LOGAN
RAINFOREST
MAPPING
PROJECT
PREPARED BY i8lm PTY LTD
FOR LOGAN CITY COUNCIL
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Renee Domalewski
Daryl Baumgartner
Glossary
Words
Definitions
Aerial photograph signature
Consistent patterns of colour, tone, shape, height, and spacings of plants
observed on an aerial photograph
Copse
A small group of trees
Ecologically dominant layer (EDL)
Layer or stratum in a plant community contributing the most amount of
biomass
Ecotone
A region of transition between two (2) plant communities
Heterogeneous polygon
A mapping unit that contains more than one (1) regional ecosystem
LiDAR(Light
Ranging)
Detection
Mixed rainforest
And
LiDAR is a type of remote sensing. It works like radar, except it uses
lasers instead of radio waves to determine heights and shapes of objects
Vegetation community where rainforest plants form a distinct
understorey component to species of Eucalyptus, Corymbia or
Lophostemon forests
Pure rainforest
Vegetation community where rainforest plants form the ecologically
dominant layer (EDL)
Refugia
Areas in which a population of organisms can survive a period of
unfavourable conditions
Regional Ecosystem
A vegetation community in a bioregion consistently associated with a
particular type of landform, geology and soil.
Structure
The spatial (vertical and horizontal) arrangement of plants within a
vegetation community
Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1
2 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 3
3 FINDINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 10
CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................................... 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 19
REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................ 20
APPENDIX 1 – OBSERVATIONAL NOTES .............................................................................................. 21
APPENDIX 2. PLATES ........................................................................................................................... 29
APPENDIX 3 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 1 (DAISY HILL CONSERVATION AREA)................................... 38
APPENDIX 4 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 2 (CORNUBIA FOREST) .......................................................... 41
APPENDIX 5 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 3 (LOGAN RIVER)................................................................... 44
APPENDIX 6 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 4 (BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY) .............................................. 47
APPENDIX 7 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 5 (BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY) .............................................. 50
APPENDIX 8 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 6 (BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY) .............................................. 53
APPENDIX 9 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 7 (WOLFFDENE–NEAGLE RD PROPERTY) .............................. 56
APPENDIX 10 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 8 (WOLFFDENE-WICKHAM RD) ........................................... 58
APPENDIX 11 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 9 (ALBERT RIVER) ................................................................ 60
APPENDIX 12 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 10 (VERESDALE SCRUB)....................................................... 62
APPENDIX 13 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 11 (MT ELLIOT ROAD PROPERTY) ....................................... 65
APPENDIX 14 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 12 (‘SUNKEN VALLEY’, SANDY CREEK) ................................ 68
APPENDIX 15 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 13 (SANDY CREEK – LYONS-RICE ROAD) ............................. 71
APPENDIX 16 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 14 (OXLEY CREEK HEADWATERS) ....................................... 73
APPENDIX 17 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 15 (MT BLAINE AREA) ......................................................... 75
APPENDIX 18 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 16 (OXLEY CREEK – TULLY ROAD) ....................................... 78
APPENDIX 19 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 17 (OXLEY CREEK – GMTA) ................................................. 80
FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. 82
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND
Rainforest communities in Logan contain environmental matters of national significance and
important genetic lineages for economically significant species such as the macadamia nut
(Macadamia integrifolia) and native citrus (Citrus australis). Some native fauna have evolved with
rainforests and depend on fruits produced by plant species and rainforest communities for survival.
The conservation of areas supporting rainforest elements is an important environmental planning
consideration.
i8lm Pty Ltd has been engaged by Logan City Council to provide digital mapping of rainforest
communities in the local government area. The rainforest mapping will contribute to a Biodiversity
Areas Overlay in the Logan City Council Planning Scheme to protect and enhance environmental
values found in rainforest communities.
This report accompanies the digital mapping by providing:
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a definition of rainforest communities,
details on methodologies adopted in the mapping process,
details of the thresholds used for polygon generation,
disturbance assessments of mapped rainforest communities,
detailed survey notes for the major rainforest areas and types in Logan,
hard copy maps of the extent of rainforest communities in Logan,
hard copy maps of rainforest disturbance levels, and
identification of the key threatening processes observed during the project.
1.2 SURVEY AREA
Logan City Council is bordered by several natural features; the Albert River to the east, Logan River
and Woollaman Creek to the south, Mt Flinders to the west, and the Greenbank Military Training
area and Daisy Hill Conservation Park to the northwest and northeast respectively (FIGURE 1). The
survey for rainforest communities encompassed the entire Logan City Council region.
Land-uses within the City are typical of those found in south-east Queensland and include urban and
rural landscapes, protected and natural areas, and built infrastructure such as road networks.
1.3 SURVEY TARGET
The survey focussed solely on rainforest communities within the boundaries of Logan City Council.
1.4 SURVEY OBJECTIVES
The principal aim of the survey was to review and refine Council’s existing Potential Vine Forest
Mapping layer and to provide an assessment of health and threats to rainforest communities in
Logan. In addition, the following deliverables were required:
a. Map showing study area used,
b. Details on mapping thresholds,
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Descriptions of the various communities found in Logan,
A description of the vegetation associations to be used for map legends and labels,
Vegetation cover classes,
Ecosystem health or biocondition assessments,
Details on the number/density/size/location of ground truth plots,
A digital GIS feature class,
A brief final report detailing methodology used, limitations, results, references,
ground truthed site information including site number, GPS location, date of
assessment, description and any anecdotal notes, and
Sufficient information for Logan City Council to request map modifications to the
Queensland Herbarium Remnant and Preclear map.
2 METHODOLOGY
2.1 CLASSIFYING RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES IN LOGAN
Rainforests exist in a wide variety of forms and can present problems with definition (Bowman,
2001). Harden et. al. (2006) defines rainforest communities as a closed forest dominated by broadleaved trees with dense crowns that form a continuous layer and with a conspicuous abundance of
epiphytes, lianas, treeferns, palms, or strangling figs. Rainforest types have been categorised by
Harden et.al. (2014) into Subtropical Rainforest, Warm-temperate Rainforest, Cool-temperate
Rainforest, Dry Rainforest, Littoral Rainforest, Vine Thickets, Swamp Rainforest, Gallery (along
streams or rivers) Rainforest, Headland Rainforest/Vine Thickets, Gorge Rainforest and Mixed Forest.
Stepping down from the community perspective, Lynch & Neldner (2000) describe rainforest plant
species as those adapted to regenerating under low-light conditions or in localised gaps caused by
recurring disturbances which are part of the natural rainforest ecosystem, and are not dependent on
fire for successful regeneration. The Logan Rainforest Mapping Project was satisfied that a plant was
a rainforest plant where it was included in the rainforest USB key produced by Harden et.al. (2014).
The Logan Rainforest Mapping Project recognised two (2) broad categories of rainforests; pure
rainforest communities and mixed rainforest communities (FIGURE 2). Pure rainforest forms, like
regional ecosystems 12.9-10.16 and 12.11.10, are those where the canopy is closed and rainforest
plants (including successional species as Acacia disparrima) form the ecologically dominant layer
(EDL). Mixed rainforest forms, such as 12.3.7, 12.9-10.17a and 12.11.3 are those where individual
rainforest plants may form a distinct understorey component to Eucalyptus, Corymbia or
Lophostemon forests. In regenerating areas, sharp boundaries between non-rainforest, pure and
understorey rainforest communities were often difficult to define.
It was considered important to recognise the two (2) forms of rainforest because of the
contributions these types make to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem functioning, and nature
based recreation. Rainforest communities in Logan City contribute the following ecosystem services:
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providing genetic material for commercialised food crops such as Macadamia and Citrus,
maintaining soil stability in erodible landscapes,
filtering surface and sub-surface water supplies,
contributing to atmospheric moisture levels,
decreasing air-borne particulates,
storing carbon,
cycling and producing soil nutrients,
providing low cost recreational opportunities to the community,
providing financial opportunities for ecotourism,
providing scenic amenity and landscape character,
providing shade from heat and shelter on windy days,
moderating temperature increases from urban heat islands,
providing refugia to flora and fauna from wildfire events and climate change,
supporting vulnerable, rare or endangered native species, and
providing unique food and habitat values to resident and migrating native fauna.
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2.2 RAINFOREST DISTURBANCE CLASSIFICATIONS
To assist planning decisions, each area identified as supporting rainforest during the mapping project
was evaluated against several factors to apply a classification of High, Medium and Low Disturbance.
The extent and varying degrees of disturbance to rainforest communities were determined following
a consideration of the following matters:
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polygon size
weed invasion and impact
grazing impacts
previous clearing impacts
canopy integrity
understorey integrity
canopy species diversity, and
isolation from other rainforest areas.
Data gathered during aerial photograph interpretation and on-ground surveys were used to apply
disturbance classifications to identified rainforest communities.
Highly disturbed rainforest communities were mapped on the basis of one or more of the following:
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generally smaller polygon size (generally under <1000m²),
exotic plants were a dominant feature and were suppressing regeneration,
the understorey or groundcover had been removed by grazing, fire or clearing,
the area was within a heavily grazed or modified landscape, the canopy was heavily
fragmented and soil surfaces could be seen through the canopy,
regenerating rainforest elements were present but not well represented,
canopy was dominated (>70%) by dense regenerating rainforest pioneer species such as
silver wattle (Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima),
mechanical clearing had removed up to 50% of the dominant canopy,
plant crowns were consistently separated from each other (but covered at least 50% of the
total area),
plants were located adjacent to or combined with residential gardens, and
the polygon had a low area to perimeter ratio (high edge effect).
Medium disturbance rainforest communities were mapped on the basis of one or more of the
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grazing, if present, had not completely removed ground cover or shrub components,
exotic plants were not impeding regeneration,
understorey components and plants of differing heights and forms were present,
clearing was historic and regenerating rainforest plants were prominent,
rainforest elements in an area contained plant crowns that frequently touched or
overlapped (50-80% cover),
6. recent clearing in area had been selective and 50-80% of the tallest canopy has been
retained,
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7. dominant canopy was composed of mid-dense (30-70% crown cover) regenerating rainforest
pioneer species such as silver wattle (Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima),
8. area was spatially isolated from larger rainforest communities, and
9. disturbed regenerating rainforest elements occurred under a well-developed canopy of
Eucalyptus, Corymbia or Lophostemon.
Low disturbance communities were mapped on the basis of one or more of the following:
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minimal or no grazing impacts were evident,
minimal or no exotic plant invasion was evident,
minimal or no clearing activities were evident,
clearing was historic; regrowth was advanced and displayed a diversity of crown types,
shapes, depths and species,
5. total canopy cover was 80% or greater, and
6. clearing or logging was clearly selective and formed only a minor part of an otherwise intact
community.
2.3 PLANT COMMUNITY DESCRIPTIONS
To ensure compatibility with currently accepted plant community classifications, the Rainforest
Mapping Project intersected rainforest mapping polygons with version 9.0 pre-clear regional
ecosystem (RE) mapping. Although some RE’s describe pure rainforest communities, rainforest
plants are also found in non-rainforest regional ecosystems. To reflect this diversity, the Logan
Rainforest Mapping Project recommends combining regional ecosystem nomenclature with
additional references to the rainforest type and disturbance classification provided in the digital
mapping. For example, a 12.3.7 regional ecosystem with rainforest mapping may be described as a
mixed rainforest community composed of a moderate to heavily disturbed Eucalyptus tereticornis,
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana +/- Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland with an
understorey of rainforest species.
In an effort to improve the accuracy of regional ecosystem classification of rainforests, some
regional ecosystem boundaries were modified to reflect land-surface contours or plant community
signatures observed during surveys. Consequently, some regional ecosystem descriptions for
mapped rainforest communities do not align with version 9.0 regional ecosystem mapping.
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2.4 DATA USED DURING IDENTIFCATION
The initial mapping was done using 96 dpi (10cm pixel) 2013 aerial photography in combination with
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Logan City Council Potential Vineforest Mapping
Version 9.0 remnant vegetation cover
Pre-clear 9.0 regional ecosystems
Land contours
2008 Geology
DCDB
LGA boundaries
Waterway locations
Flora and fauna species records for Logan
2.5 LINEWORK
Consistent aerial photograph signatures were created by plant crown colours, plant crown spacing,
plant forms, and/or plant crown shapes. In combination with landform and soils, these
characteristics were used to produce initial linework and identify areas for detailed site
investigations. On-ground surveys were conducted to confirm and inform aerial photograph
signatures that did or did not contain rainforest.
