Ecological Assessment · RAL26/0015

Littoral and emergent vegetation fringing/within the on-site dams (refer PLATES 3 – 5
previously) includes Broad-leaved Paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia), White Cypress
(Callitris columellaris), Swamp Oak (Casuarina glauca), Climbing Maidenhair (Lygodium
microphyllum), Woolly Frogsmouth (Philydrum lanuginosum), Willow Primrose (Ludwigia
octovalvis), Native Lasiandra (Melastoma malabathricum), Creek Matrush (Lomandra hystrix),
Barbed-wire Grass (Cymbopogon refractus), Sword Grass (Gahnia sieberiana), Coastal
Banksia (Banksia integrifolia subsp. compar), Bungwall (Blechnum indicum), Binung (Christella
dentata), Long-leaved Wattle (Acacia longissima), Hairy Psychotria (Psychotria loniceroides),
Narrow-leaved Lobelia (Lobelia stenophylla), Scurvy Weed (Commelina diffusa), Jointed
Twigrush (Machaerina articulata), Tall Sedge (Carex appressa), Pointed Twigrush (Baumea
teretifolia), Water Chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), Swamp Cordrush (Baloskion tetraphyllum),
Leafy Twigrush (Cladium procerum), Triangular Clubrush (Schoenoplectiella mucronata),
Swamp Rice Grass (Leersia hexandra) and Tall Flatsedge (Cyperus exaltatus). The
predominant invasive aquatic species noted was Blue Water Lily (Nymphaea caerulea).

Abundant woody/herbaceous weeds otherwise observed across the site include Common
Lantana (Lantana camara), Singapore Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata), Ground Asparagus
(Asparagus aethiopicus), Blue Billygoat (Ageratum houstonianum), Creeping Woodsorrel
(Oxalis corniculata), Cobbler’s Pegs (Bidens pilosa), Silver-leaf Desmodium (Desmodium
uncinatum), Easter Cassia (Senna pendula), Mullumbimby Couch (Cyperus brevifolius), Coral
Berry (Ardisia crenata), Elephant Grass (Cenchrus purpureus), Umbrella Tree (Heptapleurum
actinophyllum), Cocos Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana), Siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum),
Flannel Weed (Sida cordifolia), Corky Passion Vine (Passiflora suberosa), Fishbone Fern
(Nephrolepis cordifolia), Molasses Grass (Melinis minutiflora), Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria
paniculata), Wild Tobacco (Solanum mauritianum), Creeping Tick-trefoil (Desmodium
triflorum), Shrubby Stylo (Stylosanthes scabra) and additional invasive/naturalised pasture
grasses.

3.3 Statutory Vegetation Significance
3.3.1 Regulated Vegetation

The subject site is broadly designated on Department of Natural Resources and Mines,
Manufacturing, and Regional and Rural Development’s Regulated Vegetation Management
Map (refer FIGURE 5) as partially comprising the following categories under provisions of the
Vegetation Management Act 1999:

       Category B area (Remnant vegetation)
       Category C area (High-value regrowth vegetation)




        FIGURE 5: Regulated Vegetation Management Map (Source: DNRMMRRD)


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