Conservation Assessment of Future Potential Production Forest Land (FPPF Land)

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Conservation Assessment of Future Potential Production Forest land (FPPF land)

A REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE GROWTH

Natural and Cultural Heritage Division DPIPWE Executive summary...... 3 Introduction ...... 4 Method ...... 5 Natural Values (Flora and Fauna) ...... 6 Heritage Tasmania ...... 7 Aboriginal Heritage ...... 7 Constraints and Potential Causes of Error ...... 7 Results and Discussion ...... 8 Natural Values (Flora and Fauna) ...... 8 Th reatened Flora ...... 8 Th reatened Fauna ...... 9 Heritage Tasmania ...... 10 Aboriginal Heritage ...... 11 Aboriginal Site Significance ...... 12 Conclusion ...... l 3 References ...... l 4

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Tasmanian Government Department of State Growth (DSG) is currently preparing a Special Species Management Plan (SSMP), which is a requirement of the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014 (the Act).

Section 12 (2) of the Act requires that, before causing a SSMP to be made, the Minister must, in relation to any Future Potential Production Forest land (FPPF land) that the Minister intends to include in the SSMP, undertake an assessment of the conservation values of that land. The Department of Primary Industries, Parks Water and Environment (DPIPWE) was asked by DSG to prepare a conservation assessment in order to meet the requirements of the Act.

There are almost 400 000 ha of FPPF land, with the majority occurring in the north of Tasmania. Approximately 35,000 ha of FPPF land occurs within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA). DSG advised DPIPWE that FPPF land within the TWWHA would be specifically excluded from the SSMP, and hence this land has not been included in this assessment. The term “special species timbers” is defined in S. 3 of the Act as being timber of the following species:  blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon);  myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii);  celery top pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius);  sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum);  Huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii); and  silver wattle (Acacia dealbata).

This Report identifies the values known to occur on FPPF land that supports special species, and identifies the current mechanisms in place to protect those values.

One hundred and sixteen threatened flora species and forty-eight threatened fauna species are known from the FPPF land. Two places entered on the Tasmanian Heritage Register (THR), and 365 Aboriginal Heritage (AH) sites occur on FPPF Land.

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INTRODUCTION

Legislative and policy context

DSG advised The Department of Primary Industries, Parks Water and Environment (DPIPWE) that the SSMP will seek to provide a framework that provides long term access to the industry for the harvest of special species timbers in Tasmania. In doing so, the SSMP will not in any way alter the operation of the Forest Practices System, and specifically the requirement for proponents to have a certified Forest Practices Plan (FPP) prior to the commencement of harvesting operations. Section 11 of the Act (which sets out an approval process for special species harvest applications on FPPF land) specifies that an application (which must be provided to the Crown Lands Minister) to undertake special species timber harvesting in FPPF land must contain a certified Forest Practices Plan (FPP).

The Act (s. 12 (2)) requires that before causing an SSMP to be made, the Minister must “in relation to any future potential production forest land (FPPF land) that the Minister intends to include in the plan, undertake an assessment of the conservation values of that land”. The Act also requires that the SSMP contains information relating to:

(i) the management of conservation values and other environmental values in relation to the harvesting of special species timber on that land; and

(ii) the management of cultural and heritage values in relation to the harvesting of special species timber on that land.

The underlying land tenure of FPPF land is largely unallocated crown land (with some land vested in other public authorities such as Hydro Tasmania). FPPF Land is managed by Crown Land Services, a unit of DPIPWE.

This conservation assessment has been specifically undertaken by DPIPWE at the request of DSG to meet the requirements of the Act. DSG has asked that DPIPWE consider cultural and heritage values as well as conservation values.

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Special species and listed values

The term “special species timbers” is defined in s. 3 of the Forestry (RFI) Act as being timber of the following species: blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon); myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii); celery top pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius); sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum); Huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii); and silver wattle (Acacia dealbata).