The rainforest communities in Logan generally have been heavily cleared for agriculture, pastures
and valuable timber trees (LCC, 2015). The resultant clearing has produced a mosaic of areas
characterised by varying levels of height, canopy covers, and species. An adoption of the regional
ecosystem framework for rainforest communities in Logan would likely exclude many areas where
rainforest elements are not the ecologically dominant layer, or where rainforest communities fall
below the height, cover and species assemblage thresholds to classify as ‘remnant vegetation’. In
order to capture the maximum area of rainforest present, the Logan Rainforest Mapping Project
adopted a cover assessment filter to generate linework.
A cover assessment filter has the advantage of not requiring data on forest height to determine
whether an area should be included or excluded. The method is based on the principle that
regardless of height, an ecological threshold is met when tree crowns are connected or occupy
greater than or equal to 50% of the expected undisturbed canopy of the forest type. Once rainforest
signatures are identified, assessments are able to be done remotely. An example of areas above and
below 50% cover is provided below.
In disturbed areas, consistent signatures with a canopy cover
above 50% were included within rainforest polygons (inside yellow
line); areas below 50% were excluded.
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2.6 SITE SURVEY LOCATIONS & ON-GROUND ASSESSMENTS
Sites were chosen with access in mind. Public reserves and road corridors with signatures of interest
were selected as the primary field survey sites. Locations on freehold lands displaying features
considered important for interpretation were accessed following a communication and approval
process coordinated by Logan City Council.
Ground truthing of pre-selected areas were located and recorded using a Garmin e-trex hand held
GPS. Site details were recorded using a MyVoice DMR-909SU voice recorder. Site photos were taken
with a SAMSUNG WB36F digital camera.
Plant specimens collected in the field were keyed out by the author using Harden et.al. (2014) or
identified with the assistance of 3rd parties.
2.7 SITE SURVEY TYPES
Two (2) types of survey were conducted during the Rainforest Mapping Project; observational and
detailed. Observational surveys were widespread and recorded dominant species and disturbance
levels to assist in aerial photography interpretation, linework generation and classification
(APPENDIX 1 & FIGURE 3). Detailed surveys recorded woody species within a selected area and used
a timed meander method (Cropper, 1993) to collect species and record site condition (FIGURE 4).
Details recorded included the dominant woody species found on the site, as well as structural, life
form and threatening process assessments.
2.8 POLYGON BOUNDARIES & SIZE THRESHOLDS
Initial mapping focussed on delineating communities displaying contiguous canopies and signatures
linked to rainforest communities in Logan City. Plant crown separation distances where used to
determine the inclusion of adjacent rainforest trees with larger polygon boundaries. In areas where
mechanical clearing levels created diffuse boundaries, a distance of approximately 10 metres was
used to include plants within an existing polygon – except where:
1. mechanical clearing had left visible narrow access trails – mapping attempted to identify
existing land-uses, or
2. plants were considered to be a component of an adjacent rainforest community with less
than 50% canopy cover.
Final polygon boundaries were digitised at 1:1000 scale.
Where a copse was determined to support rainforest elements, polygons below 100m² were
created.
Where identified, individual rainforest species such as hoop pines (Araucaria cunninghamii var.
cunninghamii), macadamias (Macadamia integrifolia), or Moreton Bay figs (Ficus macrophylla forma
macrophylla) were mapped below 100m2.
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2.9 EXOTIC PLANTS
Rainforest communities in Logan possess valuable natural resources such as timber and fertile soils.
Many rainforest communities in Logan have been disturbed to access these resources.
The majority of previously disturbed rainforest areas in Logan have regenerated with exotic plant
species such as lantana (Lantana camara) and camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora). Significant
populations of camphor laurel are found along watercourses such as the Albert River and Oxley
Creek, whilst lantana was observed in the majority of regenerating rainforest communities surveyed.
Both lantana and camphor laurel produce a seed that is consumed by selected native fauna; likely as
a replacement feed source for native flora species cleared from the landscape. Several studies have
revealed that rainforests with mature stands of lantana and camphor laurel can support
regenerating rainforest species and offer opportunities for the gradual development of rainforest
communities (Oosterhout, 2004), (Paul, 2010), and (Fensham, Fairfax, & Cannell, 1994).
These species are currently contributing to ecological processes of the area and in some
circumstances are included within rainforest community polygons. Where possible at the scale of
digitising, camphor laurel plants located on the periphery and lantana within larger patches of
rainforest communities have been omitted.
2.10 ACACIA DISPARRIMA
In many areas surveyed, the presence of Acacia disparrima (silver wattle) was an indication that the
site was previously a rainforest community and regenerating rainforest elements could be found in
the understorey. Detailed survey Site 10 (Veresdale scrub – Trewin Road property) provides an
example of heavily disturbed rainforest, dominated by regenerating silver wattle, supporting a
diverse understorey of regenerating rainforest plants. Identifying regenerating silver wattle was one
(1) method whereby rainforest communities were identified and mapped. This approach was refined
by classifying areas with greater than 70% regenerating silver wattle as heavily disturbed.
2.11 VALIDATION & FINAL CHECKING OF RAINFOREST LINEWORK
Initial validation included comparisons of linework created in May, June and July with on-ground
observations in June and July 2015. Mapping linework was updated following these reviews.
The second component followed a review of the mapping product and report by Logan City Council
environment staff. Mapping linework was amended following these reviews.
The third component involved a review of the mapping by a select panel familiar with the Logan area
and its natural assets. Feedback from this community initiated the third and final review of the
mapping prior to its inclusion in a Planning Scheme amendment.
A copy of the mapping was also provided to the Queensland Herbarium for review and comment.
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2.12 LIMITATIONS TO THE RAINFOREST MAPPING
Despite best efforts to identify and delineate all areas of rainforest in Logan City Council, it is
possible that limitations to the study have contributed to omissions and errors. Identified limitations
may include:
1. relying on remotely sensed imagery in place of ground-truthing in some areas
2. incorrectly omitting rainforest communities in sites concealed by dense Eucalyptus,
Corymbia or Lophostemon forest,
3. incorrectly omitting areas where communities with rainforest elements were above the
threshold levels for inclusion, and/or
4. incorrectly including non-rainforest areas on the basis of aerial photograph signatures.
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3 FINDINGS
3.1 RAINFOREST PLANT COMMUNITIES & REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM ASSOCIATIONS
Queensland plant communities are generally classified under the State Government’s regional
ecosystem framework. Regional ecosystem (RE) descriptions include a three (3) part label (e.g.:
12.11.10) that relate to a bioregion (12=south-east Queensland), a landzone (11=hills and lowlands
on metamorphosed sedimentary rock), and a vegetation type (10= Notophyll vine forest). The layer
within a vegetation type that contributes the most above-ground biomass (ecologically dominant
layer or EDL) is used to inform the short descriptions. In mixed rainforest communities, rainforest
plants generally did not contribute to the EDL and consequently were not included in the short
description.
An intersection of mapped rainforest communities with Version 9.0 pre-clear regional ecosystem
linework found that 31 regional ecosystems supported mixed or pure rainforest forms in Logan City
(TABLE 1). Small areas of some RE types were included only due to diffuse boundaries or broad
ecotones between rainforest communities and adjacent RE’s.
TABLE 1. REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS CONTAINING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS OR COMMUNITIES
REGIONAL
ECOSYSYEM
12.1.1
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12.3.3d
12.3.5a
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12.3.7
12.3.7a
12.3.11
12.5.1
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12.8.16
12.8.19
12.9-10.2
12.9-10.3
12.9-10.7
12.9-10.16
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
Casuarina glauca and mangrove
Mangrove shrubland
Riverine wetland or fringing riverine wetland
Eucalyptus tereticornis woodland
Floodplain (other than floodplain wetlands). Eucalyptus moluccana woodland.
Other frequently occurring species include Eucalyptus tereticornis, E. crebra, E.
siderophloia and Corymbia intermedia
Palustrine wetland (e.g. vegetated swamp). Melaleuca quinquenervia, Casuarina
glauca +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest
Melaleuca quinquenervia +/- Eucalyptus tereticornis, Lophostemon suaveolens open
forest
Eucalyptus tereticornis, Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana +/Melaleuca spp. fringing woodland
Riverine wetland or fringing riverine wetland. Melaleuca bracteata open forest +/emergent Eucalypts tereticornis
Eucalyptus tereticornis +/- Eucalyptus siderophloia, Corymbia intermedia open
forest on alluvial plains
Open forest complex with Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata
Complex notophyll vine forest with Araucaria spp. on Cainozoic igneous rocks
Eucalyptus crebra +/- E. melliodora, E. tereticornis woodland
Heath and rock pavement with scattered shrubs or open woodland
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata +/- Eucalyptus crebra open forest
Eucalyptus moluccana open forest
Eucalyptus crebra +/- E. tereticornis, Corymbia tessellaris, Angophora spp., E.
melanophloia woodland
Araucarian microphyll to notophyll vine forest on Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments
TABLE 1. REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS CONTAINING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS OR COMMUNITIES
REGIONAL
ECOSYSYEM
12.9-10.17a
12.9-10.17d
12.9-10.19a
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SHORT DESCRIPTION
Lophostemon confertus or L. suaveolens dominated open forest usually with
emergent Eucalyptus and/or Corymbia species
Open forest generally containing Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. propinqua, Corymbia
intermedia
Corymbia henryi +/- Eucalyptus fibrosa subsp. fibrosa, Corymbia citriodora subsp.
variegata, E. siderophloia, E. crebra open forest
Simple notophyll vine forest often with abundant Archontophoenix
cunninghamiana (gully vine forest)
Eucalyptus siderophloia, E. propinqua +/- E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus,
Corymbia intermedia, E. acmenoides open forest
Lophostemon confertus +/- Eucalyptus microcorys, E. carnea, E. propinqua, E. major,
E. siderophloia woodland
Eucalyptus tindaliae, E. carnea, Corymbia intermedia woodland +/- E. crebra,
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata, Eucalyptus major, E. helidonica, Corymbia
henryi, Angophora woodsiana, C. trachyphloia (away from the coast) or E.
siderophloia, E. microcorys, E. racemosa subsp. racemosa, E. propinqua (closer to
the coast).
Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata woodland usually including Eucalyptus
siderophloia or E. crebra (sub coastal ranges), E. propinqua and E. acmenoides or E.
carnea
Corymbia henryi woodland +/- Eucalyptus crebra, E. carnea, E. tindaliae, E. fibrosa
subsp. fibrosa, E. siderophloia, C. citriodora subsp. variegata, Angophora leiocarpa,
E. acmenoides, E. helidonica, E. propinqua, C. intermedia. Includes patches of E.
dura
Eucalyptus tereticornis open forest
Notophyll vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii
Eucalyptus moluccana woodland
Eucalyptus pilularis open forest
3.2 CORE RAINFOREST AREAS IN LOGAN
The most significant rainforest communities in Logan City were represented in 12 core areas: Daisy
Hill Conservation Park; Cornubia Forest; Logan River; Bahrs Scrub; Belivah; Wolffdene; Albert River;
Veresdale Scrub; Mt Elliot; Sandy Creek; Oxley Creek; and Mt Blaine. Detailed surveys within these
areas provide information on the health, threatening processes, species diversity and structural
components of the rainforest types identified in Logan City during the Rainforest Mapping Project.
3.2.1 DAISY HILL CONSERVATION AREA (SITE 1 ON FIGURE 4)
The Daisy Hill Conservation Area supports a core area of regenerating rainforest. The forest has
experienced high levels of disturbance but is a site with high ecological importance when species
diversity and location within a protected area estate is considered. The mapped rainforest
community is currently dominated by mixed rainforest communities but may over time form pure
Araucarian rainforest stands.
A detailed survey was carried out in the park to quantify the health, threatening processes, species
diversity and structural components of the rainforest. Summary findings from this survey classified
Site 1 as a heavily disturbed, very tall eucalypt and Araucaria woodland over regenerating mid-dense
rainforest species with high weed cover (PLATE 1 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet
for Site 1 is attached in APPENDIX 3.
3.2.2 CORNUBIA FOREST (SITE 2 ON FIGURE 4)
Cornubia Forest is a natural bushland area conserved for recreational and environmental purposes.
The site connects to the larger Daisy Hill Conservation Park and is characterised by moderately steep
slopes and incised gullies that contribute overland flows to the California Creek system. The drainage
lines within the elevated sections of Cornubia Forest support an understorey of isolated rainforest
plants and rainforest copses, whilst the alluvial areas at the base of the hills offer good examples of
mixed rainforest communities.
