RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

SETTLERS COVE NOOSA
Landscape Master Plan

 

Proposed Species for Inclusion -
Swales and Verges (Trees and Shrubs.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Botanical Name Common Name Spacings | Position
(mm)

*Archontophoenix

cunninghamiana Piccabeen Palm 750-1500 {SE

Banksia robur Swamp Banksia 1600 - 2500 |S.E

*Melaleuca quinquenervia Coastal Paperbark 900 - 1200 S.E

*Callistemon salignus White Bottlebrush 900 -1200 E

 

 

 

 

 

Key: *- species identified in Settlers Cove Flora Inventory — Greening Australia. .
S - preferred planting position within swale base.
E - preferred planting position edge or upper banks of swale.

Note: Recommended spacings are indicative of planting centers and may vary with site
specific conditions and usage. Plants listed are a selection of species suitable for
this project and application. Not all plants listed will be incorporated and
additional species may be added (selected from Primary Native Landscape
species list - section 8.4), depending on variables such as availabitity at time of
final design. Native couch grass may be required to be incorporated into sections
of vegetated swales within road reserves. A comprehensive plant schedule will
be prepared for operational works application utilising species above.

Road Reserve - Landscaped areas with swale systems will require to be designed in
conjunction with Civil Engineering works. Landscape operational works plans shall
include detailed sections showing surface treatments, planting requirements and
maintenance specifications for vegetation within the swale systems.

20.1 Swale Maintenance

One of the most important maintenance requirements of swales is to ensure that strong
healthy vegetation growth is promoted and retained. Other components of the system
that will require regular monitoring include the swale function itself and any subsurface
drainage (including infiltration pits).

The most intensive maintenance period of swales will be during the plant establishment
phase. This is generally within the first two years after construction and planting. The
plant establishment period is usually when there is greater potential for excess sediment
loads to impact upon plant growth due to sediment movement from building sites (where
erosion and sediment control measures are not fully effective).

 

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