With the exception of silver wattle, special species timbers occur within a range of habitats, including blackwood swamp forests, mixed forest (i.e lowland wet eucalypt forests with a rainforest understorey) and rainforest (Forestry Tasmania, 1998, 2010). Montane rainforest is dominated by pencil pine and tends not to have special species (Forestry Tasmania, 1998) therefore this habitat has been discounted from the analysis.

This report assesses listed values protected under the Threatened Species Protection Act 1995, Nature Conservation Act 2002, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Aboriginal Relics Act 1975, and Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995.

METHOD

A myriad of assessments have been undertaken over parts, or all, of the FPPF land over many decades. Published /source data has been captured to the greatest extent possible within Tasmanian Government, and Government Business Enterprise spatial data systems over the last 20-30 years.

DPIPWE has undertaken a desktop assessment of the natural and cultural values within the FPPF land utilizing these spatial data systems. A list of natural and cultural values recorded within Forestry Tasmania’s spatial system (Conserve) provided to DPIPWE by DSG has been cross-referenced with values contained in the Natural Values Atlas (NVA), the Tasmanian Heritage Register (THR) and the Aboriginal Heritage Register (AHR) to ensure the list identifies all known values that may coincide with habitats likely to contain special species.

The conservation assessment of these values determines:

1. which of the listed values will, or is likely to occur within habitat likely to contain special species, and; 2. which values are effectively managed through the Tasmanian Forest Practices System.

This process provides for a comprehensive and systematic assessment of natural and cultural values and the management tools available to contribute to their conservation at a bioregional, coupe or local operations scale.

The report also identifies species likely or known to occur in suitable habitat but for which no specific current management prescription exists, and recommends how this may be addressed.

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For flora and fauna species, the habitat of each species has been checked against updated habitat descriptions from the Threatened Plant Adviser (which is currently under development) and the habitat description provided by the Threatened Fauna Adviser. These documents are maintained by the Forest Practices Authority (FPA) and have been jointly developed and reviewed by the FPA and DPIPWE. They provide detailed information on the habitats of threatened species, as well as management recommendations.

Detailed information on the assessment method for each of the key values is provided below.

Natural Values (Flora and Fauna) Spatial FPPF land layers were provided to DPIPWE by DSG to undertake Natural Values analyses. The Tasmanian vegetation monitoring and mapping program, DPIPWE, provided the list of TASVEG 3.0 communities likely to support the cited specialty timber species. Threatened species data (from the NVA) was overlaid with FPPF land areas to provide a list of the species known to be present. The relatively low number of records for threatened fauna and flora in remote areas was taken into account and a precautionary approach adopted – ie if – based on expert opinion – a species might reasonably occur within the study footprint, it was included. This approach was enhanced by overlaying FPA/DPIPWE approved fauna species range boundaries (from the NVA) with the FPPF areas to identify which additional threatened fauna species may be present. To ensure the analysis method was as robust as possible, fauna species habitat descriptions (from the NVA) were also applied to the spatial data to identify species known to utilize any of the three forest units (old-growth wet eucalypt forest and rainforest). This process produced a list of threatened flora and fauna that has either been recorded from or is considered likely to occur in forest types capable of supporting special species on FPPF Land. This output was then reviewed by DPIPWE’s Threatened Species Section botanical and zoological experts.

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Heritage Tasmania The FPPF land dataset was joined with a point version of the Tasmanian Heritage Register (THR) (January 2017 version). The THR point layer displays a point for every cadastral parcel or Central Plan Register that is permanently or provisionally entered on the Tasmanian Heritage Register. Any THR points falling directly inside the FPPF boundaries were automatically identified. An additional check was conducted of places that were located within 2 km of FPPF land.

Aboriginal Heritage The FPPF land dataset was provided to Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania (AHT) (on 10 March 2017) who spatially matched it to Aboriginal Heritage (AH) sites within the Aboriginal Heritage Register (AHR) maintained by AHT.

