Bushfire Hazard Assessment

Bushfire Hazard Assessment
14 Serenity Close, Noosa Heads




  Site No.:                 5

  Site address:             Weyba Creek Bushland Reserve North
                            Banksia Ave, Noosa Heads

  Mapped VHC (PSBA):        9.1 Moist to dry eucalypt open forests on coastal lowlands and ranges (24.2
                            tonnes per hectare)

  Observed VHC (Litoria     22.1 Melaleuca open forests on seasonally inundated lowland coastal swamps
  Consulting):              (28 tonnes per hectare)

  Potential fuel load:      28 tonnes per hectare

  Notes:                    • Remnant vegetation consistent with RE 12.3.4 (wetland)
                            • Canopy species (open to mid-dense; 15-20m): Eucalyptus robusta +/-
                              Corymbia intermedia, Melaleuca quinquenervia with Glochidion sumatranum,
                              Macaranga tanarius, Mellicope elleryana, Polyscias elegans and
                              Archontophoenix cunninghamiana in sub-canopy.
                            • Sparse shrub layer of canopy recruits and Umbrella Tree*.
                            • Understorey dominated by ferns including Blechnum indicum, Calochalena
                              dubia, Hypolepis muelleri.
                            • Near surface fuel: abundant, dense including ladder fuel (palm fronds) and
                              coarse woody debris to 5cm diam.
                            • Surface fuel: Dense, continuous (100%) leaf litter to 6cm settled depth.



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