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11736 Newdegate Grain Receival~Site Flora and Fauna Flora, vegetation and fauna assessment Newdegate Grain Receival Site Expansion Prepared for CBH Group 13 December 2018 N ewdegate Grain Receival Site Expansion f lora, vegetation and fauna assessment DOCUMENT TRACKING Item Detail Project Name CBH Newdegate Grain Receival Site Approvals Project Number 18PER-11736 Rebecca Hide Project Manager +61 8 6218 2200 Level 1, Bishops See, 235 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000 Prepared by Rebecca Hide Reviewed by Jeff Cargill, Sarah Dalgleish Approved by Jen Longstaff Status FINAL Version Number 2 Last saved on 13 December 2018 (L-R) Eucalypt woodland of the WA Wheatbelt TEC (R. Hide 2018); Eucalyptus salmonophloia Cover photo woodland (Eco Logical Australia 2018); Mural on CBH grain silos in Newdegate (J. Morris 2018); Tecticornia and Atriplex heath (R. Hide 2018). This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia 2018. Newdegate Grain Receival Site Expansion flora, vegetation and fauna assessment. Prepared for CBH Group.’ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document has been prepared by Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd with support from CBH Group 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 CBH Group. The scope of services was defined in consultation with CBH Group, 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 29/9/2015 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD ii N ewdegate Grain Receival Site Expansion f lora, vegetation and fauna assessment Contents Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... vii 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study area .................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Desktop assessment .................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 Biophysical environment ............................................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 Regional context ........................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.2 Climate .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.3 Broad-scale vegetation mapping .................................................................................................. 3 2.1.4 Geology and soils ......................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.5 Surface and groundwater ............................................................................................................. 4 2.1.6 Areas of conservation significance ............................................................................................... 4 2.2 Database searches and literature review ..................................................................................... 5 2.2.1 Database searches ....................................................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Previous ecological surveys ......................................................................................................... 5 2.3 Likelihood of occurrence assessment .......................................................................................... 6 3 Methodology ............................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Survey team and timing ................................................................................................................ 7 3.2 Flora and vegetation survey ......................................................................................................... 8 3.3 Targeted flora survey .................................................................................................................... 9 3.4 Fauna survey ................................................................................................................................ 9 3.5 Targeted Malleefowl survey .......................................................................................................... 9 3.6 Specimen identification and nomenclature ................................................................................. 10 3.7 Data analysis .............................................................................................................................. 10 3.7.1 Flora species accumulation curve .............................................................................................. 10 3.7.2 Vegetation Communities ............................................................................................................ 10 3.8 Limitations ................................................................................................................................... 10 4 Results ....................................................................................................................................... 14 4.1 Flora and vegetation survey ....................................................................................................... 14 4.1.1 Flora overview ............................................................................................................................ 14 4.1.2 Conservation significant flora ..................................................................................................... 15 4.1.3 Vegetation associations .............................................................................................................. 16 4.1.4 Vegetation condition ................................................................................................................... 18 4.1.5 Vegetation of conservation significance ..................................................................................... 19 © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD iii N ewdegate Grain Receival Site Expansion f lora, vegetation and fauna assessment 4.2 Fauna survey .............................................................................................................................. 28 4.2.1 Fauna overview .......................................................................................................................... 28 4.2.2 Fauna habitats ............................................................................................................................ 29 4.2.3 Conservation significant fauna ................................................................................................... 29 5 Discussion................................................................................................................................. 31 5.1 Flora ............................................................................................................................................ 31 5.2 Vegetation and communities ...................................................................................................... 32 5.3 Fauna .......................................................................................................................................... 33 References ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Appendix A ELA Floristic quadrat data .............................................................................................. 37 Appendix B Flora taxa by quadrat matrix ........................................................................................... 49 Appendix C Flora species list .............................................................................................................. 54 Appendix D Likelihood of occurrence criteria ................................................................................... 60 Appendix E Flora likelihood of occurrence assessment .................................................................. 61 Appendix F Fauna likelihood of occurrence assessment ................................................................. 68 List of figures Figure 1: Location of the study area ........................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2: Rainfall and max mean temperatures in the six months preceding the field survey, compared to the long term mean. ..................................................................................................................................
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