Appendix C - Ecological Assessment

                                                                                                  Hollett Road Ecological Assessment
                                                                                Minor Change Application - 191 Hollett Road, Noosaville




2.3         Findings
2.3.1       Vegetation
A review of the current aerial imagery (sourced from Nearmap) was completed to determine the extent of
current regrowth as shown in Figure 2 of Appendix C. In 2019 there is approximately 29.3 ha of regrowth
within the subject site. There was an increase in 9.73 ha of regrowth (increase in regrowth) within the subject
site over a period of 16 years (from 2003 to 2019). Figure 3 of Appendix shows the increase in regrowth
between 2003-2019.


2.3.2       Threatened Plants
The review identified a number of species not recorded in the original ecological assessments. These have
been listed in Table 2-1 along with an assessment as to whether they would likely occur in regrowth of the
site.
Table 2-1      Additional threatened species recorded in the vicinity of the site since the original ecological assessments

 Additional species                           Database                                       Likely to occur in regrowth?

 Lobelia membranacea                          WO                                             Possible

 Glycine argyrea                              WO                                             Possible

 Pararistolochia praevenosa                   WO                                             No

 Symplocos harroldii                          WO                                             No

 Arthraxon hispidus                           WO, PMST                                       Possible

 Allocasuarina emuina                         PMST                                           No

 Allocasuarina thalassoscopica                PMST                                           No

 Archidendron lovelliae                       PMST                                           No

 Baloghia marmorata                           PMST                                           No

 Cryptostylis hunteriana                      PMST                                           No

 Macadamia integrifolia                       PMST                                           No

 Samadera bidwillii                           PMST                                           No

 Sophora fraseri                              PMST                                           No

 Triunia robusta                              PMST                                           No




It is relevant to note that any future clearing of the site will trigger the need to undertake a flora survey in
accordance to the State’s Flora Survey Guidelines - Protected Plants because of its location within the
Protected Flora Trigger map. If the survey identifies threatened flora species within any vegetation being
cleared, or within 100m of vegetation being cleared, then a permit will need to be obtained from the
Department of Environment and Science. Refer to the protected plants mapping in Extract 7.
Despite the need for future flora surveys the ecologists who undertook the KRAM survey also undertook an
opportunistic survey for the species flagged as possible in Table 2-1 within regrowth.
The opportunistic survey of the four ‘possible’ threatened flora species, identified no threatened flora species
within the increase in regrowth area within the site. The search only found matching genera (i.e. the Least
Concern Maiden’s Wattle (Acacia maidenii), Mountain Hickory (Acacia penninervis) and Glycine tabacina),
but not the target species.

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