210055 - 327 Kinmond Creek Road, COOTHARABA - Flora Trigger Assessment Report

                                                                                                                            Flora Trigger Assessment Report




                                                                                                                                           Appendix 6

                                                      Assessment of the likelihood of threatened flora species

    Species          Common      NC Act   EPBC Act                          Habitat                                      Likelihood of Occurrence
                      Name       Status    Status
Flora
                                                     In Australia, this species is found in scattered
                                                     locations through Queensland and northern NSW.
                                                     The preferred habitat is moist Eucalypt forest and
                                                                                                               Unlikely – while the site provides marginally
Arthraxon          hairy-joint                       the edges of rainforest where it is usually found
                                   V         V                                                                 suitable habitat, this species was not recorded
hispidus           Grass                             along creeks or near water sources. In south east
                                                                                                               during the site survey.
                                                     Queensland, it has also been found on sandy dunes,
                                                     along creeks and gullies in woodland (SPRAT
                                                     2008).
                                                     Heath ecotones or layered Eucalypt open forest and
                                                     woodland, on coastal sands or sandy peaty soils and
                                                     mostly poorly drained aeras. This species is
                                                     endemic to south-east Queensland and grows from
                   whipstick                         just north of Bundaberg to Burleigh Heads, where it       Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
Acacia attenuata                   V         V
                   wattle                            is never more than 40km from the coast. It occurs on      for this species were not found on site.
                                                     flat coastal plains at altitudes of lower than 30m
                                                     above sea level in high rainfall areas (EPBC
                                                     Protected Matters Search database and references
                                                     within).
                                                     Grows in wet sclerophyll woodland, subtropical
                                                                                                               Unlikely – while the site provides potentially
Archidendron                                         lowland rainforests or riverine-type gallery rainforest
                   bacon wood      V         V                                                                 suitable habitat, this species was not recorded
lovelliae                                            on well-drained sandy loam soils which are often
                                                                                                               during the site survey.
                                                     alluvial in origin and contain clay or deep podosols