Constraints and Potential Causes of Error Incomplete datasets or errors within datasets are a possible source or error. All databases and datasets can contain errors and specialist staff within DPIPWE are routinely reviewing and improving the data that underpins these databases. This assessment was conducted using the best available information within the NVA, THR and AHR, which was then reviewed by specialists. It is considered likely that some areas of FPPF land remain un-surveyed or poorly surveyed. Therefore, just because a value was not found through the desktop assessment does not necessarily mean that it does not occur on FPPF land. The issue of missing values will be dealt with through the Forest Practice System, which requires that an on-ground, site assessment is conducted as part of the process of developing a Forest Practices Plan. In regard to Heritage Values on the THR, it is possible that large rural listings may overlap the FPPF land features in Local Government Areas (LGAs) where THR data has not recently been audited and boundaries have not been confirmed. The LGAs for which this risk has been identified as greater by Heritage Tasmania are Glamorgan-Spring Bay, Break O’Day and Dorset municipalities.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Natural Values (Flora and Fauna)

Appendix I presents a list of TASVEG 3.0 communities associated with the broad vegetation types ‘old growth forests’ including rainforests and wet eucalypt forests containing rainforest understorey of interest (blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon), myrtle (Nothofagus cunninghamii), celery top pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius), sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum), Huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii), and silver wattle (Acacia dealbata).

Twenty-five TASVEG 3.0 communities were identified as those most likely to contain special species timbers. This list excludes those mapping units not commercially viable due to low height and/or poor form of trees.

Threatened Flora One hundred and sixteen threatened flora species are known from the FPPF areas (excluding areas in the TWWHA) (NVA; see Appendix II). The habitat of each of these species was checked against habitat descriptions updated in 2016 by FPA & DPIPWE. Eight of the 116 species are considered likely to occur in habitats supporting the cited ‘specialty timbers’ (Table 1). Three of these eight threatened flora species are rainforest lichens, each being represented in the NVA by solitary records; however, knowledge of their distribution in Tasmania is very poor, and their apparent ‘absence’ from areas of potential habitat may reflect a lack of survey effort and/or identification issues. One of the eight species, Thismia rodwayi, is being considered by DPIPWE for delisting, based on new population size and distribution information. Five other threatened flora species are considered to have the potential to occupy habitat within the FPPF land areas suitable for specialty timbers (below); two of these are rainforest lichens, two are ferns and one is an orchid. Knowledge of these species’ distribution is very poor due to their cryptic and/or localised nature. Management prescriptions1 for all these species are developed in accordance with procedures agreed between the Forest Practices Authority and DPIPWE. This includes the development of endorsed management prescriptions, developed through consultation among landowners, Forest Practices Officers and specialists within the FPA and DPIPWE (D3.3 Forest Practices Code, 2015). A ‘decision-support

1 In the preparation of a Forest Practices Plan the planner considers specialist advice or ‘endorsed recommendations’, delivered through a decision-support tool (like the TFA or TPA), to mitigate the impacts of a forest practice on a particular natural and cultural value, and then formulates a ‘management prescription’ for inclusion in the Forest Practices Plan.

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tool' the Threatened Plant Adviser is currently under development to streamline this process.

Table 1. Threatened flora known or likely to occur in habitats supporting the specialty timbers.

NVA Common EPBC Records Bioregion Known locations Flora species name TSPAct Act Endemicity in FPPF (IBRA 5.0) in FPPF 8/echnum small raspfern e - 3 Northern River Leven spinu/osum Slopes Bunodophoron lichen e - tas 1 West 3 km SW of Mt notatum Agnew Cyathea slender e - 4 South East Daleo Creek cunninghamii treefern & Northern (Dover), Marine Slopes Creek (Railton) Erioderma lichen e - 1 West Savage River sorediatum Pipeline Road Hypo/epis muelleri harsh r - 2 Flinders & Great Forester groundfern Ben Lomond River Persoonia muelleri narrowleaf r - tas 2 West Savage River - subsp. angustifolia geebung Mount Bertha Roccellinastrum lichen e - tas 1 West Savage River neg lee tum Pipeline Road Thismia rodwayi fairy lanterns r - 5 Ben Lomond Mt Arthur, South & South Sister & Sandspit East River

