loam soil
                                                on basalt, with slightly acidic to
                                                neutral pH (range 5.0—7.0) (DoE,
                                                2016).
 Macadamia ternifolia         Vulnerable        Small-fruited Queensland Nut has        Species or species’ habitat
 small-fruited                                  a specialised habitat requirement,      unlikely to occur in the
 Queensland nut,                                and the species generally occurs        project area.
 Gympie nut                                     in fertile, basalt-derived soils on     No previous records within 2
                                                steep southern slopes. Associated       km of site.
                                                species include Argyrodendron           Low potential to occur
                                                trifoliatum-Dissiliaria baloghioides    due to lack of habitat and
                                                alliance in the Blackall Range area     previous records.
                                                and Araucarian microphyll-
                                                notophyll mixed tall closed forest at
                                                Mt Pinbarren. (Queensland
                                                CRA/RFA Steering Committee,
                                                1997).
 Phaius australis             Endangered        Commonly associated with coastal        Species or species’ habitat
 lesser swamp-orchid                            wet health/sedgeland wetlands,          unlikely to occur in the
                                                swampy grassland or swampy              project area.
                                                forest and are often associated         No previous records within 2
                                                with Broad-leaved paperbark or          km of site.
                                                swamp mahogany (DSEWPC,                 Low potential to occur
                                                2012a).                                 due to lack of habitat and
                                                                                        previous records.
 Phebalium distans            Critically        Mt Berryman phebalium is found in       Species or species’ habitat
 Mt Berryman                  Endangered        semi-evergreen vine thicket on red      very unlikely to occur in the
 phebalium                                      volcanic soils, or in communities       project area.
                                                adjacent to this vegetation type        No previous records within 2
                                                (TSSC 2008afa). Geology of the          km of site.
                                                area in which this species occurs       Low potential to occur
                                                is deeply weathered basalt with         due to lack of habitat and
                                                undulating to hilly terrain. Soils      previous records.
                                                range from red-brown earths to
                                                brown clays (derived from siltstone
                                                and mudstones), and lithosols to
                                                shallow, gravelly krasnozems (very
                                                dark brown loam), derived from the
                                                Main Range Volcanics of the
                                                Tertiary period (EPA 2006a).
 Triunia robusta              Endangered        The main habitat is notophyll vine      Species or species’ habitat
                                                forest, or mixed tall open forest       unlikely to occur in the
                                                developing a rainforest                 project area.
                                                understorey in the absence of fire      No previous records within 2
                                                (Powell et al., 2005).                  km of site.



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