Attachment 4 - Terrestrial Ecology Report_RACV_2022 June

 Family                   Scientific Name                 Habitat                                                                     Likelihood of occurrence
                                                          Restricted to the swamp-forest margins, where it occurs in swamp
                                                          sclerophyll forest (Broad-leaved Paperbark/Swamp Mahogany/Swamp             Unlikely. Although suitable habitat
 Orchidaceae              Phaius australis                Box), swampy rainforest (often with sclerophyll emergents), or fringing     present, no records within 2km, the
                                                          open forest. It is often associated with rainforest elements such as        site is highly disturbed.
                                                          Bangalow Palm or Cabbage Tree Palm.
                                                          Commonly occurs in lowland rainforest often with Araucaria
                                                          cunninghamii or on rainforest margins, but it can also be found in other
                                                          forest types, such as open forest and woodland, it is commonly found in
                                                                                                                                      Unlikely. Suitable habitat not
 Simaroubaceae            Samadera bidwillii              areas adjacent to both temporary and permanent watercourses up to 510
                                                                                                                                      present.
                                                          m altitude. Endemic to Queensland and is currently known to occur in
                                                          several localities between Scawfell Island, near Mackay, and
                                                          Goomboorian, north of Gympie.
                                                          Usually found growing in drier rainforest, from the Gympie district south
                                                                                                                                      Unlikely. Suitable habitat not
 Symplocaceae             Symplocos harroldii             to Mudgeeraba. At nearby Bahrs Scrub it occurs in rainforest remnants
                                                                                                                                      present.
                                                          along gullies, creeks and lower hill slopes.
                                                          The main habitat is notophyll vine forest, or mixed tall open forest
                                                          developing a rainforest understorey in the absence of fire. Most occur
                                                                                                                                      Unlikely. Suitable habitat not
 Proteaceae               Triunia robusta                 within 25m of streams, on south or south-east facing slopes or river
                                                                                                                                      present.
                                                          terraces, with a few populations at higher topographic positions away
                                                          from watercourses.
                                                          Confined to high rainfall coastal plains from Southport north to            Unlikely. Although suitable habitat
 Mimosaceae               Acacia attenuata                Maryborough, south-eastern Qld. Grows in heath or layered eucalypt          present and three records within
                                                          open forest.                                                                2km, the site is highly disturbed.
                                                          Grows in open and closed heath on fine-grained rhyolite rocky slopes (Mt    Unlikely. Suitable habitat not
 Casuarinaceae            Allocasuarina emuina
                                                          Peregian) and in wallum heath on undulating coastal plain.                  present.
                                                                                                                                      Unlikely. Suitable habitat not
 Casuarinaceae            Allocasuarina thalassoscopica   Known only from the windswept south-facing slopes of Mt Coolum, Qld.
                                                                                                                                      present.
                                                          In subtropical rainforest on deep sand; Cooloola area and Fraser Island,    Unlikely. Suitable habitat not
 Mimosaceae               Archidendron lovelliae
                                                          Qld.                                                                        present.
                                                                                                                                      Unlikely. Although suitable habitat
                                                          May be found growing on the fringe of rainforest or in more open, wet
 Poaceae                  Arthraxon hispidus                                                                                          present and one sighting within 2km,
                                                          eucalypt forest.
                                                                                                                                      the site has been highly disturbed.




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