Asplenium maidenhair e vu 0 Northern hookerianum spleenwort Slopes, Central Highlands, Southern Ranges & South East Hypo/epis distans Scrambling r - groundfem King & West Hypotrachyna lichen V - tas 0 Jaevigata West Menegazzia lichen e - yes 0 minuta King& West Thynninorchis myrtle elbow e CR yes 0 Southern nothofagicola orchid Ranges Endemic status: 'tas' = Within Australia, occurs only in Tasmania.

Threatened Fauna Forty-eight threatened fauna species are known from the FPPF areas (excluding areas in the TWWHA), (NVA; see Appendix Ill). The habitat of each of these species was checked against descriptions, developed in accordance with procedures agreed between the Forest Practices Authority and DPIPWE, and delivered to planners undertaking forest practices through the Biodiversity Values Database. These habitat descriptions were reviewed and updated in 2015 by FPA & DPIPWE. Thirty-eight of these 48 species are considered likely to occupy TASVEG 3.0 communities supporting the cited 'specialty timbers', either entirely or in part, with many species

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occupying a broad range of forest types and not exclusively reliant on wet forest/rainforest communities. Twenty-one of the 38 threatened fauna species identified are either fully aquatic, or riparian-dependent. For fully aquatic or riparian-dependent species it is likely that selective harvesting of ‘specialty timbers’ will have minimal impact, provided the statutory requirements relating to the protection of vulnerable land/streamside reserves (as per the Forest Practices Code) are upheld. The TFA delivers recommended actions for all threatened aquatic species for all native forest silvicultural methods, including CBS and partial harvesting. Additional management recommendations over and above the soil and water requirements of the Forest Practices Code may be required in some cases. These are developed in accordance with procedures agreed between the Forest Practices Authority and DPIPWE and are delivered through the Threatened Fauna Adviser (D3.3 Forest Practices Code, 2015). Nine of the 38 threatened fauna species are terrestrial invertebrates, which occupy a range of forest types. While not restricted to those containing specialty timber species, for many of these species wet eucalypt forests provide optimal habitat. Eight of the 38 threatened fauna species are vertebrate (comprising five bird and three mammal species). All eight species are wide-ranging and have individual habitat requirements. Management of threatened fauna species in timber harvesting areas is governed by prescriptions delivered through the Forest Practices System. Management recommendations for all operations which meet the definition of a ‘forest practice’ under the Forest Practices Act have been developed for all of these forest-dependent fauna species. These are developed in accordance with procedures agreed between the Forest Practices Authority and DPIPWE and are delivered through the Threatened Fauna Adviser (D3.3 Forest Practices Code, 2015). Species of most concern include: Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi), Masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops), Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus), Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus), Swift parrot (Lathamus discolor), Grey goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae), White-bellied sea eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) and Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii).

Heritage Tasmania Two places entered on the Tasmanian Heritage Register (THR) fall directly inside the FPPF boundaries: THR_ID Name Boundary Location #10908 Slide Track CPR8360 Adventure Bay, Bruny Island #889 Balfour Cemetery PID338359 Balfour (formal boundary pending)

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Appendix IV indicates the position of the Slide Track at Adventure Bay The Forest Practices System requires the protection of all sites entered on the THR. Sites on the THR are specifically managed through the Procedures for Managing Historic Cultural Heritage (prepared by the FPA in consultation with the Tasmanian Heritage Council).

Aboriginal Heritage A total of 365 Aboriginal Heritage (AH) sites were found to occur on FPPF land (excluding areas in the TWWHA).

