SUPERSEDED Reference Document Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v 2 June 2024 MCU24 0084 (1)

Bushfire Hazard Assessment & Management Plan v2 NCES REF: J001313
Lot 4 on RP160124 — 658 Louis Bazzo Dr, Ringtail Creek QLD 4565

 

APPENDIX 2 ~ VEGETATION HAZARD CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Vegetation Hazard Class 2.1 - Complex to simple, semi-deciduous mesophyll to
notophyll vine forest

Location = Single unit in the southern extent of the assessment area

Considered representative of a regrowth community of RE 12.3.1

Average canopy height = 16-20m

Projective Foliage Canopy Cover (PFCC) = >70%

Dominant Canopy Species = Syzgium floribunda

Dominant Mid-storey species = Acacia melanoxylon, Glochidion spp., and Archontophoenix
cunninghamiana

Dominant Understorey = Lomandra spp. and Cissus hypoglauca

Potential combined surface fuel load = 3.5t/ha
Total fuel load = 3.5t/ha
Prone Type Class = 3 (QFES BRC 2019)

Plate A2-1 depicts typical conditions within VHC 2.1

 

 

Plate A2-1 - Characteristic vegetation within VHC 2.1 (refer green linework)
Vegetation Hazard Class 8.1 — Wet eucalypt tall open forest
Location = Multiple units within the assessment area

Considered representative of remnant and regrowth communities of RE 12.3.2, consisting of
mature Eucalypt spp. over rainforest understory

Average canopy height = 16->30m
Projective Foliage Canopy Cover (PFCC) = 30-50%

Potential combined surface fuel load = 31t/ha
Total fuel load = 35t/ha
Prone Type Class = 1 (QFES BRC 2019)

Plate A2-2 depicts typical conditions within VHC 8.1

 

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