One (1) site at the footslopes of Cornubia Forest was selected to conduct a detailed survey of the
rainforest elements that were present. Summary findings from this survey classified Site 2 as a
moderately disturbed, tall eucalypt woodland over regenerating tall sparse rainforest species with
moderate weed cover (PLATE 2 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 2 is
attached in APPENDIX 4.
3.2.3 LOGAN RIVER (SITE 3 ON FIGURE 4)
The Logan River is a large waterway dissecting Logan City Council from north to south (FIGURE 1).
The waterway is located within a heavily altered landscape and consequently supports very few
large natural areas. The deep alluvial soils and many sheltered gullies contributing overland flows to
the river are likely to have once supported tall complex stands of pure and mixed rainforest types.
One (1) site within a fringing riparian community dominated by Queensland blue-gum (Eucalyptus
tereticornis) (PLATE 3 in APPENDIX 2) was selected to conduct a detailed survey of rainforest
elements. Summary findings from this survey classified Site 3 as a heavily disturbed, tall eucalypt
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woodland (with Ficus macrophylla) over regenerating sparse mid-high rainforest species with high
weed cover. The completed survey data sheet for Site 3 is attached in APPENDIX 5.
3.2.4 BAHRS SCRUB / BELIVAH AREA – BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 4 ON FIGURE 4)
The property was selected to assess the rainforest communities’ characteristic of the Bahrs Scrub /
Belivah area. The property contains pure rainforest communities, some of which are reported not to
have been cleared at any time (Davidson, 2015). Previous site assessments have identified several
rare, endangered and vulnerable plant species and the site presents as the highest quality rainforest
community encountered during the Logan Rainforest Mapping Project. Three (3) detailed
assessments (Sites 4, 5 and 6) were carried out on the property.
Summary findings from Site 4 classify the vegetation as a minimally disturbed mid-high closed
Araucarian rainforest (with isolated eucalypt emergents) containing low weed cover (PLATE 4 in
APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 4 is attached in APPENDIX 6.
3.2.5 BAHRS SCRUB / BELIVAH AREA – BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 5 ON FIGURE 4)
Summary findings from Site 5 classified the vegetation community as a moderately disturbed,
regenerating, tall, mid-dense Araucarian rainforest with moderate weed cover (PLATE 5 in
APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 5 is attached in APPENDIX 7.
3.2.6 BAHRS SCRUB / BELIVAH AREA – BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 6 ON FIGURE 4)
Summary findings from Site 6 classified the vegetation as a very tall mid-dense Araucarian rainforest
with low weed cover (PLATE 6 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 6 is
attached in APPENDIX 8.
3.2.7 WOLFFDENE – NEAGLE ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 7 ON FIGURE 4)
Neagle Road is a freehold land parcel supporting the variable regional ecosystem 12.11.3 (Eucalyptus
siderophloia, E. propinqua +/- E. microcorys, Lophostemon confertus, Corymbia intermedia, E.
acmenoides open forest). Where conditions are favourable, this community was found to frequently
support rainforest elements under a moderately dense eucalypt canopy. The rainforest on this
property has been logged and invaded by lantana (Lantana camara) but is actively regenerating.
The property was selected to conduct a detailed survey of the mixed rainforest type present in the
area. Summary findings from this survey classified Site 7 as a heavily disturbed tall eucalypt
woodland over regenerating mid-high sparse rainforest species with high weed cover (PLATE 7 in
APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 7 is attached in APPENDIX 9.
3.2.8 WOLFFDENE - WICKHAM ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 8 ON FIGURE 4)
Wickham Road is a gazetted unformed road that runs parallel to an ephemeral waterway
contributing overland flows to the Albert River. The site is heavily modified but supports strong
regeneration of rainforest species along the periphery of the watercourse and upper catchment.
Regional ecosystem mapping includes the rainforest community 12.11.1 (evergreen notophyll vine
forest) over part of the area, however the presence of emergent hoop pines (Araucaria
cunninghamii) upstream suggests it may be more widespread.
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One (1) site within the road reserve was selected to conduct a detailed survey of the waterway.
Summary findings from this survey classified Site 8 as a heavily disturbed, very tall eucalypt
woodland over regenerating sparse mid-high rainforest species with high weed cover (PLATE 8 in
APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 8 is attached in APPENDIX 10.
3.2.9 ALBERT RIVER - CHARDONS BRIDGE (SITE 9 ON FIGURE 4)
The Albert River forms the eastern-most boundary of Logan City (FIGURE 1). Similar to the Logan
River, the significant natural resources have encouraged the development of intensive forestry,
agricultural and horticultural industries on the river banks and adjacent floodplains. These activities
have impacted on rainforests associated with the Albert River and consequently few areas remain
undisturbed or significant in size.
One (1) site immediately downstream of Chardon’s Bridge was selected to conduct a detailed survey
of rainforest elements represented within the narrow fringing corridor of the Albert River. Summary
findings from this survey classified Site 9 as a moderately disturbed, very tall eucalypt woodland over
tall mid-dense regenerating rainforest species with high weed cover (PLATE 9 in APPENDIX 2). The
completed survey data sheet for Site 9 is attached in APPENDIX 11.
3.2.10 VERESDALE SCRUB – TREWIN ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 10 ON FIGURE 4)
Widely distributed rainforest species and fertile well-drained soils in Veresdale Scrub indicate that
historically the area is likely to have supported large areas of rainforest. The area is located on the
southern boundary of Logan City and supports relatively widespread but heavily disturbed pure
Araucarian rainforest communities. Despite the high disturbance levels, the area supports a diversity
of rainforest species and is still moderately well connected by vegetated corridors.
The property was selected as being representative of the regenerating Araucarian rainforest found
in the area. Summary findings from the detailed survey classified Site 10 as a moderate to heavily
disturbed, mid-dense, tall regenerating Araucarian rainforest with high weed cover (PLATE 10 in
APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 10 is attached in APPENDIX 12.
3.2.11 MT ELLIOT AREA – MT ELLIOT ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 11 ON FIGURE 4)
Mt Elliot is located on the western boundary of Logan City. The property selected for survey is
located at the base of Mt Elliot and contains a large proportion of the rainforest vegetation found in
this area. The site was selected to survey Araucarian rainforest communities typically found in the
locality. The site is known to support rare, endangered and vulnerable flora species, is of significant
size, and is located adjacent to an existing protected area (Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate).
One (1) site that included the property and the road reserve was selected to conduct a detailed
survey of the rainforest communities near Mt Elliot. Summary findings from this survey classified
Site 11 as a moderate to heavily disturbed, regenerating, tall mid-dense Araucarian rainforest with
high weed cover (PLATE 11 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 11 is attached
in APPENDIX 13.
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3.2.12 ‘SUNKEN VALLEY’, SANDY CREEK – LYONS-RICE ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 12 ON FIGURE 4)
Lyons-Rice Road is a privately-managed road that is used to access a handful of freehold landparcels. The site contains spectacular views of the Logan region and supports a moderately large
area of regenerating rainforest referred to as the ‘sunken-valley’ The property is modified but
supports a diverse suite of species and is managed for regeneration and environmental outcomes.
The headwaters of two (2) major watersheds, Oxley Creek and Sandy Creek, are located on this
property.
Three (3) detailed surveys were conducted on the property to quantify the rainforest communities
of the area. Summary findings from the ‘sunken valley’ classified the vegetation at Site 12 as a
moderate to heavily disturbed, tall mid-dense regenerating Araucarian rainforest with high weed
cover (PLATE 12 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 12 is attached in
APPENDIX 14.
3.2.13 SANDY CREEK – LYONS-RICE ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 13 ON FIGURE 4)
The Lyons-Rice Road property also supports rainforest plants in the riparian areas along Sandy Creek.
A detailed survey of an incised gully was conducted to quantify the rainforest characteristics of these
environments. Summary findings of Sandy Creek classified Site 13 as a moderate to highly disturbed,
very tall open forest of Lophostemon confertus over regenerating mid-dense rainforest species with
mid-dense weed cover (PLATE 13 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 13 is
attached in APPENDIX 15.
3.2.14 OXLEY CREEK HEADWATERS – LYONS-RICE ROAD PROPERTY (SITE 14 ON FIGURE 4)
The Oxley Creek catchment covers large areas of north-west Logan City Council. In some locations,
the headwaters of Oxley Creek support mixed rainforest communities in sheltered gullies. A detailed
survey was conducted in the upper reaches of Oxley Creek to quantify the rainforest found in this
catchment.
Summary findings from the survey classified the vegetation at Site 14 as heavily disturbed, very tall
eucalypt woodland over regenerating sparse rainforest species with high weed cover (PLATE 14 in
APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site 14 is attached in APPENDIX 16.
3.2.15 MT BLAINE AREA – HEADWATERS OF BUNDAMBA CREEK (SITE 15 ON FIGURE 4)
Mt Blaine is located on the western side of the Logan Council area and connects with the Mt Elliot
rainforest communities through secure corridors within Flinders-Goolman Conservation Estate. The
area supports rainforest formations that span both landzone 11 (on scree slopes) and landzone 9-10.
The property was selected to conduct a detailed survey of the rainforest types found within this
area. Summary findings from the survey classified Site 15 as a low to moderately disturbed, tall, middense rainforest with low weed cover (PLATE 15 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet
for Site 15 is attached in APPENDIX 17.
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3.2.16 OXLEY CREEK ALLUVIUM – TULLY ROAD (SITE 16 ON FIGURE 4)
The headwaters of Oxley Creek drain into an alluvial valley that has developed near the western end
of Tully Road. The majority of this area is grazed and characterised by semi-permanent water, fertile
alluvial soils, and narrow floodplains. A detailed survey was carried out on Tully Road to quantify the
rainforest communities in the area. Summary findings from this survey classified Site 16 as a
moderate to heavily disturbed very tall eucalypt woodland (with rainforest) over tall sparse
rainforest species with high weed cover (PLATE 16 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet
for Site 16 is attached in APPENDIX 18.
3.2.17 OXLEY CREEK ALLUVIUM – GREENBANK MILITARY TRAINING AREA (SITE 17 ON FIGURE 4)
The Oxley Creek catchment is rich in sandstone formations. Erosion of these landscapes produces
large amounts of sands that are deposited along its middle and lower floodplains. Oxley Creek in the
Greenbank Military Training Area (GMTA) is characterised by narrow, very deep deposits of sand
that occasionally support rainforest below a eucalypt canopy. A detailed survey in the GMTA was
conducted to quantify the rainforests found in this area. Summary findings from the survey classified
Site 17 as a heavily disturbed, very tall eucalypt woodland over regenerating sparse rainforest
species with high weed cover (PLATE 17 in APPENDIX 2). The completed survey data sheet for Site
17 is attached in APPENDIX 19.
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3.3 SPATIAL EXTENT OF RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES IN LOGAN
On-ground surveys and aerial photo interpretation were used to delineate the extent of rainforest
community boundaries in Logan City (FIGURE 5). A total area of 1006.5599 hectares was identified as
containing rainforest communities consistent with the parameters defined in this report.
3.4 RAINFOREST TYPES
Rainforests were divided into two (2) categories; pure rainforest types where the ecologically
dominant layer was composed of rainforest plants, and mixed rainforest, where the ecologically
dominant layer included non-rainforest species such as Eucalyptus, Lophostemon, and Corymbia.
Of the area identified as supporting rainforest communities:
1. 593.4451 hectares was determined to be pure rainforest, and
2. 413.1148 hectares was determined to support mixed rainforest types.
3.5 DISTURBANCE ASSESSMENTS OF RAINFORESTS IN LOGAN
Rainforest communities were assessed against disturbance factors detailed in section 2.2 to produce
area calculations for each level.
Of the area identified as supporting rainforest communities:
1. 297.8699 hectares was determined to have high levels of disturbance,
2. 461.7789 hectares was determined to have moderate levels of disturbance, and
3. 246.9111 hectares was determined to have low levels of disturbance.
Disturbance mapping is provided in FIGURE 6.
3.6 THREATENING PROCESS TO RAINFOREST REGENERATION
Threatening processes observed during on-ground surveys and aerial photo interpretation of
rainforest communities in Logan City included:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
mechanical clearing and permanent removal from the landscape,
fragmentation,
disturbed canopies and loss of microclimates,
low area to perimeter ratios (high edge effect),
cattle grazing,
pig rooting,
scorch from fire, and
suppression of regeneration by exotic plants.
