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Mundijong Road Spring Flora Survey Main Roads Western Australia © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 1 Mundijong Road Spring Flora Survey | Main Roads Western Australia DOCUMENT TRACKING Project Name Mundijong Road Spring Flora Survey Project Number 11785 Project Manager Jeff Cargill Prepared by Jeni Morris, Sarah Dalgleish Reviewed by Jeff Cargill Approved by Daniel Panickar Status Final Version Number V2 Last saved on 1 April 2019 This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia Click here to enter a year. Mundijong Road Spring Flora Survey. Prepared for Main Roads Western Australia.’ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document has been prepared by Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd with support from Main Roads Western Australia Disclaimer This document may only be used for the purpose for which it was commissioned and in accordance with the contract between Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd and Main Roads Western Australia. The scope of services was defined in consultation with Main Roads Western Australia, by time and budgetary constraints imposed by the client, and the availability of reports and other data on the subject area. Changes to available information, legislation and schedules are made on an ongoing basis and readers should obtain up to date information. Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd accepts no liability or responsibility whatsoever for or in respect of any use of or reliance upon this report and its supporting material by any third party. Information provided is not intended to be a substitute for site specific assessment or legal advice in relation to any matter. Unauthorised use of this report in any form is prohibited. Template 2.8.1 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD i Mundijong Road Spring Flora Survey | Main Roads Western Australia Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Project background ............................................................................................................................... 1 2. Environmental setting ................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Climate .................................................................................................................................................. 3 2.2 Geology, landform and soils ................................................................................................................. 3 2.3 Interim-Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia ............................................................................ 4 2.4 Broad-scale vegetation mapping .......................................................................................................... 4 2.5 System 6 Vegetation Complexes........................................................................................................... 4 2.6 Hydrology ............................................................................................................................................. 5 2.7 Areas of conservation significance ....................................................................................................... 5 2.7.1 Bush Forever ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.7.2 Floristic Community Types (FCTs; Gibson et al. 1994) ...................................................................................... 6 3. Methodology .............................................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Desktop review ..................................................................................................................................... 8 3.1.1 Database searches and literature review ......................................................................................................... 8 3.1.2 Likelihood of occurrence assessment ............................................................................................................... 8 4. Field survey ............................................................................................................................... 10 4.1.1 Survey team and timing .................................................................................................................................. 10 4.1.2 Flora and vegetation survey ........................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Data analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 11 4.2.1 Flora species accumulation curve ................................................................................................................... 11 4.2.2 Vegetation communities ................................................................................................................................. 11 4.2.3 Flora identification and nomenclature ........................................................................................................... 12 4.2.4 Survey limitations ........................................................................................................................................... 12 5. Results ...................................................................................................................................... 15 5.1 Desktop review ................................................................................................................................... 15 5.1.1 Conservation listed flora species and ecological communities ...................................................................... 15 5.2 Flora and vegetation survey ............................................................................................................... 18 5.2.1 Flora overview ................................................................................................................................................ 18 5.2.2 Accumulated species – site surveyed (species area curve) ............................................................................ 18 5.2.3 Conservation significant flora ......................................................................................................................... 19 5.2.4 Introduced flora .............................................................................................................................................. 22 5.2.5 Vegetation communities ................................................................................................................................. 22 5.2.6 FCT analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.2.7 Conservation significant vegetation communities .......................................................................................... 23 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ii Mundijong Road Spring Flora Survey | Main Roads Western Australia 5.2.8 Vegetation condition ...................................................................................................................................... 25 6. Discussion ................................................................................................................................. 31 7. References ................................................................................................................................ 34 Appendix A Framework for conservation significant flora and fauna ranking .................................. 37 Appendix B PMST database search results ..................................................................................... 48 Appendix C NatureMap database search results ............................................................................. 60 Appendix D Flora likelihood of occurrence assessment ................................................................... 63 Appendix E Flora species list .......................................................................................................... 72 Appendix F Flora species matrix ..................................................................................................... 76 Appendix G Quadrat data .............................................................................................................. 81 Appendix H Hierarchical clustering dendrogram ........................................................................... 100 Appendix I Threatened Flora Locations ........................................................................................ 102 Appendix J MDS: Relationships between ELA vegetation communities and Floristic Community Types (FCTs) defined by Gibson et al. (1994) .......................................................................................... 106 Appendix K MDS: Relationships between ELA vegetation communities and Pinjarra Landform affiliated Floristic Community Types (FCTs) defined by Gibson et al. (1994) ................................... 115 List of Figures Figure 1-1: Location of the survey area ..................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2-1: Bush Forever Site overview.....................................................................................................