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

       Species          Common         NC Act     EPBC Act                         Habitat                                     Likelihood of Occurrence
                         Name          Status      Status
                                                             can also be found in wet sclerophyll communities        away from the proposed dwelling and will not be
                                                             usually on volvanic and sedimentary soils (SPRAT        impacted by the development.
                                                             2008).
                                                             Commonly occurs in lowland rainforest or on
                                                             rainforest margins (Hewson 1985), but it can also be
                                                                                                                     Unlikely – while the site provides marginally
                                                             found in other forest types, such as open forest and
  Samadera bidwilii   Quassia             V          V                                                               suitable habitat, this species was not recorded
                                                             woodland (QDNR 2001). Quassia is commonly
                                                                                                                     during the site survey.
                                                             found in areas adjacent to both temporary and
                                                             permanent watercourses
                                                             Usually found in wet situations in wet sclerophyll
                                                             forest and a range of rainforest types including vine
                                                             forest. Generally prefers growing along rainforest
                                                             margins in eucalypt forests in the vicinity of
                      brush                                  rainforests or in large canopy gaps in closed forest    Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Sophora fraseri                         V          V
                      sophera                                communities.       Restricted    to    south-eastern    for this species were not found on site.
                                                             Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales
                                                             where it occurs from the Casino area north to near
                                                             Miriam Vale. Very rare in NSW and widespread but
                                                             not common in south-east Queensland.
                      Austral                                It occurs in shrubland, grassland or woodland, often    Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Thesium australe                        V          V
                      toadflax                               on damp sites.                                          for this species were not found on site.
                                                             This species is restricted to a small area in the
                                                             Sunshine Coast of around 40km. It is found from
                                                             Woombye to Pomona where it occupies notophyll
                      glossy spice                                                                                   Unlikely – the preferred vegetation communities
  Triunia robusta                         E          E       vine forest and mixed tall open forest with a
                      bush                                                                                           for this species were not found on site.
                                                             rainforest understory. Most commonly found within
                                                             25m of a stream on south or south east facing slopes
                                                             on well-draining soil (SPRAT 2008).
                                                             Occurs mostly in notophyll and microphyll vineforest    Confirmed
  Xanthostemon        southern
                                          V          V       communities, occasionally in wet sclerophyll            Xanthostemon oppositifolius was found within
  oppositifolius      penda
                                                             communities, at altitudes from near sea-level to 300    the property but it was located more than 100m




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