The majority of site types within FPPF land are isolated artefacts (38%) with around 30 percent of sites being artefact scatters (generally two or more artefacts) (Table 2). These are usually stone artefacts which represent tangible evidence of past Aboriginal living areas on FPPF land. Isolated artefacts within the AHR are recorded as point spatial data while artefact scatters may be recorded within the AHR as either point or polygon data. Aboriginal artefact scatters have a spatial extent that requires validation in the AHR prior to any activity that may impact on the site values.

The other key site types within FPPF land are Aboriginal Occupied Rockshelters (33, 10% ). An Aboriginal Occupied rockshelter is an overhang or cave that contains evidence of use and occupation by Aboriginal people. Cultural material can be visible on the ground such as artefacts and archaeological features such as rock markings or subsurface archaeological deposits can be present. Subsurface excavation can provide information on how Aboriginal people lived in the past. While some unoccupied rockshelters (10%) may not contain any visible surface evidence of human occupation, they may contain accumulated sediment beyond the entrance, including buried archaeological material. Other significant sites are Aboriginal quarries (5%) which are important sources of stone raw material and are very significant both archaeologically and to the Aboriginal community. No rock marking sites were determined to be in FPPF land as a result of the AHT register search.

Table 2. Aboriginal Heritage Sites registered within FPPF land as at 31 March 2017

Site Types Number Percentage of total Artefact Scatter 11 2 30.7 Artefact Scatter, Shell Midden 4 I. I Artefact Scatter, Stone Quarry 3 0.8 Hut Depression, Shell Midden I 0.3 Isolated Artefact 140 38.4 Not a Site I 0.3 Occupied Rockshelter 33 9.0 Shell Midden 15 4.1 Stone Quarry 18 4.9 Unoccupied Rockshelter 38 10.4 Total Number of Sites within FPPF land 365 100

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A small area of FPPF land is known to be located within the Western Tasmania Aboriginal Cultural Landscape. This cultural landscape is on the National Heritage List (NHL) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The management of this site will continue to be through the Forest Practices System and specifically the Procedures for managing Aboriginal cultural heritage when preparing forest practices plans.

Aboriginal Site Significance During the Aboriginal heritage assessment process, AHT, together with heritage consultants, follow site significance assessment as guided by the principals of The Australian ICOMOS (Burra) Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (Australia ICOMOS 2013). The Burra Charter, as it is more commonly referred to, is the assessment standard recognised by most heritage practitioners, and provides four basic values that should be assessed in determining significance to a place. The four values applied to Aboriginal heritage values (sites and places) within FPPF land are aesthetic value, historic value, scientific or archaeological value and social value.

Signiﬁcance assessments are essential for making management recommendations and for identifying sites that require further assessment. The Burra Charter provides a national standard for the assessment of significance in relation to cultural heritage. It defines cultural significance as being of “aesthetic, historic, scientific and social value for past, present or future generations” (ICOMOS 1999). While it is noted that in most cases scientific and social values are the most pertinent in relation to Tasmanian Aboriginal heritage, heritage practitioners should always consider and comment on the potential of aesthetic and historic values to be present. A statement of aesthetic, historic and scientific significance should be made by the forestry or Aboriginal heritage practitioner for each site located prior to potential impact by harvesting timbers and associated activity. This should also be done for Aboriginal sites previously recorded. The following should be established and taken into consideration when assessing significance values:

 state of preservation;  site content;  site structure; and  Representativeness within the study area and within a broader archaeological context.

The statement of social significance should only be made by the Aboriginal Heritage Officer and/or Aboriginal community/AHC when assessing Aboriginal values that may be impacted within FPPF land.

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CONCLUSION

The management of both natural and cultural values for special species forestry operations will continue to be through the Forest Practices System.

Existing management prescriptions are in place to effectively manage all listed cultural values (i.e both historic and Aboriginal) identified as being on FPPF land.

While at present there are no species-specific management prescriptions for the threatened flora species known to occur within FPPF land, the Forest Practices System requires that expert advice and/or management recommendations be incorporated into Forest Practices Plans for the harvesting of special species timber, regardless of the silvicultural method used.