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CONCLUSION
Rainforest communities are an extremely valuable asset to Logan City Council. The maintenance of
ecological and ecosystem services provided by these forest types are a socially and economically
important consideration in environmental planning. The identification and mapping of rainforest
communities offers the potential to coordinate conservation efforts and ensure targeted outcomes.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Logan Mapping Project would not have been possible without the participation of Logan
residents who kindly offered access to their property for survey activities. In addition, the following
people greatly assisted with the production of the report, GIS, plant identification and rainforest
linework:
Renee Domalewski – Logan City Council; Rodney Adam – Logan City Council; Fatih Dur – Logan City
Council; Glenn Leiper – botanist / ecologist; and Ted Fensom – ecologist.
The author is grateful for the support and collaboration of all who have participated in the
Rainforest Mapping Project.
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APPENDIX 1 – OBSERVATIONAL NOTES
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
OBSERVATION NOTES
5
6939867
520550
Waterway; rainforest elements under eucalypts; turns into a
hydrosol with Melaleuca immediately downstream
6
6940866
519349
7
6941131
519055
9
6941137
519055
10
6941808
519050
11
6941613
519721
13
6942057
519524
14
6941005
519640
17
6941234
519177
18
6939579
515976
19
6940356
515913
20
6939010
516946
21
6931193
518168
22
6930985
518052
23
6931194
517674
24
6931359
517820
Waterway; rainforest understorey; system has a variety of
emergent/T1 Eucalypts including tereticornis, microcorys,
propinqua, Lophostemon, grandis
Waterway; rainforest understorey; system has a variety of
emergent/T1 Eucalypts including tereticornis, microcorys,
propinqua, Lophostemon, grandis
Waterway; rainforest understorey; system has a variety of
emergent/T1 Eucalypts including tereticornis, microcorys,
propinqua, Lophostemon, grandis
Upper drainage feature; eucalypt dominated with sparse ferny
understorey; very little rainforest understorey; incised gully
could be without fire
Confluence of streams; rainforest elements with small copse of
trees within gully
Drainage line of tereticornis and Lophostemon suaveolens; no
rainforest elements
Waterway; rainforest elements in T3 understorey; eucalypt
dominated T1
Waterway, ephemeral; rainforest elements within sandy
alluvium/colluvium; heavily disturbed from logging, grazing, fire,
floods and weeds
bract/teret/glauca/few scrub spp/fig on hill/scrubby spp
scattered around/scrubby lower slopes/nth of
bridge/teret/cockspur/bract/wattles/few scrub spp/silky
oak/mangrove/casuarina/oxbows teret bracteata
Mallotus/Jagera/tereticornis/Maclura/Flagellaria/glauca/mangr
ove on creek/Cupaniopsis/extends on other side of road;
tereticornis dominates/citriodora on higher edge
Previous mapping has this area with rainforest elements;
dominated by gardens
Waterway/drainage line; incised creek with rainforest elements;
sandpaper figs/Jagera
Waterway/drainage line/Mallotus/Jagera/loph/adjacent is
eucalypt with scrub understorey][hills south support dry
rainforest/regrowth disparrima/Jagera/nlib/scrubby u's
Road ends and at rear of houses; regrowth
disparrima/Jagera/Flindersia/ with scattered eucalypts
Waterway drainage line; rainforest elements along banks
scattered but form contiguous canopy with garden elements
25
6931411
518191
26
27
6931469
6931604
517886
517623
Waterway; T1 tereticornis dominated creek with rainforest
elements in T3 S1
Waterway adjacent supports T3 S1 rainforest elements
Waterway draining to creek on nth side road/Jacaranda?on
creek/rainforest elements but wattle regrowth prevalent; does
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
OBSERVATION NOTES
support Jagera/Grevillea robusta
28
6931859
517347
Waterway to north, floodplain and edges once supported
rainforest but only residual elements now; Araucaria,
Lophostemon with rainforest elements
To east, ironbark hills; dry rainforest on elevated areas up
Majella Street
Heavily altered site; ironbark (fibrosa?) and citriodora hills with
Araucaria and silky oaks in depressions and dry gullies; vine
scrub species growing as small plants
Eucalypt and Lophostemon dominated landscape
Ornamental? Araucaria along fenceline; waterway supports
rainforest elements; Lophostemon in T1; Ficus, Jagera
29
6931772
517121
30
6931296
516968
31
32
6931591
6931655
517019
516648
33
6931299
516242
End of road; C. intermedia, Lophostemon confertus; seedlings of
rainforest plants scattered through landscape but not vine scrub
34
6931535
516245
35
6931010
515864
36
37
38
6931697
6931734
6931691
516397
516179
515868
39
40
6931671
6931432
515586
515332
41
6931894
517126
42
6932475
517086
43
6932394
516925
44
6930258
517810
45
6929744
516968
North side regenerating wattle regrowth (disparrima) with
scattered Grevillea robusta, Alphitonia excelsa; creek supports
rainforest elements/southern side disparrima, C. tessellaris, C.
intermedia, A. littoralis
South of road end upslope is regenerating vine scrub with
eucalypt mix; to the east is a large area of wattle (disparrima?)
with scattered Araucaria
Eucalypt, Lophostemon and wattle
Eucalypt, Lophostemon and wattle ridge
Eucalypt, Lophostemon and wattle with isolated pioneer
rainforest seedlings
Planted Araucaria; Eucalypt and Corymbia dominated
Conservation estate entrance; eucalypt dominated; pioneer
rainforest seedlings very isolated
Waterway has elements of rainforest; dominated by camphor
laurel and edges of eucalypt and wattle
Waterway to south may have supported rainforest but is lacking
integrity; modified landscape
Waterway; creek supports some rainforest elements;
dominated by camphor laurel on western side
House on southern side surrounded by rainforest elements;
lower wetter slopes tereticornis; edges support rainforest but
isolated paddock trees; house to east on same property also has
rainforest elements surrounding house
End of property boundaries to west supports regenerating dry
vine scrub; eucalypt emergents scattered throughout
46
6929243
518285
47
48
6928411
6928503
518599
518326
49
6928293
518821
Waterway; rainforest elements visible on eastern side; west is
sparse until creek starts again
Ironbark wattle regrowth
Steep drop-off to south makes visibility difficult; no rainforest
elements on crest
Waterway supports rainforest elements; planted? Araucaria
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
50
6927642
517440
51
6927833
517097
52
6928006
517127
53
6927480
517189
54
6927186
517121
55
6925566
517450
56
6925752
516650
58
6926308
516910
58
60
6931085
6931125
515660
515550
61
62
63
6931160
6931160
6931158
515561
515652
515702
64
65
66
6931665
6923990
6923623
516410
516815
517290
67
6920375
515569
68
69
6921962
6926910
517167
516659
70
71
6926877
6926917
516516
516385
72
6926922
516243
73
6927145
516077
74
75
76
77
6911944
6911988
6912408
6912633
503211
503520
503056
503085
OBSERVATION NOTES
Waterway supports rainforest elements; Araucaria, Jagera, E.
propinqua, E. tereticornis, L. suaveolens
Waterway; eucalypt and Araucaria dominated T1, rainforest
elements T3 within creek
Crest of regenerating wattle with scattered rainforest elements;
grazed landscape
Waterway supports Araucarian forest (pines selectively kept)
with rainforest elements; eucalypts dominate upslope
Landscape supports rainforest on lower slopes; mid to upper
slopes eucalypt; grazed landscape; paddock trees
Waterway supports rainforest elements; Grevillea robusta, Ficus
macrophylla
Whipstick regrowth of Lophostemon, Eucalypt, Acacia,
Alphitonia; waterway to south heavily disturbed - would have
supported rainforest but little to none left
Waterway dominated by Lophostemon and Eucalypt; minor
element of rainforest in waterway as S1 seedlings
Eucalypt dominated with wattle understorey
Drainage line dominated by Lophostemon, Eucalypt and wattle
with isolated rainforest elements in S1; checked by fire; heavily
disturbed
Copse of Leptospermum and Melaleuca downstream of dam
Lophostemon, Casuarina, Eucalypt, Acacia
High bank of waterway; once probably supported rainforest but
largely to completely removed; Lophostemon and Acacia
Waterway supports rainforest elements; degraded edges
Waterway; E. tereticornis T1 over rainforest elements T3 - S1
Watercourse to east E. tereticornis T1 over T3/S1 rainforest
elements; camphor
Rocky outcrop on side of road; protected from fire?; Eucalypt,
Corymbia over dry vine scrub; Mallotus, Maclura; very small
area
Waterway; camphor dominant with rainforest elements within
Ridgeline to SSW C. citriodora T1 over scattered rainforest
elements; eucalypt dominates southern slope
Hill to south eucalypt dominated
Waterway; rainforest elements dominate; Araucaria with
Lophostemon confertus; high velocity creek
Waterway to south rainforest with eucalypt edges; boundary
diffuse with scrub spp invading under eucalypt in absence of fire
Crest of eucalypt and lantana; to the north is regenerating
heavily disturbed rainforest
Eucalypt dominated crest; south is cleared rainforest
Eucalypt and Corymbia
West rainforest and wattle regrowth
Crest eucalypts; west is stand of Araucaria
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
78
6912870
503086
79
80
81
82
83
84
6913351
6913638
6913808
6914046
6914822
6915277
503123
503178
503734
503667
503115
502572
85
86
87
6915081
6914617
6915401
502316
502440
502315
88
89
90
6915804
6915780
6915355
502885
503022
503397
91
6915730
503246
92
6916017
502739
93
6916179
502912
94
95
96
6916136
6915786
6916354
503057
503652
503491
99
6916891
501689
100
101
102
6916580
6915556
6914724
501638
501713
501791
103
104
105
6914496
6914097
6913822
501582
501521
501656
106
107
6913445
6913238
501448
501376
108
109
110
111
112
6913040
6912970
6912944
6912916
6912846
501334
501326
501323
501320
501311
OBSERVATION NOTES
Rainforest elements in very thick eucalypt regrowth; timber
country
Eucalypt dominated
Eucalypt and Acacia
Regenerating whipstick Eucalypt and Corymbia
Eucalypt dominated
Eucalypt dominated ridge
Rainforest elements regenerating in waterway; Maclura
common
Eucalypt dominated; rainforest elements in gardens
Eucalypt dominated
Regenerating wattle / rainforest community; heavily disturbed;
lantana
Waterway; isolated rainforest elements; very degraded
Eucalypt dominated
Head of drainage line; eucalypt dominated; very isolated
rainforest elements
Waterway; heavily disturbed; relics of rainforest elements with
some regeneration
Western side of road supports rainforest elements in waterway
area; some individual spp scattered; rural res modified
landscape
Waterway with regenerating rainforest elements; Maclura
common, Mallotus, Jagera, Callistemon
Eucalypt dominated rise
Eucalypt, Lophostemon, Corymbia dominated
Ridge eucalypt dominated; no visible sign of rainforest in
waterway downslope
Waterway; grazed modified landscape; copses and paddock
trees; rainforest elements Araucaria, Grevillea robusta retained
Corymbia dominated
Eucalypt and Corymbia dominated
Small patches of rainforest on sides of road with eucalypts;
retained Araucaria
Araucaria retained in house yard and in paddock (east)
Rainforest elements in small patch on edge of road
Eucalypt dominated with elements of invasive or regenerating
rainforest
Rainforest elements on sid of road (east)
Acacia, Alphitonia, Camphor; Maclura on lower slope in
waterway
Rainforest elements on east of road
Rainforest elements on east of road
Rainforest elements on east of road with Acacia
80% Acacia with some regenerating rainforest elements
Mature rainforest individuals with Acacia regrowth on east
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
113
114
6912729
6912547
501339
501390
115
6912357
501347
116
117
118
119
125
126
6912239
6912098
6911943
6911775
6911596
6911633
501355
501335
501309
501283
501244
501027
127
128
129
131
132
133
141
6916573
6917076
6917682
6918616
6918959
6919858
6925151
499212
499750
499952
500614
501055
502028
484630
144
6924758
484469
145
146
149
6924625
6924531
6924096
484574
484594
484753
150
154
6923852
6923411
484978
485368
156
6922095
486356
165
175
6925299
6930807
487779
490179
179
184
185
186
187
6930643
6930476
6930535
6930578
6930511
490024
490163
490219
490357
490584
192
194
6930885
6931013
491314
491608
OBSERVATION NOTES
Acacia
Retained Araucaria in paddocks along drainage line; elements of
rainforest in paddocks; grazed
Isolated and some clumps of Grevillea robusta and Araucaria
retained as paddock trees
M. bracteata, Araucaria and G. robusta in gullies; very isolated
Some paddock trees rainforest origin; E. moluccana
M. bracteata, Chinese elm, E. moluccana
M. bracteata
Eucalypt overstorey with deposited rainforest elements
Araucaria on waterway to north; eucalypts on roadside
dominate
Eucalypt; Araucaria planted at back of property to east
Eucalypt dominated; no visible sign of rainforest elements
Eucalypt dominated, thick understorey
Waterway with rainforest elements within
Eucalypt dominated
Melaleuca and eucalypt
Waterway; E. tereticornis, Angophora subvelutina, Maclura
cochinchinensis, Alphitonia excelsa, Alectryon tomentosus,
Glochidion, Mallotus philippensis; burnt, grazed logged
Waterway; E. tereticornis, Melaleuca viminalis, Melia azedarach,
rainforest elements
Drainage line; Jagera, Mallotus philippensis, jagera
Drainage line; very narrow fringing rainforest elements
Waterway; Angophora subvelutina, Lophostemon suaveolens,
Corymbia intermedia, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Maclura
cochinchinensis, Ficus opposita, Melia azedarach
Aphananthe philippinensis, Lomandra longifolia
E. tereticornis dominated waterway; rainforest elements
isolated
E. tereticornis, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Melaleuca viminalis,
Maclura, isolated rainforest elements
Survey site
Edge of floodplain; rainforest elements remain outside cleared
alluvial flats
Watercourse rainforest with eucalypt overstorey
Some rainforest elements on dam
Ficus macrophylla and rainforest elements common
Rainforest elements from waypoint 185 stop here
Trees closest to road Melaleuca but rainforest elements
scattered in paddock
Ficus next to buildings on both sides of the road
Waterway; Aphananthe, Ficus coronata, rainforest elements
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
195
6931013
491773
198
6931492
494116
206
207
208
209
211
212
213
215
6922005
6921833
6921721
6921591
6921471
6921527
6921624
6922798
481806
481929
482068
482197
482770
482946
483036
484844
215
6938604
499425
216
217
218
6939445
6939442
6926608
499096
498999
480871
220
6943087
515627
221
6943087
515665
222
223
224
225
6943087
6943037
6943023
6943007
515707
515914
515960
516036
226
6943504
515786
229
6943756
515731
230
6943824
515679
231
6943590
515632
241
6926341
515891
OBSERVATION NOTES
E. tereticornis, Casuarina cunninghamiana, Camphor laurel,
Mallotus philippensis, Alphitonia excelsa, Glochidion ferdinandi,
Melia azedarach, Maclura; elements of the community appear
too wet and may be more 12.3.6
E. tereticornis, Camphor laurel, Angophora subvelutina, and
understorey of rainforest elements
Disturbed rainforest on both sides of road
Rainforest
Rainforest edge before severe disturbance
Rainforest eucalypt edge
Survey site
Rainforest eucalypt edge
Rainforest eucalypt edge
Isolated rainforest elements on creek; Angophora, Casuarina,
tereticornis, Camphor laurel, Mallotus philippensis
Watercourse; E. tereticornis, L. confertus, G. robusta, E.
