Table 3-11
Habitat types observed within the project footprint and survey area
Extent (ha)
Habitat type
Characteristics
Ecological values
Open forest in sheltered gorges on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks with rocky outcrops (land zone 10)
– Dispersal and denning and nesting habitat for possums, small gliders, parrots, owls, monitors and microbats. Note: due to lack of associated large hollows, this habitat type is not suitable for the greater glider and yellow-bellied glider – Foraging and dispersal habitat for gliders and other folivores – Foraging and dispersal habitat for northern quoll – Nesting and foraging habitat for canopy- dwelling birds – Refuges and basking areas for snakes, dragons, skinks and geckos – Foraging habitat for ground-dwelling mammals – Potential habitat for threatened fauna species –northern quoll, ghost bat and short-beaked echidna. – Dispersal and denning and nesting habitat parrots, small gliders and owls. Note: due to lack of associated large hollows, this habitat type is not suitable for the greater glider and yellow-bellied glider – Foraging and dispersal habitat for gliders northern quoll – Dispersal habitat for koala – Nesting and foraging habitat for canopy- dwelling birds – Refuges and basking areas for snakes, dragons, skinks and geckos – Foraging habitat for ground-dwelling mammals – Potential habitat for threatened fauna species –koala, greater glider, yellow-bellied glider, northern quoll, ghost bat, white-throated needletail and short-beaked echidna.
– Aligns with RE 11.10.2 – Dominated by Corymbia trachyphloia and Syncarpia glomulifera. – Mature canopy trees – Hollow-bearing trees in low abundance – Scattered Acacia salicina, Acacia sp. and Alphitonia excelsa – Shrub vegetation containing Xanthorrhoea latifolia, Coelospermum reticulatum, Dodonaea filifolia. – Grassy understory with Entolasia stricta – Rocky outcrops – Low density of logs, timber piles, woody debris and other ground-level microhabitats – Sandy soils
6.28
Eucalyptus woodland on coarse-grained sedimentary rocks with rocky outcrops (land zone 10)
– Aligns with RE 11.10.4 – Dominated by Eucalyptus decorticans – Scattered Acacia spp. , C. trachyphloia – Shrub layer generally absent – Hollow-bearing trees in low abundance – Scattered Opuntia tomentosa – Sparse understory with some native grasses – Low density of logs, timber piles, woody debris and other ground-level microhabitats – Rocky outcrops – Mistletoe occasional throughout – Sandy soils
21.32
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