It is noted that the Threatened Plant Adviser is currently under development, and this tool will provide specific management recommendations at a coupe level for threatened flora that may be potentially impacted through forestry operations.

The Threatened Fauna Adviser delivers specific management prescriptions at a coupe level for threatened fauna that are potentially impacted through forestry operations. Most listed fauna species known to occur on FPPF land were either assessed as being unlikely to occur in habitat likely to contain special species or are considered unlikely to be impacted from special species harvest.

Several listed denning and nesting vertebrate fauna species (including Wedge-tailed eagle, Masked owl, Spotted-tailed quoll, Eastern quoll, Swift parrot, Grey goshawk, White-bellied sea eagle and Tasmanian Devil) were identified as a) occurring in habitat likely to contain special species timbers; and, b) potentially being impacted by partial harvest operations. These denning and nesting vertebrate species are covered by management prescriptions for native forest operations.

It is therefore concluded that the Forest Practices System adequately provides for the management of natural and cultural values in the context of specialty timber harvesting.

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REFERENCES Aboriginal Heritage Tasmania (AHT) A Guide to the Aboriginal Heritage Assessment Process (under revision)

Forestry Tasmania (2010) Special Timbers Strategy, Forestry Tasmania.

Forestry Tasmania (1998) Native Forest Silviculture - Rainforest Silviculture, Technical Bulletin No 9.

Forest Practices Authority (FPA) Procedures for managing Aboriginal cultural heritage when preparing forest practices plans

Forest Practices Authority (FPA) Procedures for managing Historic cultural heritage when preparing forest practices plans

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Appendix I. Tasveg communities containing special species timbers

The table below identifies TASVEG mapping units that are likely to contain one or more of the Special Species Timbers (SSTs) defined in s. 3 of the Forestry (RFI) Act. Comments indicate the SSTs likely to be present, and qualify this information where relevant. The list has omitted those mapping units not commercially viable due to low height and/or poor form of trees.

TASVEG 3.0 Special Species TASVEG 3.0 Community Name Comments VEG_CODE Timbers

NAD Acacia dealbata forest Yes Acacia dealbata NAF Acacia melanoxylon swamp forest Yes Acacia melanoxylon NAR Acacia melanoxylon forest on rises Yes Acacia melanoxylon RCO Coastal rainforest Yes (variable) Atherosperma moschatum Lagarostrobos franklinii rainforest and RHP Yes Lagarostrobos franklinii scrub Usually with Nothofagus cunninghamii. Athrotaxis RKP Athrotaxis selaginoides rainforest Yes selaginoides rainforest is listed under Schedule 3A NCA 2002 Nothofagus - Leptospermum short Phyllocladus aspleniifolius, Atherosperma moschatum, RML Yes rainforest Nothofagus cunninghamii; sometimes Acacia melanoxylon RMS Nothofagus - Phyllocladus short rainforest Yes Phyllocladus aspleniifolius, Nothofagus cunninghamii Nothofagus cunninghamii, Atherosperma moschatum, Acacia RMT Nothofagus - Atherosperma rainforest Yes melanoxylon RMU Nothofagus rainforest undifferentiated Yes Equivalent to RMT, RMS Athrotaxis cupressoides and Nothofagus gunnii are not defined as Special Species Timber; Nothofagus cunninghamii RPP Athrotaxis cupressoides rainforest Yes (variable) and Phyllocladus aspleniifolius occur in some facies. Athrotaxis cupressoides rainforest is listed under Schedule 3A NCA 2002 Acacia melanoxylon and/or rainforest species can be sub- dominant in the east, north-west and west or adjacent to WBR Eucalyptus brookeriana wet forest Yes (variable) blackwood swamp forests. Eucalyptus brookeriana wet forest is listed under Schedule 3A NCA 2002 Eucalyptus delegatensis forest with broad- Acacia dealbata and A. melanoxylon occur across the range of WDB Yes leaf shrubs WDB Eucalyptus delegatensis forest over Acacia dealbata and A. melanoxylon occur across the range of WDL Yes Leptospermum WDL, but less abundant than in WDB Nothofagus cunninghamii and Atherosperma moschatum dominate the tallest understorey stratum in fertile sites; Eucalyptus delegatensis forest over WDR Yes Phyllocladus aspleniifolius frequent in less fertile sites. rainforest Stunted Nothofagus cunninghamii and/or Phyllocladus aspleniifolius in sub-alpine forests Eucalyptus delegatensis wet forest WDU Yes Equivalent to WDR, WDL, WDB undifferentiated Secondary trees can either be absent or include a prominent WGL Eucalyptus globulus wet forest Yes (variable) component of Acacia melanoxylon or Acacia dealbata. Nothofagus cunninghamii, Atherosperma moschatum on WNR Eucalyptus nitida forest over rainforest Yes fertile sites, Phyllocladus aspleniifolius on poorer sites Eucalyptus nitida wet forest WNU Yes Where equivalent to WNR undifferentiated Eucalyptus obliqua forest with broad-leaf WOB Yes Acacia dealbata and sometimes A. melanoxylon shrubs Nothofagus cunninghamii and/or Atherosperma moschatum, WOR Eucalyptus obliqua forest over rainforest Yes Phyllocladus aspleniifolius, Acacia melanoxylon Eucalyptus obliqua wet forest WOU Yes Where equivalent to WOR or WOB undifferentiated