microcorys over rainforest elements; extremely disturbed and
has then been invaded and is now dominated by cats claw and
lantana
E. microcorys and E. tereticornis over lantana
Watercourse; M. saligna, very isolated rainforest elements
Scree boundary; rainforest elements common on slope,
rainforest community below scree
Drainage line dominated by gums with an understorey of quite
well developed rainforest elements; mostly occur on alluvial
soils with invasive rainforest elements intruding into in-situ
developed soils
Ecotone / boundary between drier eucalypt forest and alluvial
rainforest component
Boundary of rainforest elements and eucalypt forest
Invasive rainforest elements extending into eucalypt forest
Waterway; eucalypts over rainforest elements
Boundary of alluvial rainforest community with eucalypt
emergents/T1
Waterway; edges of watercourse with regenerating
wattle/rainforest; community severely disturbed but moderately
well advanced regeneration
Waterway; edges of watercourse with regenerating
wattle/rainforest; community severely disturbed but moderately
well advanced regeneration
Waterway; edges of watercourse with regenerating
wattle/rainforest; community severely disturbed but moderately
well advanced regeneration
Drainage line; isolated rainforest elements in the waterway;
regenerating well
Waterway; L. confertus, C. intermedia, Polyscias elegans, Jagera
pseudorhus, Mallotus claoxyloides, Lantana camara
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
246
6926208
516018
247
251
6913899
6913912
503804
503809
253
6913914
503921
254
259
261
6913898
6913829
6914060
503985
504127
504182
263
264
265
6914058
6914196
6914150
504112
504125
503911
265
268
6926263
6926113
486136
488177
269
271
6925237
6926537
488839
516923
273
6938244
520034
274
6920026
502212
275
6911910
501302
276
277
6912265
6912499
501351
501364
278
279
6916376
6915982
502028
502047
283
6913776
504537
286
6917487
501448
289
6915472
500279
290
6916065
501028
292
6917276
494532
293
294
6917436
6921945
494521
517149
OBSERVATION NOTES
Waterway; isolated rainforest elements on the edges of the
waterway
L. confertus grades into rainforest at this point
Lophostemon confertus on drainage line; rainforest elements
under canopy
Confluence of streams; rainforest elements and Acacia
disparrima regeneration, Lantana camara
Araucaria, A. disparrima, rainforest elements, Lantana camara
Photo point
Ficus rubiginosa, Lophostemon confertus over rainforest
elements; evidence of logging
Ficus rubiginosa
Isolated rainforest elements invading eucalypt woodland
E. moluccana, C. citriodora; some rainforest elements but
invasive only
Lophostemon confertus gully with scattered rainforest elements
Lophostemon confertus drainage line; rainforest elements
dominant along fringing stream
Eucalypt overstorey with rainforest elements in T3
Regenerating rainforest; clumped and isolated rainforest
elements
Invasive and regenerating rainforest elements under eucalypt
forest on alluvium and deeply weathered soils; saline valley floor
Waterway with isolated rainforest elements; narrow fringing
creekline only; very degraded; in between 12.3.6, 12.3.7,
12.3.11?
Watercourse lines to west support paddock trees of Araucaria
and other rainforest elements
Copse of Araucaria on waterway to west
Waterway supports Araucaria, rainforest elements and
Melaleuca bracteata
Waterway to east regenerating eucalypt, Acacia and rainforest
Very disturbed rainforest; regeneration restricted to
watercourse and small floodouts
Catchment to south and west highly modified rainforest;
drainage lines and copses along floodplain; regenerating Acacia
disparrima and rainforest on slopes; gullies supporting rainforest
Watercourse, steeply incised; supports rainforest elements but
very degraded at the road crossing point
fig right next to waypoint/lantana/wouldn't have been but too
far gone
Waterway; heavily weed infested, rainforest elements within
waterway
Watercourse; E. tereticornis, C. cunninghamiana, Grevillea
robusta, Araucaria to north, Maclura
Watercourse; Aphananthe on edge of bank
Watercourse; camphor laurel with rainforest elements under;
FID
NORTHING
EASTING
295
297
6925497
6942422
517436
518276
298
299
6942435
6942423
518194
518166
OBSERVATION NOTES
fringing rainforest community only
Ficus macrophylla on waterway
Drainage line; Lophostemon confertus over very fringing
rainforest elements
Isolated rainforest elements in T3 layer
Drainage line; photopoint; Lophostemon confertus T1, rainforest
elements understorey
APPENDIX 2. PLATES
Plate 1: Daisy Hill Conservation Area (Site 1)
Plate 2: Cornubia Forest (Site 2)
Plate 3: Logan River (Site 3)
Plate 4: Bahrs scrub / Belivah area – Belivah Road property (Site 4)
Plate 5. Bahrs scrub / Belivah area – Belivah Road property (Site 5)
Plate 6. Bahrs scrub / Belivah area – Belivah Road property (Site 6)
Plate 7: Wolffdene – Neagle Road property (Site 7)
Plate 8: Wolffdene - Wickham Road property (Site 8)
Plate 9: Albert River (Site 9)
Plate 10: Veresdale scrub – Trewin Road property (Site 10)
Plate 11. Mt Elliot area – Mt Elliott Road property (Site 11)
Plate 12: ‘Sunken Valley’, Sandy Creek – Lyons-Rice Road property (Site 12)
Plate 13: Sandy Creek – Lyons-Rice Road property (Site 13)
Plate 14: Oxley Creek headwaters – Lyons-Rice Road property (Site 14)
Plate 15. Mt Blaine area – headwaters of Bundamba creek (Site 15)
Plate 16: Oxley Creek Alluvium - Tully Road (Site 16)
Plate 17: Oxley Creek alluvium – Greenbank Military Training Area (Site 17)
APPENDIX 3 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 1 (DAISY HILL CONSERVATION AREA)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DAISY HILL CONSERVATION PARK
SURVEYOR(S):
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 1
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
515871
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
5000m²
NORTHING:
6943920
ALTITUDE:
64
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
MUDROCK
LANDZONE
9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
3
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
45%
ROCK:
10%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
30%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
20%
BARE GROUND
2%
15%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
30%
MINIMAL
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
50%
HIGH
GRAZING
NIL
N/A
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: HEAVILY DISTURBED VERY TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND WITH ARAUCARIA OVER
REGENERATING MID-DENSE RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (17-24)[21]
T2: (8-14)[12]
T3: (4-8)[5]
S1: (1-4)[2]
T3: 35%
S1: 65%
G: (0-1 )[0.5 ]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 25%
T2: 35%
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Lophostemon confertus
20
Eucalyptus siderophloia
15
Eucalyptus propinqua
15
Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii
10
Ficus virens var. sublanceolata
10
T2%
Flindersia bennettii
15
Jagera pseudorhus
15
T3%
G: 65%
S1%
G%
15
Alphitonia excelsa
15
Mallotus philippensis
20
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
25
Ficus coronata
5
Neolitsea dealbata
20
10
Guioa semiglauca
5
10
Acacia maidenii
10
Melia azedarach
5
Flagellaria indica
5
10
Trophis scandens
10
10
Pittosporum revolutum
5
Pittosporum multiflorum
5
Brachychiton acerifolius
2
Polyscias elegans
5
Notelaea longifolia
5
Trema aspera
5
Capparis arborea
5
Everistia vacciniifolia
5
Alyxia ruscifolia
5
Asplenium australasicum
10
Pyrrosia rupestris
1
Gahnia aspera
5
Dianella caerulea
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (17-24)[21]
T2: (8-14)[12]
T3: (4-8)[5]
S1: (1-4)[2]
T3: 35%
S1: 65%
G: (0-1 )[0.5 ]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 25%
KEY SPECIES
T2: 35%
E%
T1%
T2%
T3%
G: 65%
S1%
G%
Cordyline sp.
5
Solanum mauritianum*
10
Lantana camara*
50
Solanum seaforthianum*
10
Passiflora subpeltata*
15
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
APPENDIX 4 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 2 (CORNUBIA FOREST)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
CORNUBIA FOREST
SURVEYOR(S):
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY 2
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
519294
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
10000m²
NORTHING:
6940905
ALTITUDE:
7
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ALLUVIUM/COLLUVIUM FROM METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS
LANDZONE
3/11
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
7
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPECIES, FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL)COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
HEIGHT:
3-6 (LOW) 6.01-12 (MID HIGH) 12.01-20 (TALL) 20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM: PRESENT
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES: <10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
35%
ROCK:
5%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
20%
PALMS:
5%
EPIPHYTES:
10%
BARE GROUND
1%
15%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
50%
MODERATE(HISTORIC)
FIRE
EDGE
LOW
LOGGING
50%
MODERATE(HISTORIC)
WEEDS
20%
MODERATE
GRAZING
0%
NIL
EDGE EFFECT
MODERATE
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATELY DISTURBED TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER REGENERATING TALL
SPARSE RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH MODERATE WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (16-20)[19]
T2: (9-14)[12]
T3:
S1: (2-5)[4]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 35 %
G: 35%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 20 %
T2: 30%
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Eucalyptus siderophloia
10
Lophostemon confertus
15
Eucalyptus propinqua
10
Ficus watkinsiana
5
Eucalyptus grandis
10
Eucalyptus tereticornis
10
Eucalyptus microcorys
5
Corymbia intermedia
5
T2%
Waterhousea floribunda
T3%
S1%
5
Celtis sinensis*
5
Castanospermum australe
5
Acmena smithii
5
Commersonia bartramia
5
Melaleuca saligna
5
Melia azedarach
5
Archontophoenix alexandrae
5
Glochidion ferdinandi
5
Melicope elleryana
5
5
5
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
5
5
5
Ficus coronata
5
10
Macaranga tanarius
5
5
Denhamia celastroides
Alphitonia excelsa
G%
5
5
5
Trema aspera
5
Acacia fimbriata
10
Acacia maidenii
5
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
5
Pittosporum revolutum
5
Cyathea sp.
