RFI - Appendix 6 - Ground Water Response · MCU19/0117

Groundwater Dependant Ecology Preliminary Impact Assessment v1                          NCES REF: J000538
90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore




Plate 4).




                 Plate 3 – Vegetation Management Supporting Map (Source: Queensland Globe)

The Category B remnant vegetation and Category C regrowth vegetation about the wave pool
footprint comprises Regional Ecosystem (RE) 12.9-10.4, which is described as the ‘least concern’
Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa woodland on sedimentary rocks. This is not considered a
groundwater dependant ecosystem. A small pocket of non-remnant vegetation is mapped to the
east of the wave pool location. This area is mapped as pre-clearing RE 12.9-10.4 hence is also
not considered groundwater dependant ecosystem.
RE 12.2.7 Melaleuca quinquenervia or rarely M. dealbata open forest on sand plains occupies the
immediately fringing coastal plain and dominates much of the local plain. RE 12.2.7 represents a
groundwater dependant ecosystem. A small pocket of RE 12.2.9 Banksia aemula low open
woodland on dunes and sand plains. Usually deeply leached soils is present further to the east
which is generally not reliant upon local groundwater conditions as it is found on deeply leached
soils. RE 12.2.12 Closed heath on seasonally waterlogged sand plains is common to the east and
is a groundwater dependant ecosystem.
3.4.2    The Department of Environment and Science’s Wildlife Online database
The Wildlife Online database was queried in August 2019 using a 2km search radius. The
database identifies 222 previously recorded flora and fauna species within a 2km radius of the site,
comprised of the following:
    •    11 amphibian species;
    •    156 bird species;
    •    5 insect species;
    •    1 malacostracans species;
    •    19 mammal species;
    •    3 ray-finned fish species;
    •    6 reptile species; and



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