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Can include Acacia dealbata, A. melanoxylon, Nothofagus WRE Eucalyptus regnans forest Yes cunninghamii, Atherosperma moschatum Understorey variable, rainforest understorey variant can Eucalyptus subcrenulata forest and WSU Yes, (variable) contain Nothofagus cunninghamii, Atherosperma moschatum, woodland Phyllocladus aspleniifolius Acacia melanoxylon and A. dealbata are sometimes WVI Eucalyptus viminalis wet forest Yes (variable) subdominants. Eucalyptus viminalis wet forest is listed under Schedule 3A NCA 2002

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Appendix II. Threatened flora species occupying FPPF land (excluding TWWHA)

TSP FPPF OG Species Common name Act EPBCAct Endemic? Records habitat ? Biorecion Location Bunodophoron 3 km SW of Mt notatum lichen e tas 1 yes West Acnew Savace River Erioderma sorediatum lichen e 1 yes West Pipeline Road Persoonia muelleri Savace River • subsp. angusti/olia narrowleaf ceebunc r yes 2 yes Wset Mount Bertha Roccellinastrum Savace River neg/ectum lichen e tas 1 yes West Pipeline Road Northern 8/echnum spinulosum small raspfern e 3 possible Slopes River Leven South East & Daleo Creek Northern (Dover), Marine Cyathea cunninghamii slender treefern e 4 possible Slopes Creek (Railton) Flinders, &Ben Great Forester Hypolepis muelleri harsh croundfem r 2 possible Lomond River Ben Lomond Mt Arthur, South & South Sister & Sandspit Thismia rodwayi fairy lanterns r s possible East River Acacia axillaris midlands wattle V vu yes 4 no A,acia pata,zekii wallys wattle r yes 22 no Acacia ulici/olia juniper wattle r 3 no Agrostis australiensis southern bent r 2 no Anogramma leptophylla annual fern V 2 no Asplenium trichomanes subsp. trichomanes dolerite spleenwort V 8 no Banksia serrata saw banksia r 8 no Barbarea australis riverbed wintercress e EN ves 83 no Baumea gunnii slender twicsedce r 22 no 8/echnum cartilagineum cristle fern V 13 no Boronia gunnii river boronia V vu yes 13 no Boronia hemichiton mt arthur boronia e vu yes 33 no Boronia hippopala velvet boronia V vu yes 129 no Bossiaea tasmanica spiny bossiaea r yes 3 no