10
Tristaniopsis laurina
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (16-20)[19]
T2: (9-14)[12]
T3:
S1: (2-5)[4]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 35 %
G: 35%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 20 %
T2: 30%
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
T3%
Bursaria spinosa subsp. spinosa
S1%
G%
5
5
Alpinia caerulea
10
Cordyline sp.
2
Asplenium australasicum
5
Calochlaena dubia
2
Pteridium esculentum
10
Lomandra longifolia
10
Parsonsia straminea
10
10
5
Anredera cordifolia*
5
2
Lantana camara*
5
15
Dianella caerulea
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
5
APPENDIX 5 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 3 (LOGAN RIVER)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
LOGAN RIVER - TYGUM ROAD
SURVEYOR(S):
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 3
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
500 m²
512311
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
9
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ALLUVIUM
6936693
LANDZONE
3
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
COMMON
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
1
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
30%
ROCK:
0%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
50%
PALMS:
2%
EPIPHYTES:
20%
BARE GROUND
0%
40%
CRYPTOGAMS:
0%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HISTORIC
FIRE
NIL
N/A
LOGGING
NIL
N/A
WEEDS
40%
HIGH
GRAZING
NIL
N/A
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: HEAVILY DISTURBED TALL EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS WOODLAND WITH FICUS
MACROPHYLLA OVER REGENERATING SPARSE MID-HIGH RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (19-21)[20]
T2: (14-17)[15]
T3: (8-10)[9]
S1: (2-4 )[3]
T3: 30%
S1: 20%
G: (0-2)[1.5]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 15%
T2: 45%
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T3%
S1%
Mallotus philippensis
15
10
Streblus pendulinus
10
5
Aphananthe philippinensis
10
5
5
Celtis sinensis*
5
5
5
Ficus coronata
10
5
Cryptocarya triplinervis
5
5
5
10
Eucalyptus tereticornis
60
Ficus macrophylla forma macrophylla
25
Melaleuca bracteata
T2%
G: 15%
70
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
Maclura cochinchinensis
Melia azedarach
10
10
10
5
5
Archontophoenix alexandrae
5
Parsonsia straminea
10
Trophis scandens subsp. scandens
10
Geitonoplesium cymosum
Cardiospermum grandiflorum*
5
2
10
Senna pendula*
Morus nigra*
G%
15
15
15
5
5
10
Murraya paniculata cv. Exotica*
5
Schinus terebinthifolius*
5
5
Rivina humilis*
15
Passiflora edulis*
2
Lantana camara*
10
Ipomoea cairica*
Solanum seaforthianum*
Solanum mauritianum*
Solanum torvum*
15
15
10
10
15
5
5
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (19-21)[20]
T2: (14-17)[15]
T3: (8-10)[9]
S1: (2-4 )[3]
T3: 30%
S1: 20%
G: (0-2)[1.5]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 15%
KEY SPECIES
T2: 45%
E%
T1%
T2%
T3%
G: 15%
S1%
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
G%
APPENDIX 6 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 4 (BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY
SURVEYOR(S):
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 4
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB/RD/GL/PD
10000m²
516827
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
95
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS AGE SEDIMENTARY
6930296
LANDZONE
11
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
1
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT LAYER (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
50%
ROCK:
40%
WOODY DEBRIS
5%
VINES:
30%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
5%
BARE GROUND
20%
CRYPTOGAMS:
10%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
DISTURBANCE
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
0%
NIL
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
0%
NIL
WEEDS
30%
MEDIUM
GRAZING
100%
LOW
EDGE EFFECT
LOW
SITE DESCRIPTION: MINIMALLY DISTURBED MID-HIGH CLOSED ARAUCARIAN RAINFOREST WITH
(ISOLATED) EUCALYPT EMERGENTS CONTAINING LOW WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 16-20
T1: (8-12)[11]
T2: (4-8)[6]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (1-4)[2]
T3: %
S1: 10%
G: (0-1)[0.5 ]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 5%
T1: 65%
T2: 35%
G: 35%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
Eucalyptus tereticornis
90
Diospyros fasciculosa
15
10
Macadamia integrifolia
10
10
Mallotus philippensis
15
10
Ficus virens
15
Harpulia pendula
10
5
Aphananthe philippinensis
10
5
Streblus pendulinus
10
5
Ficus rubiginosa
10
10
Cleistanthus cunninghamii
2
Barklya syringifolia
2
Hodgkinsonia ovatiflora
2
Olea paniculata
5
5
Alangium villosum subsp. tomentosum
5
5
Acacia madenii
2
2
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
2
5
Dissiliaria baloghioides
2
5
Elattostachys bidwillii
T3%
S1%
5
Cupaniopsis parvifolia
2
Alectryon connatus
2
Alectryon tomentosus
2
Bosistoa pentacocca subsp. pentacocca
5
Pentaceras australis
5
Citrus australis
5
Pittosporum viscidum
5
Sarcomelicope simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia
5
5
Pavetta australiensis var. australiensis
5
Capparis arborea
10
Alyxia ruscifolia
G%
5
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 16-20
T1: (8-12)[11]
T2: (4-8)[6]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (1-4)[2]
T3: %
S1: 10%
G: (0-1)[0.5 ]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 5%
T1: 65%
T2: 35%
G: 35%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Pleogyne australis
Austrosteenisia blackii var. blackii
T2%
T3%
S1%
G%
5
5
5
Asplenium austrolasicum
2
Platycerium bifurcatum
2
Gynochthodes canthoides
5
Cayratia acris
5
5
Maclura cochinchinensis
5
5
Cissus antarctica
5
Polyalthia nitidissima
5
Dioscorea transversa
Hippocratea barbata
2
5
Smilax australis
5
2
Geitonoplesium cymosum
Flagellaria indica
Diplocyclos palmatus
2
5
5
Tetrastigma nitens
Trophis scandens subsp. scandens
5
5
5
5
5
5
2
2
2
Cordyline congesta
5
Pseuderanthemum variable
2
Adiantum atroviride
5
Solanum stelligerum
2
Solanum seaforthianum*
2
5
Murraya paniculata cv. Exotica*
2
Lantana camara*
15
Rivina humilis*
35
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS OVERLAP
2. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY DARYL BAUMGARTNER, GLENN LEIPER, RENEE DOMALEWSKI, PETER
DAVIDSON
3. PRESENCE OF ISOLATED EUCALYPTS SUGGEST HISTORICAL DISTURBANCE
APPENDIX 7 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 5 (BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY
SURVEYOR(S): DJB/RD/GL/PD
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 5
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
5000m²
516535
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
104
SLOPE (⁰):
<1
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS SEDIMENTARY ROCK
1-3
6929652
3-10
10-32
LANDZONE:
>32
11
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT LAYER (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
15%
ROCK:
45%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
25%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
15%
BARE GROUND
0%
15%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
50%
MOD. (HISTORICAL)
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
0%
NIL
WEEDS
30%
MODERATE
GRAZING
100%
MODERATE
EDGE EFFECT
MOD-HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATELY DISTURBED REGENERATING TALL MID-DENSE ARAUCARIAN
RAINFOREST WITH MODERATE WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 20
T1: (8-14)[10]
T2: (4-8)[7]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (1-4)[3]
T3: %
S1: 30%
G: (0-1)[0.5 ]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 2%
T1: 35%
T2: 45 %
G: 20%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii
100
T1%
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
10
Ficus rubiginosa
5
Cryptocarya species 'Worlds End Pocket'
15
Macadamia integrifolia
10
Flindersia xanthoxyla
5
Flindersia bennettii
5
Flindersia schottiana
5
Drypetes deplanchei
5
Alphitonia excelsa
5
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
5
Diospyros geminata
5
Alectryon tomentosus
5
T2%
T3%
S1%
Pavetta australiensis var. australiensis
5
5
Dendrocnide photinophylla
5
5
Acronychia laevis
5
Everistia vacciniifolia
5
Alyxia ruscifolia
5
Capparis arborea
5
Cordyline congesta
G%
5
5
Jasminum volubile
5
5
Trophis scandens subsp. scandens
10
5
Melodorum leichhardtii
10
5
Embelia australiana
5
5
Ripogonum brevifolium
2
5
5
Smilax australis
2
5
5
Solanum seaforthianum*
2
10
5
Megathyrsus maximus var. maximus*
15
Rivina humilis*
15
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 20
T1: (8-14)[10]
T2: (4-8)[7]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (1-4)[3]
T3: %
S1: 30%
G: (0-1)[0.5 ]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 2%
T1: 35%
T2: 45 %
G: 20%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
Lantana camara*
E%
T1%
T2%
5
T3%
S1%
G%
20
20
NOTES:
4. ARAUCARIA CUNNINGHAMII VAR. CUNNINGHAMII IDENTIFIED REMOTELY AND NOT IN SURVEY
AREA
5. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
6. SURVEY CONDUCTED BY DARYL BAUMGARTNER, GLENN LEIPER, RENEE DOMALEWSKI, PETER
DAVIDSON
APPENDIX 8 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 6 (BELIVAH ROAD PROPERTY)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
BAHRS SCRUB / BELIVAH AREA – BELIVAH RD PROPERTY
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 6
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
GEOLOGY:
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
SLOPE (⁰):
6929533
86
<1
DEVONIAN/CARBONIFEROUS SEDIMENTARY ROCK
DB/RD/GL/PD
5000m²
516436
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
SURVEYOR(S):
1-3
3-10
10-32
LANDZONE:
>32
11
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
HEIGHT:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP, FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT LAYER (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %: <10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
HEIGHT:
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
60%
ROCK:
20%
WOODY DEBRIS
5%
BARE GROUND
10%
VINES:
10%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
2%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
DISTURBANCE
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
0%
NIL
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
0%
NIL
WEEDS
10%
LOW
GRAZING
100%
LOW
EDGE EFFECT
LOW
SITE DESCRIPTION: VERY TALL MID-DENSE ARUCARIAN RAINFOREST WITH LOW WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: [26]
T1: (16-22)[20]
T2: (12-16 )[15]
T3: (4-12)[8]
S1: (2-4)[3]
T3: 60%
S1: 20%
G: (0-2)[0.5]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 2%
T1: 40%
T2: 40%
G: 15%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii
80
Vitex lignum-vitae
20
Diospyros pentamera
5
5
Acacia bakeri
5
5
Dissiliaria baloghioides
5
5
Dysoxylum rufum
5
5
Flindersia australis
5
5
Flindersia xanthoxyla
5
5
Polyscias elegans
5
5
Planchonella myrsinifolia
5
5
Gossia bidwillii
5
Planchonella pohlmaniana
5
Planchonella eerwah
5
T3%
S1%
5
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
5
Macadamia integrifolia
5
Mallotus claoxyloides
10
Arytera divaricata
5
Cyclophyllum coprosmoides var. coprosmoides
5
Notelaea johnsonii
5
Toechima tenax
G%
5
Atractocarpus chartaceus
5
Capparis arborea
5
Ixora beckleri
5
Carissa ovata
5
Croton mamillatus
5
Cordyline congesta
10
Dendrobium tetragonum
2
Pyrrosia confluens
1
Psychotria loniceroides
1
1
5
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: [26]
T1: (16-22)[20]
T2: (12-16 )[15]
T3: (4-12)[8]
S1: (2-4)[3]
T3: 60%
S1: 20%
G: (0-2)[0.5]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 2%
T1: 40%
T2: 40%
G: 15%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
T3%
S1%
G%
Cayratia acris
10
5
5
Trophis scandens subsp. scandens
5
5
5
Geitonoplesium cymosum
2
Diplocyclos palmatus
Cissus antarctica
Tylophora sp.
