2016-12-12 General Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Biodiversity Assessment Report

                                                  Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report




list of species of conservation value within the Noosa Shire as well as habitat associations is provided in
Appendix B.

Table 3: Noosa Shire’s key and iconic flora species

       Species          Status*                                     Local Values

 Mt Cooroora She-
                                     Vulnerable species only found at the summit of Mt Cooroora, near
 oak
                                     Pomona. Species is a unique part of Noosa’s biodiversity and has not
 Allocasuarina       Vulnerable
                                     been identified outside of the region.
 rigida subsp.
 exsul

 Bacon Wood                          Vulnerable species endemic to Fraser Island and south to Lake
 Archidendron        Vulnerable      Cootharaba. Most populations occur within Great Sandy National Park.
 lovelliae                           The Shire has a key position in the conservation of the species.

                                     Vulnerable species endemic to Noosa River Floodplains, occurring
 Key’s Boronia
                     Vulnerable      between Kin Kin and Lake Cootharaba. It is found amongst eucalypt and
 Boronia keysii
                                     Brushbox in lowland areas up to 20 m above sea level.

 Stinking                            The species is at threat of localised extinction due to small populations.
 Cryptocarya                         The species is restricted to coastal sands or close to the coast in
                     Vulnerable
 Cryptocarya                         rainforest or on sand dunes and endemic to SEQ and north NSW. The
 foetida                             Noosa region contains 15 known populations.

                                     An endangered species, confined to southern coastal Queensland,
                                     between Kin Kin and Beerwah. It occurs mostly in the ecotone between
 Swamp Stringbark                    wet heath (wallum) and tall open forest communities. The species
 Eucalyptus          Endangered      survival is reliant on protection within conservation reserves in which
 conglomerata                        Noosa has a key position, hosting the northern most limit of the main
                                     population with the species occurring in 10 locations across Noosa’s
                                     National Parks and Conservation Parks.

                                     The species is endangered and occurs on coastal and subcoastal
 Habenaria                           melaleuca swamps, threatened by climate change. Only 3 locations of
                     Endangered
 harroldii                           the species is known, of which two are in Noosa (Atlas of Living Australia,
                                     2016).

                                     The species is considered extremely rare in the wild and is restricted to
                                     an area between Mount Pinbarren (northern extent) and Mary Cairncross
 Small-fruited                       Park near Maleny (southern extent), a distance of only 50 km (Barry &
 Queensland Nut                      Thomas 1994).
                     Vulnerable
 Macadamia                           The northern extent occurring within the Noosa region is considered
 ternifolia                          significant due to the genetic isolation of these individuals from other
                                     populations. Noosa hosts a stronghold for the species where it occurs in
                                     14 locations within rainforest environments.

                                     The species inhabits dry health occurring between Noosa and Rainbow
 Macarthuria         Near
                                     Beach. Noosa provides a stronghold for the species, with 14 known
 complanata          Threatened
                                     locations.




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