Original EA Amendment

EPBC Act status

NC Act status

Project area in species mapped distribution

Nearby historical records

Habitat presence and quality

Species recorded in field surveys

Conservatism required due to species detectability

Conservatism required due to species mobility

Species name

Source Habitat requirements

Likelihood of occurrence

Threatened ecological communities Weeping Myall Woodlands E -

Highly unlikely to occur Key diagnostic canopy species, Acacia pendula, was not field verified within the survey area.

The Weeping Myall Woodlands ecological community occurs on the inland alluvial plains west of the Great Dividing Range in NSW and Queensland (DEWHA, 2008c). The Weeping Myall Woodlands occur in a range from open woodlands to woodlands, generally 4-12 m high, in which Weeping Myall (Acacia pendula) trees are the sole or dominant overstorey species. Other common names for Weeping Myall include Myall, Boree, Balaar, Nilyah, Bastard Gidgee, and Silver Leaf Boree (DEWHA, 2008c) The Coolibah – Black Box Woodlands ecological community is associated with the floodplains and drainage areas of the Darling Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt South IBRA bioregions. This ecological community represents occurrences of one type of eucalypt woodland where Eucalyptus coolabah subsp. coolabah (Coolibah, Coolabah) and/or Eucalyptus largiflorens (Black Box) are the dominant canopy species and where the understorey tends to be grassy. The ‘Poplar box grassy woodland’ TEC varies from a grassy woodland to grassy open woodland structure. This TEC typically exhibits as an open forest structure with an overstorey dominated by Eucalyptus populnea (poplar box) and an understorey predominantly composed of perennial forbs and grasses (DEE 2019). The TEC expands over seven bioregions including: Brigalow Belt North, Brigalow Belt South, Southeast Queensland, Cobar Peneplain, Darling Riverine Plains, NSW South Western Slopes and Riverina. Bertya pedicellata is confined to central and south-east Queensland, from near Aramac eastwards to Rockhampton and south to

Species mapped as likely to occur within the project area. No associated REs are mapped within the project area

PMST

n/a

No

No

n/a

n/a

Highly unlikely to occur Key diagnostic canopy species, Eucalyptus coolabah and Eucalyptus largiflorens, was not field verified within the survey area.

Species mapped as may occur within the project area. No associated REs are mapped within the project area

E

-

PMST

n/a

No

No

n/a

n/a

Coolibah – BlackBox

Woodlands of the Darling Riverine Plains and the Brigalow Belt

Highly unlikely to occur Key diagnostic canopy species, Eucalyptus populnea, was not field verified within the survey area.

Poplar box grassy woodland on alluvial plains

Species mapped as may occur within the project area. No associated REs are mapped within the project area

E

-

PMST

n/a

No

No

n/a

n/a

Conservation significant flora Bertya pedicellata NL

Potential to occur Suitable habitat for the species was confirmed over most (29.5 ha) of the survey area. While the species was

Species known to occur within project area

Yes – One historical record is located 1.48 km north east of the project area, dated 2017.

Yes – Suitable habitat was identified across most of the survey area. Suitable habitat presented as

NT

WO

No

No

No

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