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Rivina humilis*
NOTES:
7. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
25
APPENDIX 9 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 7 (WOLFFDENE–NEAGLE RD PROPERTY)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
WOLFFDENE – NEAGLE ROAD PROPERTY
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 7
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
SURVEYOR(S):
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
10000m²
516923
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
118
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENT
6926537
LANDZONE
11
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
5
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
ABSENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
60%
ROCK:
20%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
10%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
10%
BARE GROUND
0%
15%
CRYPTOGAMS:
2%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
30%
HIGH
GRAZING
0%
NIL
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: HEAVILY DISTURBED TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER REGENERATING MID-HIGH
SPARSE RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (11-18)[16]
T2: (5-10)[8]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-5)[4]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 15%
G: 40%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 15%
T2: 30%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Eucalyptus tereticornis
20
Eucalyptus propinqua
20
Eucalyptus microcorys
10
Lophostemon confertus
20
Corymbia citriodora
5
T2%
Polyscias elegans
5
Alectryon tomentosus
10
Aphananthe philippinensis
5
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
15
Acacia maidenii
10
Mallotus philippensis
20
Mallotus claoxyloides
2
Notelaea longifolia
5
Alphitonia excelsa
10
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
10
T3%
S1%
G%
Psychotria loniceroides
5
Breynia oblongifolia
5
Capparis velutina
5
Trophis scandens
10
Jasminum volubile
5
Geitonoplesium cymosum
5
Adiantum atrovide
Passiflora subpeltata*
Lantana camara*
15
5
5
5
30
80
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
APPENDIX 10 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 8 (WOLFFDENE-WICKHAM RD)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
WOLFFDENE - WICKHAM ROAD PROPERTY
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 8
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
SURVEYOR(S):
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
DJB
10000m²
515890
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
63
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ARENITE & CHERT
6926340
LANDZONE
11
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
4
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT LAYER (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
ABSENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
25%
ROCK:
35%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
5%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
10%
BARE GROUND
0%
15%
CRYPTOGAMS:
2%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
EDGES
MODERATE
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
70%
HIGH
GRAZING
0%
NIL
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: HEAVILY DISTURBED VERY TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER REGENERATING
SPARSE MID-HIGH RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (16-21)[19]
T2: (4-10)[6]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[3]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 40%
G: 70%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 20%
T2: 30%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
S1%
G%
Psychotria loniceroides
2
5
Hymenosporum flavum
2
Eucalyptus tereticornis
25
Corymbia intermedia
20
Eucalyptus propinqua
20
Lophostemon confertus
30
T2%
Acacia maidenii
10
Jagera pseudorhus
10
Alphitonia excelsa
10
Melia azedarach
10
Polyscias elegans
5
Mallotus philippensis
15
Brachychiton populneus
2
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
T3%
10
Acmena smithii
10
Mallotus claoxyloides
5
Glochidion ferdinandi
10
Acronychia laevis
10
10
Alyxia ruscifolia
5
Cordyline stricta
2
Cissus antarctica
10
5
Lantana camara*
50
75
Rivina humilis*
5
Solanum mauritianum*
5
Solanum chrysotrichum*
5
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS OVERLAP
2. MORE COMPLEX RAINFOREST APPEARS IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THIS WATERWAY
10
APPENDIX 11 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 9 (ALBERT RIVER)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
ALBERT RIVER - CHARDONS BRIDGE
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 9
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
SURVEYOR(S): DJB
AREA OF SAMPLE: 4000m²
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
517572
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
27
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ALLUVIUM
6922059
LANDZONE
3
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
1
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPECIES, FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID-HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
20.01-35 (VERY TALL) >35 (EX. TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
20%
ROCK:
0%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
15%
0%
BARE GROUND
35%
CRYPTOGAMS:
0%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1%:
T2%
T3%
S1%
G1%
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
60%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
40%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
40%
HIGH
GRAZING
0%
NIL
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATELY DISTURBED VERY TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER TALL MID-DENSE
REGENERATING RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (16-24)[21]
T2: (12-16)[14]
T3: (8-12)[10]
S1: (4-8)[7]
T3: 35%
S1: 35%
G: (0-1)[0.7]
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 20%
T2: 45%
KEY SPECIES
Eucalyptus tereticornis
E%
T1%
T2%
75
35
Cinnamomum camphora
Casuarina cunninghamiana
30
20
S1%
G%
30
10
Castanospermum australe
10
Grevillea robusta
5
Melaleuca viminalis
T3%
G: 20%
25
2
20
10
5
5
Syzygium australe
Ficus coronata
Lomandra hystrix
5
Acacia maidenii
Cryptocarya triplinervis var. triplinervis
5
5
Streblus pendulinus
3
5
Lantana camara*
25
10
Morus nigra*
3
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
APPENDIX 12 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 10 (VERESDALE SCRUB)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
VERESDALE SCRUB – TREWIN ROAD PROPERTY
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 10
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
SURVEYOR(S):
DJB & AW
20 000m²
503985
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
146
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ARENITE/MUDROCK
6913897
LANDZONE
9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
%
ROCK:
15%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
35%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
10%
BARE GROUND
2%
20%
CRYPTOGAMS:
10%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
65%
HIGH
GRAZING
0%
NIL
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: HEAVILY DISTURBED, REGENERATING TALL MID-DENSE ARAUCARIAN RAINFOREST
(WITH ISOLATED LOPHOSTEMON) WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 18-20
T1: (8-18)[10]
T2: (4-8)[7]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[3 ]
G: (0-2)[2]
T3: %
S1: 45%
G: 80%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 5%
T1: 35%
T2: 40%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii
100
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
30
40
Ficus rubiginosa
10
Lophostemon confertus
5
Mallotus philippensis
5
Grevillea robusta
5
Ficus coronata
5
10
Melia azedarach
5
2
Harpullia pendula
2
2
Flindersia australis
2
2
Flindersia collina
2
2
Aphananthe philippinensis
2
2
Arytera foveolata
2
2
Polyscias elegans
2
2
Alangium villosum subsp. tomentosum
2
10
Actephila lindleyi
2
5
Acacia maidenii
5
5
Atalaya salicifolia
2
5
Bridelia exaltata
2
2
Gossia bidwillii
2
2
Streblus pendulinus
2
5
Elattostachys xylocarpa
T3%
S1%
G%
10
5
Hibiscus heterophyllus
2
Pavetta australiensis var. australiensis
2
Myrsine variabilis
2
Pittosporum revolutum
2
Alchornea ilicifolia
5
Alyxia ruscifolia
5
Breynia oblongifolia
2
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 18-20
T1: (8-18)[10]
T2: (4-8)[7]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[3 ]
G: (0-2)[2]
T3: %
S1: 45%
G: 80%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 5%
T1: 35%
T2: 40%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
Maclura cochinchinensis
E%
T1%
T2%
10
Trophis scandens
S1%
G%
10
20
10
10
5
Pandorea pandorana
T3%
2
Embelia australiana
2
2
Derris involuta
2
2
Dioscorea transversa
2
Geitonoplesium cymosum
5
Ripogonum brevifolium
2
Legnephora moorei
5
Cayratia acris
5
Platycerium bifurcatum
1
Adiantum formosum
5
Gahnia aspera
2
Doodia aspera
5
Lomandra longifolia
5
Pyrrosia rupestris
1
Passiflora suberosa*
Passiflora subpeltata*
2
Lantana camara*
5
5
5
5
5
15
40
60
Rivina humilis*
10
Senna pendula var. glabrata*
2
Ageratina adenophora*
5
Solanum seaforthianum*
Tipuana tipu*
Asparagus africanus*
5
10
10
2
2
2
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
APPENDIX 13 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 11 (MT ELLIOT ROAD PROPERTY)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
MT ELLIOT ROAD PROPERTY
SURVEYOR(S):
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 11
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
10000m²
482775
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
303
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
SANDSTONE
6921532
LANDZONE
9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
45%
ROCK:
5%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
15%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
15%
BARE GROUND
0%
20%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
20%
MEDIUM (HISTORICAL)
FIRE
EDGE
MODERATE
LOGGING
50%
MEDIUM (HISTORICAL)
WEEDS
50%
HIGH
GRAZING
100%
MEDIUM
EDGE EFFECT
MODERATE
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATE TO HEAVILY DISTURBED MID-DENSE TALL REGENERATING ARAUCARIAN
RAINFOREST WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 22
T1: (14-20)[18]
T2: (9-14)[10]
T3: (4-9)[5]
S1: (2-4)[4]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: 35%
S1: 40%
G: 35%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 5%
T1: 25%
T2: 45%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii
100
10
T2%
T3%
Vitex lignum-vitae
15
Bridelia exaltata
10
Sterculia quadrifida
10
Flindersia collina
10
10
Planchonella eerwah
10
10
Siphonodon australis
5
10
Ficus rubiginosa
5
10
Brachychiton discolor
5
5
Harpullia pendula
5
5
Alectryon tomentosus
5
5
15
Euroschinus falcatus
10
10
Alangium villosum subsp. tomentosum
10
15
Gossia bidwillii
10
15
Dendrobium sp.
2
S1%
15
10
Atalaya salicifolia
5
Cupaniopsis tomentella
15
15
Alphitonia excelsa
5
5
Arytera foveolata
5
Turraea pubescens
10
10
Acacia disparrima subsp. disparrima
5
5
Polyscias elegans
5
5
Aphananthe philippinensis
10
10
Mallotus philippensis
15
10
Denhamia bilocularis
10
10
Excoecaria dallachyana
5
Dendrocnide photinophylla
5
Streblus pendulinus
5
Alectryon subdentatus
5
5
G%
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 22
T1: (14-20)[18]
T2: (9-14)[10]
T3: (4-9)[5]
S1: (2-4)[4]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: 35%
S1: 40%
G: 35%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 5%
T1: 25%
T2: 45%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
T3%
Casearia multinervosa
S1%
G%
5
Planchonella cotinifolia var. cotinifolia
5
5
Acronychia laevis
5
5
Acalypha capillipes
15
Exocarpos latifolius
5
Owenia venosa
5
Mischocarpus anodontus
5
Ixora beckleri
5
Clerodendrum tomentosum
5
10
Carissa ovata
10
Pittosporum viscidum
10
Alyxia ruscifolia
10
Pandorea pandorana
5
5
Capparis sarmentosa
Cayratia acris
Tetrastigma nitens
5
5
5
5
5
5
Austrostipa ramosissima
10
Pellaea paradoxa
2
Geitonoplesium cymosum
2
Jasminum volubile
5
Rivina humilis*
35
Lantana camara*
Solanum seaforthianum*
10
10
10
10
5
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
APPENDIX 14 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 12 (‘SUNKEN VALLEY’, SANDY CREEK)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
‘SUNKEN VALLEY’, SANDY CREEK
SURVEYOR(S):
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 12
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
487866
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
5000m²
NORTHING:
6925340
ALTITUDE:
266
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
GATTON SANDSTONE
LANDZONE
9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35 (EX. TALL)
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP, FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
HEIGHT:
3-6 (LOW)
EDL COVER %:
<10% (VERY SPARSE)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
12.01-20 (TALL)
10-30% (SPARSE)
PRESENT
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
30-70% (MID DENSE)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
>70% CLOSED
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
35%
ROCK:
20%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
30%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
15%
BARE GROUND
2%
25%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH [HISTORICAL]
FIRE
EDGES
MINIMAL
LOGGING
100%
HIGH [HISTORICAL]
WEEDS
95%
HIGH
GRAZING
100%
HIGH [HISTORICAL]
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATE TO HEAVILY DISTURBED TALL MID-DENSE REGENERATING ARAUCARIAN
RAINFOREST WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 22
T1: (12-18)[14]
T2: (6-12)[9]
