Response to Info Request - Attachment 6a - Ecological Assessment Part 1 MCU18-0015 & RAL18-0015 · MCU18/0015

                          Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



Conservation Status
This vegetation community is considered to be analogous in terms of species composition
to RE 12.2.5, which has a conservation status of Least Concern under the VMA (1999). Parts
of this community do not meet remnant criteria in terms of height and canopy cover and
have been categorised as regrowth (FIGURE 7). The remainder is considered to represent
remnant vegetation.


3.3.2.3 Community 2: Tall Open Wet Forest (Blue Quandong/Cheese Tree/Guava)
Location and Area
This community is located in the eastern portion of the site, immediately adjacent to the
creek line that runs along the site’s eastern margin (FIGURE 7).

Description
This community consists of predominantly Blue quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis), Cheese
tree (Glochidion ferdinandi), Guava* (Psidium guajava), Blush macaranga (Macaranga
tanarius), and Broad-leaved climbing pandan (Freycinetia scandens) with Hairy-leaved
bolly gum (Neolitsea dealbata), Guioa (Guioa semiglauca), Blush walnut (Beilschmiedia
obtusifolia), Native guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides), Willow primrose (Ludwigia octovalvis)
and Soap tree (Alphitonia excelsa) also present. Trees, shrubs/small trees and ground
within this community were to 20 m, 10 m and 1 m respectively.

Condition
No significant species were recorded in this community. This area is in poor condition due
to the weed infestations.

Conservation Status
This vegetation community is considered to be analogous in terms of species composition
to RE 12.2.1 which has a conservation status of Of Concern under the VMA (1999). Parts of
this community do not meet remnant criteria in terms of height and canopy cover, and
have been categorised as regrowth (FIGURE 7). The remainder is considered to represent
remnant vegetation.

It is noted that RE 12.2.1 is not listed as an equivalent state vegetation
classification/ecological community which is representative of either the Lowland
Rainforest of Subtropical Australia ecological community, or the Littoral Rainforest and
Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community, both which are listed as
Critically Endangered within schedules of the EPBC Act.


3.3.3 Regulated Vegetation
The current regulated vegetation management map of the subject site includes both
Category B (remnant vegetation) and Category X (vegetation not regulated under the VMA)
areas. Category B areas cover the majority of the subject site (1.66 ha) and consist of Of
Concern RE 12.2.1 / 12.2.5 (FIGURE 5).




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