Bushfire Report

3.6 Essential habitat
Any essential habitat on this property will be shown on the vegetation management supporting map in section 5.2.

Essential habitat identifies areas in which species of wildlife that are endangered, vulnerable, rare or near threatened under
the Nature Conservation Act 1992 have been known to occur. These important habitat areas are protected under the VMA.

If essential habitat is identified on this property, the information about the protected wildlife species is provided in Table 6
below (if no table is displayed below, there has not been any essential habitat identified on this property). The species label is
shown on the vegetation management supporting map in section 5.2. The essential habitat factors are stated in the columns
marked with an asterisk.


Table 6: Endangered, vulnerable, rare or near threatened wildlife species identified within the property (if no table is
shown below, there is no essential habitat identified on the property)

 Label          Scientific Name                     Common Name         NCA Status   *Vegetation Community                                                  *Altitude


 29186          Phascolarctos cinereus (southeast   Koala               V            Open eucalypt forest and woodland that has: a) multiple strata         Sea level to

                Queensland bioregion)                                                layers containing Eucalyptus, Corymbia, Angophora,                     1000m.

                                                                                     Lophostemon or Melaleuca trees that—at 1.3 metres above the

                                                                                     ground—have a diameter both greater and less than 30

                                                                                     centimetres; and b) at least 1 of the following species: Eucalyptus

                                                                                     tereticornis, E. fibrosa, E. propinqua; E. umbra, E. grandis, E.

                                                                                     microcorys, E. tindaliae, E. resinifera, E. populnea, E. robusta, E.

                                                                                     nigra, E. racemosa, E. crebra, E. exserta, E. seeana,

                                                                                     Lophostemon confertus, L. suaveolens, Melaleuca

                                                                                     quinquenervia.


 609            Litoria freycineti                  Wallum Rocketfrog   V            Vegetation community is a mandatory essential habitat factor for       Sea level to 200m.

                                                                                     this species. Freshwater acidic swamps/lagoons (permanent or

                                                                                     temporary still water) dominated by sedges (e.g. Baumea and

                                                                                     Eleocharis spp.) in heathland (e.g. Banksia/Xanthorrhoea),

                                                                                     wallum (Banksia aemula shrubland/woodland) or Melaleuca open

                                                                                     forest (e.g. M. quinquenervia), and adjacent Eucalyptus

                                                                                     racemosa forest, also found around acidic coastal lakes; on sand

                                                                                     and sandstone; can be found well away from water during

                                                                                     non-breeding season.


 1135           Pezoporus wallicus wallicus         Ground Parrot       V            Lowland dry and wet heathland (0.25-1.5m high, diverse shrubs,         Sea level to 200m.

                                                                                     sedges & rushes), sedgeplain and sedgeland (excl. permanent

                                                                                     waterbodies); rarely in adjacent Banksia (wallum), Hakea or

                                                                                     Melaleuca shrubland/woodland with heath understorey.


 686            Crinia tinnula                      Wallum Froglet      V            Vegetation community is a mandatory essential habitat factor for       Sea level to 200m.

                                                                                     this species. Permanent to ephemeral acidic (pH 4.3 - 5.2), soft

                                                                                     freshwater in Melaleuca (e.g. M. quinquenervia) swamps,

                                                                                     sedgeland, wet and dry heathland (e.g. Banksia robur,

                                                                                     Xanthorrhoea) and wallum (Banksia aemula shrubland/woodland)

                                                                                     areas coastal lowlands on sand or sandstone, occasionally in

                                                                                     adjacent open forest/woodland (e.g. Eucalyptus racemosa,

                                                                                     Corymbia citriodora) with heathy understorey; known to persist in

                                                                                     small remnants (<10ha); may be found well away from water.


 593            Litoria olongburensis               Wallum Sedgefrog    V            Vegetation community is a mandatory essential habitat factor for       Sea level to 200m.

                                                                                     this species. Well vegetated permanent to ephemeral freshwater

                                                                                     swamp, sedgeland, lake or creek, e.g. dense reed beds

                                                                                     (including Baumea, Restio spp.) occasionally with Melaleuca

                                                                                     quinquenervia or Callistemon pachyphyllus, acidic wallum

                                                                                     swamps and wallum creeks on coastal sand masses; most

                                                                                     abundant in wallum (Banksia aemula) swamps that seasonally

                                                                                     flood where they are found year-round; recorded in adjacent wet

                                                                                     heath, dry heath, Gahnia heath and Melaleuca swamp

                                                                                     forest/open forest.




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