T3: (4-6)[5]
S1: (2-4)[2]
G: (0-2)[1 ]
T3: 25%
S1: 35%
G: 40%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 2%
T1: 30%
T2: 35%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
Araucaria cunninghamii var. cunninghamii
100
Aphananthe philippinensis
T1%
T2%
15
Psydrax odorata
5
Alangium villosum subsp. tomentosum
10
Harpullia pendula
5
10
Streblus pendulinus
2
15
Ficus coronata
10
T3%
S1%
G%
5
5
5
5
10
Pararchidendron pruinosum var. pruinosum
2
Pavetta australiensis var. australiensis
Alectryon tomentosus
2
5
2
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
10
Alectryon subdentatus
2
Actephila lindleyi
Mallotus philippensis
5
5
5
Dendrocnide photinophylla
Olea paniculata
2
5
2
2
2
2
Capparis arborea
5
Pittosporum revolutum
5
Auranticarpa rhombifolia
2
Gossia bidwillii
2
Pittosporum multiflorum
5
Siphonodon australis
5
Alyxia ruscifolia
5
Diospyros australis
5
Carissa ovata
2
Trophis scandens subsp. scandens
15
5
5
10
Ailanthus triphysa
2
Exocarpos latifolius
Pandorea pandorana
10
2
5
5
5
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E: 22
T1: (12-18)[14]
T2: (6-12)[9]
T3: (4-6)[5]
S1: (2-4)[2]
G: (0-2)[1 ]
T3: 25%
S1: 35%
G: 40%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: 2%
T1: 30%
T2: 35%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
T3%
Asplenium australasicum
S1%
G%
2
Peperomia blanda
1
Megathyrsus maximus*
20
Lantana camara*
Solanum mauritianum*
Neonotonia wightii subsp. wightii*
15
5
10
20
10
10
10
10
15
10
15
25
Rivina humilis*
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
2. ARAUCARIA OBSERVED REMOTELY AND NOT IN SURVEY AREA
15
APPENDIX 15 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 13 (SANDY CREEK – LYONS-RICE ROAD)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
SANDY CREEK – LYONS-RICE ROAD PROPERTY
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 13
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
SURVEYOR(S):
DJB & RD
4000m²
488177
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
219m
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
GATTON SANDSTONE
6926113
LANDZONE:
9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
1
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
UNCOMMON
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
35%
ROCK:
35%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
15%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
20%
BARE GROUND
2%
20%
CRYPTOGAMS:
2%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
DISTURBANCE
AREA
T1
SEVERITY
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORICAL)
FIRE
EDGE
MODERATE
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORICAL)
WEEDS
75%
MOD-HIGH
GRAZING
100%
HIGH (HISTORICAL)
EDGE EFFECT
MOD-HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATE TO HIGHLY DISTURBED VERY TALL OPEN FOREST OF LOPHOSTEMON
CONFERTUS OVER REGENERATING MID-DENSE RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH MID-DENSE WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (20-28)[23]
T2: (6-12)[8]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[3 ]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 65%
G: 35%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 35%
T2: 35%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
Lophostemon confertus
E%
T1%
T2%
90
S1%
15
Guioa semiglauca
10
Ficus coronata
10
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
15
Mallotus philippensis
10
Notelaea microcarpa
5
Ficus rubiginosa forma rubiginosa
5
5
5
5
Pittosporum revolutum
5
Pittosporum multiflorum
5
Myrsine variabilis
G%
10
Acronychia laevis
Aphananthe philippinensis
T3%
5
Guioa semiglauca
Trochocarpa laurina
5
Streblus pendulinus
5
Psychotria loniceroides
5
10
Gahnia aspera
Cissus antarctica
10
15
5
Adiantum atroviride
Pyrrosia rupestris
10
5
Asplenium australasicum
Lantana camara*
5
5
50
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
45
APPENDIX 16 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 14 (OXLEY CREEK HEADWATERS)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
OXLEY CREEK HEADWATERS LYONS-RICE ROAD
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 14
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
486136
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
SURVEYOR(S):
DJB/RD
2000m²
NORTHING:
6926263
ALTITUDE:
184
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
GATTON SANDSTONE
LANDZONE
9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
2
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
NIL
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
65%
ROCK:
55%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
5%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
10%
BARE GROUND
0%
15%
CRYPTOGAMS:
0%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
80%
MODERATE
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
95%
HIGH
GRAZING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATE TO HIGHLY DISTURBED VERY TALL OPEN-FOREST OF LOPHOSTEMON
CONFERTUS OVER REGENERATING MID-HIGH SPARSE RAINFOREST WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (17-22)[20]
T2: (6-12)[8]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[2 ]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 65 %
G: 70%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 45%
T2: 35%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Lophostemon confertus
80
Corymbia citriodora
10
T2%
T3%
S1%
G%
Allocasuarina torolosa
20
Erythrina vespertilio
10
Jagera pseudorhus var. pseudorhus
15
2
2
Acacia maidenii
5
2
2
Myrsine variabilis
15
2
2
Mallotus philippensis
15
2
2
2
2
5
2
Psychotria loniceroides
Smilax australis
5
Lomandra longifolia
5
Lantana camara*
65
65
Passiflora suberosa*
10
5
Lantana montividensis*
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
20
APPENDIX 17 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 15 (MT BLAINE AREA)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
MT BLAINE AREA – HEADWATERS OF BUNDAMBA CREEK
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 15
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
>9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / <300
GEOLOGY:
SURVEYOR(S):
DJB
10000m²
480870
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
337
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
BOUNDARY BETWEEN TRACHYTE AND SANDSTONE
6926608
LANDZONE
8 & 9-10
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
35%
ROCK:
65%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
30%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
25%
BARE GROUND
0%
20%
CRYPTOGAMS:
5%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
50%
MODERATE (HISTORIC)
FIRE
10%
EDGES ONLY
LOGGING
50%
MODERATE (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
10%
LOW
GRAZING
100%
LOW
EDGE EFFECT
LOW-MODERATE
SITE DESCRIPTION: LOW TO MODERATELY DISTURBED TALL MID-DENSE RAINFOREST WITH LOW WEED
COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (9-14)[12]
T2: (4-8)[7]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[3]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 20%
G: 10%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 40%
T2: 65%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Dendrocnide excelsa
5
Flindersia xanthoxyla
5
Aphananthe philippinensis
5
Baloghia inophylla
5
Olea paniculata
5
Harpullia pendula
5
Streblus pendulinus
5
Diospyros fasciculosa
5
T2%
Toechima tenax
5
Sarcomelicope simplicifolia subsp. simplicifolia
5
Alangium villosum subsp. tomentosum
5
Mallotus philippensis
2
Planchonella cotinifolia
T3%
S1%
G%
5
Diospyros geminata
Pararchidendron pruinosum var. pruinosum
5
Pavetta australiensis var. australiensis
5
Gossia bidwillii
5
Micromelum minutum
5
Turraea pubescens
5
Planchonella myrsinifolia
5
Elaeodendron australe
5
Acalypha capillipes
5
Alyxia ruscifolia
5
Alchornea ilicifolia
5
Ripogonum brevifolium
10
Carissa ovata
Cissus sp.
5
5
10
5
Hoya australis
Capparis velutina
2
5
5
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (9-14)[12]
T2: (4-8)[7]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-4)[3]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 20%
G: 10%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 40%
T2: 65%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Trophis scandens
T2%
T3%
S1%
10
Gynochthodes canthoides
5
Capparis sarmentosa
5
Dioscorea transversa
5
Legnephora moorei
Cayratia acris
10
5
5
10
5
Everistia vacciniifolia
5
Acalypha capillipes
10
Solanum stelligerum
Solanum seaforthianum*
Lantana camara*
G%
5
2
2
15
Rivina humilis*
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
10
10
APPENDIX 18 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 16 (OXLEY CREEK – TULLY ROAD)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
OXLEY CREEK ALLUVIUM – TULLY ROAD
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 16
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
SURVEYOR(S):
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
DATE: JUNE 2015
DJB
10000m²
490024
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
82
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ALLUVIUM
6930642
LANDZONE
3
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
1
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 30-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
PRESENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
>35 (EX. TALL)
<10
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
5%
ROCK:
2%
WOODY DEBRIS
5%
VINES:
5%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
0%
BARE GROUND
25%
CRYPTOGAMS:
2%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
80%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
80%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
20%
MODERATE
GRAZING
90%
HIGH
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: MODERATE TO HEAVILY DISTURBED VERY TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND AND
RAINFOREST OVER TALL SPARSE RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (14-22)[18]
T2: (6-14)[9]
T3: ( )[ ]
S1: (2-6)[4]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: %
S1: 35%
G: 25%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 15%
T2: 30%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
T2%
Eucalyptus tereticornis
50
Casuarina cunninghamiana
30
10
Ficus macrophylla forma macrophylla
15
10
T3%
S1%
Ficus rubiginosa
15
Melaleuca viminalis
5
15
Cinnamomum camphora
10
10
Melia azedarach
5
5
Maclura cochinchinensis
10
10
Flindersia australis
5
Aphananthe philippinensis
10
Flindersia schottiana
5
Guioa semiglauca
10
Cryptocarya triplinervis var. triplinervis
10
Mallotus philippensis
5
15
Alphitonia excelsa
5
15
G%
5
Syzygium australe
10
10
Ficus coronata
15
10
Rhodamnia argentea
5
5
Bursaria incana
5
Cissus antarctica
5
5
5
Lantana camara*
5
10
15
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
APPENDIX 19 – DETAILED SITE SURVEY 17 (OXLEY CREEK – GMTA)
JOB: LOGAN RAINFOREST SURVEY
LOCATION:
REF: i8LM015_02
DATE: JUNE 2015
OXLEY CREEK - GREENBANK MILITARY TRAINING AREA
SITE NUMBER: DETAILED SURVEY SITE 17
DATUM: GDA94
LANDFORM:
AREA OF SAMPLE:
PROJECTION: UTM
EASTING:
CREST / SLOPE / FLAT
RELIEF (M):
<9 / 9-30 / 30-90 / 90-300 / >300
GEOLOGY:
SURVEYOR(S):
DJB
10000m²
499424
NORTHING:
ALTITUDE:
37
SLOPE (⁰):
>1 / 1-3 / 3-10 / 10-32 / <
ALLUVIUM
6938604
LANDZONE
3
EUCALYPT COMPONENT
COVER:
CLOSED FOREST (>70%)
3-6 (LOW)
HEIGHT:
OPEN FOREST (30-70%)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >30CM:
WOODLAND (10-30%)
12.01-20 (TALL)
PRESENT
OPEN W’LAND (<10%)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
>35
NUMBER OF EUCALYPT SPECIES:
3
RAINFOREST COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING RAINFOREST ELEMENTS:
COMPLEXITY:
E
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
SIMPLE (LOW SPP, MINIMAL FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
COMPLEX (HIGH SPP, DIVERSE FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
INTERMEDIATE (MODERATE SPP., FEATURES & GROWTH FORMS)
DOMINANT STRATA (EDL) COMPOSITION:
MIXED [CANOPY DOMINATED BY MORE THAN 2 SPECIES]
SIMPLE [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 OR 2 SPECIES]
SINGULAR [CANOPY DOMINATED BY 1 SPECIES]
EDL COVER %:
HEIGHT:
<10% (VERY SPARSE) / 10-30% (SPARSE) / 31-70% (MID DENSE) / >70% CLOSED
3-6 (LOW)
6.01-12 (MID HIGH)
TREES WITH DBH >20CM:
ABSENT
12.01-20 (TALL)
20.01-35 (VERY TALL)
NUMBER OF RAINFOREST SPECIES:
<10
>35 (EX. TALL)
10-30
30+
SITE ATTRIBUTES & LIFE FORMS
LITTER:
15%
ROCK:
0%
WOODY DEBRIS
VINES:
5%
PALMS:
0%
EPIPHYTES:
10%
BARE GROUND
0%
25%
CRYPTOGAMS:
0%
NON-NATIVE COMPONENT
STRATA SUPPORTING NON-NATIVES:
T1
T2
T3
S1
G1
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
DISTURBANCE
AREA
SEVERITY
CLEARING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
FIRE
0%
NIL
LOGGING
100%
HIGH (HISTORIC)
WEEDS
60%
HIGH
GRAZING
0%
NIL
EDGE EFFECT
HIGH
SITE DESCRIPTION: HEAVILY DISTURBED VERY TALL EUCALYPT WOODLAND OVER REGENERATING
SPARSE RAINFOREST SPECIES WITH HIGH WEED COVER
STRUCTURAL HEIGHT RANGES (SHORTEST-TALLEST) [AVERGAE OR ONLY RECORD] IN METRES
E:
T1: (18-24)[21]
T2: (12-18)[17]
T3: (4-10)[6]
S1: (2-4)[3]
G: (0-2)[1]
T3: 40%
S1: 30%
G: 75%
STRUCTURAL COVERS [% ESTIMATED]
E: %
T1: 12%
T2: 30%
SPECIES AND ABUNDANCE
KEY SPECIES
E%
T1%
Eucalyptus tereticornis
30
Eucalyptus siderophloia
20
Eucalyptus microcorys
15
Grevillea robusta
10
T2%
T3%
S1%
G%
5
Lophostemon suaveolens
20
Alphitonia excelsa
10
5
Aphananthe philippinensis
5
5
Mallotus philippensis
15
Guioa semiglauca
10
Endiandra discolor
5
Notelaea venosa
5
Polyscias elegans
5
Streblus pendulinus
5
Acacia maidenii
5
Glochidion ferdinandi
5
Flagellaria indica
5
15
5
5
10
Syzygium australe
10
Geitonoplesium cymosum
2
Trophis scandens subsp. scandens
2
5
Lomandra longifolia
5
Lomandra hystrix
5
Lantana camara*
Dolichandra unguis-cati*
2
5
5
35
70
15
25
20
NOTES:
1. % TOTALS IN EACH STRATA MAY EXCEED 100% WHERE PLANT CROWNS WITHIN THE SAME
STRATA OVERLAP
FIGURES