Approved Plans - MCU21/0221

           4.2        CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT FLORA SPECIES
           No conservation significant flora species listed under the NC Act or the EPBC Act were observed within
           the site.

           4.3        FAUNA HABITAT
           The Eucalypt forest surrounding the build location holds a variety of habitat features including fallen logs
           and exfoliating bark and a range of food sources such as flowering gums and fruiting rainforest trees. No
           arboreal hollows or nests were observed within the proposed development footprint. No conservation
           significant fauna species were incidentally observed during the site investigation. Table 1 provides an
           assessment of the habitat values present for the conservation significant fauna species recorded from the
           Wildnet database search (refer to Section 3.7).
           Table 1 – Habitat value for previously recorded conservation significant fauna species
            Fauna Species                     Habitat Requirements                        Habitat Value within the Site

            Adelotus brevis (tusked frog)     Inhabits wet eucalypt forest, No suitable habitat within proximity to
            – vulnerable (NC Act)             rainforest, and sometimes dry proposed development area.
                                              eucalypt forest, where it can be found
                                              in close proximity to suitable breeding
                                              habitat such as ponds and slow-
                                              moving sections of streams. Also
                                              recorded from dams and garden
                                              ponds in urban and peri-urban areas
                                              (Rowland, 2013a).

            Hirundapus caudacutus             In Australia, the White-throated            Suitable habitat is present within the
            (white-throated needletail) –     Needletail is almost exclusively aerial,    vegetated areas of the site, although
            vulnerable (NC Act & EPBC         from heights of less than 1m up to          species is predominantly aerial and
            Act)                              more than 1000m above the ground.           generalist in nature – therefore habitat
                                              Because they are aerial, it has been        would not be considered important for
                                              stated that conventional habitat            the species.
                                              descriptions are inapplicable. There
                                              are, nevertheless, certain preferences
                                              exhibited by the species. Although
                                              they occur over most types of habitat,
                                              they are probably recorded most
                                              often above wooded areas, including
                                              open forest and rainforest, and may
                                              also fly between trees or in clearings,
                                              below the canopy, but they are less
                                              commonly recorded flying above
                                              woodland. They also commonly occur
                                              over heathland, but less often over
                                              treeless areas, such as grassland or
                                              swamps (DAWE, 2021a).

            Litoria pearsoniana (cascade      Found in rainforest gullies and No suitable habitat within proximity to
            tree frog) – vulnerable (NC       adjacent wet sclerophyll forest, in proposed development area.
            Act)

           October 2021                                ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT REPORT                                        Page: 11
                                                        797 Ringtail Creek Road, Pomona
Document Set ID: 21731676
Version: 1, Version Date: 14/12/2021