Original EA Amendment

4.5

Likelihood of occurrence

42 43 43 43 43 43 43 44 47 49 52 55 57 59 59 59 59 59 59 60

4.5.1

MNES 4.5.1.1

Cycas megacarpa – confirmed present

Species description Species ecology

Species distribution and habitat

Population survey

4.5.1.2 4.5.1.3 4.5.1.4 4.5.1.5 4.5.1.6 4.5.1.7 MSES 4.5.2.1

Koala – likely to occur

Northern quoll – confirmed present

Ghost bat – likely to occur

Greater glider (southern and central) – potential to occur Yellow-bellied glider (south-eastern) – potential to occur

White-throated needletail – likely to occur

4.5.2

Grevillea hockingsii – confirmed present

Species description Species ecology

Species distribution and habitat

Population survey

4.5.2.2

Bertya pedicellata – potential to occur

Species description Species ecology

60 60 60 60 60

Species distribution and habitat

Population survey

4.5.2.3

Short-beaked echidna – confirmed present

5.

References

63

Table index Table 1.1

Terminology used throughout the report Desktop assessment information sources

2 5 6 7 8

Table 2.1 Table 2.2 Table 2.3 Table 2.4 Table 3.1 Table 3.2 Table 3.3 Table 3.4 Table 4.1 Table 4.2 Table 4.3 Table 4.4 Table 4.5 Table 4.6 Table 4.7 Table 4.8 Table 4.9 Table C.1

Flora field survey methods Fauna field survey methods

Likelihood of occurrence framework

REs mapped within the project area. Descriptions as per the RE Description Database (Queensland Herbarium, 2023)

10 11 12 13 14 14 15 17 24

Desktop results for conservation significant flora species

Conservation significant species with essential habitat in the project area Summary of restricted plant species recorded in the study area Land zones and associated geologies occurring in the project area

Major surface geologies occurring in the project area

Survey effort

Regional ecosystems field verified within the project area Restricted matters and WoNS within the project area

Conservation significant fauna species predicted to occur within the survey area 28 Migratory fauna species as listed by the EPBC Act predicted to occur within the study area 30

Habitat types observed within the project footprint and survey area Summary of likelihood of occurrence of MNES and MSES

33 42 91

Species and number of individuals observed

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