Attachment 3 - Regional Ecosystem Assessment

                                                                                                         Native Foresters




Table 6: Summary of RE Kit Assessment results
                                  Remnant Vegetation
 Reference Sites                                                           Re Type
                                  Benchmarks
 (From ORP Reference Sites, NC,
                                                                           12.3.1a                              12.3.2                               12.3.11
 2006)
                                  Canopy
                                  >50% of Height (m)
                                                                           14m                                  21m                                  17.5m
                                      >70% of Cover (%)
                                                                           42.5%                                32.5%                                30%

                                                                                                                Eucalyptus grandis                   Eucalyptus tereticornis
                                                                           Waterhousea floribunda
                                      Characteristic species                                                    Lophostemon confertus                Corymbia intermedia
                                                                           Flindersia schottiana
                                                                                                                Syncarpia glomulifera                Lophostemon suaveolens
                                      Regrowth site species- Acacia melanoxylon, Lophostemon confertus & L. suaveolens, Corymbia intermedia, E. tereticornis
 Offset Areas
                                      Measured Benchmarks Within
 Plot Site & OA                                                            Re Type
                                      Plot Site
 A & B (OA = 3, 4, 5 & 6 )
 Includes 0.5ha regrowth 12.3.11 in
                                                                           12.3.1a                              12.3.2                               12.3.11
 centre of OA 4.
 (Refer table 7)
                                      Canopy
                                      Median Height (m)
                                                                           14.5                                 20-22                                -
                                      Percentage of Cover (%)
                                                                           90                                   80                                   -
                                                                           Waterhousea floribunda
                                                                                                                Eucalyptus grandis
                                                                           Flindersia schottiana
                                                                                                                Lophostemon confertus
                                                                           Elaeocarpus obovatus
                                      Characteristic species                                                    Syncarpia glomulifera                -
                                                                           Glochidion ferdinandi
                                                                                                                Acacia melanoxylon
                                                                           Melicope elleryana
                                                                                                                Eucalyptus robusta
                                                                           Alphitonia excelsa
 Percentage of each RE type in OA’s                                        70%                                  30%                                  -


 It was determined that native vegetation within AO - 3, 4, 5 & 6 meets the criteria for remnant status– 12.3.1a/12.3.2 (70%/30%)




Regional Ecosystem Assessment – Noosa Council Offset Site – Lake Macdonald Catchment                                                                                   16