2 David Low Way - Attachment 2 - Ecological and Bushfire Assessment Report 9-8-17

Threatened Species Likelihood of Occurrence Assessment ‐ Lot 71 on MCH 2854

Status:
NCR ‐ Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation: NT = Near Threatened; V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered.
EPBC ‐ Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: V = Vulnerable; E = Endangered; CE = Critically Endangered

Record Source
WO = Wildlife On‐line; PM = Protected Matters Search Tool



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Likelihood of
Scientific Name                       Common Name                                        Status             Record Source General habitat requirements                                                                                               Occurrence
Acacia attenuata                      ‐                                             V              V          WO,PM       Flat coastal lowland plains, at altitudes of lower than 30 m above sea level (Orchard & Wilson 2001; Qld CRA/RFA Steering  Possible
                                                                                                                          Committee 1997). Across this range A. attenuata typically occurs in seasonally waterlogged areas of wet heathland or
                                                                                                                          heathland margins, open forest and woodland communities, and specifically on sandy poorly drained soils or peat swamps
                                                                                                                          which are infertile (Lebler 1981, Specht & Specht 1999). Acacia attenuata has been recorded growing in shrublands
                                                                                                                          with Leptospermum whitei and Baeckea frutescens ; in wallum with Banksia aemula and Eucalyptus robusta ; in woodlands
                                                                                                                          with Corymbia trachyphloia, E. umbra and Banksia oblongifolia ; and in open forests of E. umbra, E. racemosa and Melaleuca
                                                                                                                          quinquenervia

Acacia baueri subsp. baueri           Tiny wattle                                   V               -             WO          Found on infertile and often seasonally waterlogged sands in coastal heath (wallum) habitat and adjacent plateaus and low                    Possible
                                                                                                                              open woodland

Macarthuria complanata                 ‐                                           NT                             WO          Dry heath                                                                                                                                    Possible

Blandfordia grandiflora               Christmas bells                                -             E              WO          Grows in damp sandy and/or peaty soils in coastal and tableland areas.                                                                       Possible
Arthraxon hispidus                    Hairy‐joint grass                             V              V              PM          Found in or on the edges of rainforest and in wet eucalypt forest, often near creeks or swamps as well as woodland. It has                   Unlikely
                                                                                                                              also been recorded growing around freshwater springs on coastal foreshore dunes, in shaded small gullies, on creek banks,
                                                                                                                              and on sandy alluvium in creek beds in open forests.

Baloghia marmorata                    Marbled Balogia                               V              V              PM          Found in subtropical rainforest/notophyll vine forest and wet sclerophyll forest (brush box woodland) with rainforest                        Unlikely
                                                                                                                              understorey between 150 and 550 m above sea level.
Bosistoa transversa                   Three‐leaved Bosistoa,                         ‐             V              PM          Lowland subtropical rainforest up to 300 m above sea level.                                                                                  Unlikely
Cryptocarya foetida                   Stinking cryptocarya                          V              V              PM          Restricted to coastal sands, or if not, then close to the coast. Occurring in littoral rainforest on old sand dunes and subtropical Possible
                                                                                                                              rainforests over slate and occasionally on basalt to an altitude of 150 m.
Cryptostylis hunteriana               Leafless Tongue‐orchid                         -             V              PM          Reported to occur in a wide variety of habitats including heathlands, heathy woodlands, sedgelands, Xanthorrheoa spp. plains, dry            Possible
                                                                                                                              sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub‐formation and shrubby sub‐formation), forested wetlands, freshwater wetlands, grasslands, grassy
                                                                                                                              woodlands, rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub‐formation). Soils are generally considered to be moist and sandy,
                                                                                                                              however, this species is also known to grow in dry or peaty soils.

Macadamia integrifolia                Macadamia Nut                                 V              V            WO, PM        Remnant rainforest, preferring partially open areas such as rainforest edges. High nutrient alluvial and volcanic soils predominate often    Unlikely
                                                                                                                              with considerable exposure of rock fragments or substrate, mostly basalt and diorite. The surface soils are uniformly dark, slightly acid
                                                                                                                              (pH 5.5–6.5) and varying in texture from clayey‐sand through various loams to silty‐clay. All sites are well‐drained, some excessively so.



Macadamia ternifolia                  Small‐fruited Queensland nut                  V              V               PM         Lowland warm complex notophyll vine forest and Araucarian notophyll vine forest on basic and intermediate volcanic soils and alluvia in Unlikely
                                                                                                                              higher rainfall areas of south‐east Queensland

Phaius australis                      Lesser swamp‐orchid                           E              E              PM          Associated with coastal wet heath/sedgeland wetlands, swampy grassland or swampy forest and often where Broad‐leaved Paperbark or Unlikely
                                                                                                                              Swamp Mahogany are found.

Prasophyllum wallum                   Wallum Leek‐orchid                            V              V              PM          Wallum communities and adjacent stabilised dunes and coastal Melaleuca swamp wetlands.                                                       Unlikely

Samadera bidwillii                    Quassia                                       V              V              PM          Lowland rainforest or on rainforest margins , but it can also be found in other forest types, such as open forest and woodland. Quassia is Unlikely
                                                                                                                              commonly found in areas adjacent to both temporary and permanent watercourses




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