Updated EMP Stage 2_Grasstree Court April 2023

2023 Ecological Management Plan – Grasstree Court – Lot 9



     3. THREATENED FLORA AND SEED COLLECTION

Consideration of threatened flora and the collection of seed is described in the VFMP and summarised below.

A total of 71 glossy black-cockatoo trees that demonstrated some feed activity (note – not all active feed trees) were
known to occur on the site and surrounds (i.e. Lot 6 and Lot 9). Trees to be removed are to be offset (i.e. approval
condition) at a ratio of 8:1 by seed collection and subsequent replanting/re-establishment. The planted trees are to be
maintained for a period of three years.

Allocasuarina littoralis cones were collected from the site in November 2018 and taken to Florabunda Nursery for
storage and future propagation. This process has already been initiated. Planting of propagated material is proposed
in the various locations, including the landscaped/retained areas within and immediately adjacent to the subject land,
the proposed rehabilitation/offset site and within local parks and open space areas.

For Stage 1 a total of 670 she-oak from feed tree seed stock have been planted. The generous “replacement” proposal
of 500 trees for the project (i.e. Stage 1 and Stage 2) has been achieved 11.

As part of the State requirements for “threatened flora”, a report was prepared in accordance with the State Flora
Survey Guidelines – Protected Plants under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. No threatened plants were recorded
on the subject land.

Specimens of Macarthuria complanata and Blandfordia grandiflora (Christmas bells) were recorded adjacent to Lot 9,
within Noosa National Park (Lot 147 NPW889). The habitat for these threatened flora is different to that which occurs
on the subject land. No other rare or threatened species were located. Protective fencing (to avoid inadvertent
clearing of threatened species and vegetation to be retained) is to be implemented.




11 The approval conditions require an 8:1 replacement. 56 trees with some evidence of feed activity removed (but acknowledge not

all of these are “feed” trees and the actual feed trees removed is recognised as being well less than this figure). Target total for
compliance is conservatively no more than 448 (assuming all 56 trees are actually feed trees).
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