Brachyscome rigidula cutleaf daisy V 1 no Brunonia australis blue pincushion r 1 no Caladenia camobellii thickstem fairv finl"ers e CR ves 2 no Caladenia caudata tailed spider-orchid V vu yes 14 no blacktoncue fincer- Caladenia congesta orchid e 2 no Caladenia patersonii patersons spider-orchid V 1 no Caladenia pusilla tiny fincers r 2 no Carex capillacea yellowleaf sedce r 2 no Carex longebrachiata droopinc sedce r 1 no Caustis pentandra thick twistsedce r 1 no Comesperma de/oliatum leafless milkwort r 14 no Corunastylis nuda tiny midce-orchid r 18 no Cyathodes platystoma tall cheeseberry r yes 103 no Cyphanthera tasmanica tasmanian rayflower r yes 6 no TSP FPPF OG Species Common name Act EPBCAct Endem ic? Records habitat ? Biorecion Location Cyrtostylis robusta la rce cnat-orchid r s no

Desmodium gunnii southern ticktrefoil V 14 no Deyeuxia brachyathera short bentcrass r 1 no Deyeuxia minor small bentcrass r 1 no Epacris curtisiae northwest heath r yes 61 no Epacris glabella smooth heath e EN yes 19 no

Epacris graniticola cranite heath V CR yes s no Epacris limbata bordered heath e CR yes 30 no Epacris moscaliana seepace heath r EN yes 86 no Epacris virgata (Beaconsfield) V EN yes 49 no Epacris virgata (Kettering) V yes 20 no Epilobium pa/lidiflorum showy willowherb r 1 no Epilobium willisii carpet willowherb r 1 no Eucalyptus barberi barbers cum r yes 61 no Euphrasia co/Jina subsp. deflexifo/ia eastern eyebricht r yes 21 no Euphrasia scabra yellow eyebricht e 35 no Euphrasia semipicta peninsula eyebricht e EN yes 51 no

Gratiola pubescens hairy brooklime V 27 no Haloragis heterophylla variable raspwort r 1 no

Hibbertia calvcina lesser euineaflower V 99 no Hibbertia rufa brown cuineaflower r 93 no Hierochloe rariflora cane holyi:rass r SS no Hovea corrickiae c lossy purplepea r 34 no Hovea montana mountain purplepea r 4 no Hovea tasmanica rockfield purplepea r yes 22 no lsoetes drummondii subsp. drummondii plain quillwort r 2 no lso/epis habra wispy clubsedce r 1 no Lepidosperma tortuosum twistinc rapiersedce r 2 no Lepidosperma viscidum sticky swordsedce r 1 no Lobelia rhombifolia tufted lobelia r 1 no

Lythrum sa/icaria purple loosestrife V 1 no Micrantheum serpentinum western tridentbush r yes 174 no Monotoca submutica var. autumna/is roundleaf broomheath r yes s no Muehlenbeckia axillaris matted licnum r 2 no Odixia achlaena eolden everlastinebush r ves 26 no Orites milliganii toothed orites r yes 1 no Orthoceras strictum horned orchid r 12 no Ozothamnus clubmoss lycopodioides everlastincbush r yes 8 no Pellaea calidirupium hotrockfem r 6 no Pentachondra ericifolia fine frillyheath r yes 3 no Phebalium daviesii davies waxflower e CR yes 4 no Phyllangium disty/is tiny mitrewort r 2 no

Phyllangium divergens wiry mitrewort V 1 no Pimelea curviflora curved ric.e-flower r 3 no Pimelea flava subsp. flava yellow riceflower r 22 no P/anocarpa sulcata c rooved cheeseberry r yes 2 no

Natural and Cultural Heritage Division DPIPWE TSP FPPF OG Species Common name Act EPBCAct Endem ic? Records habitat ? Biorecion Location Plantago debilis shade plantain r 23 no Poamollis soft t ussockcrass r yes 196 no Pomaderris elachophylla small-leaf docwood V 88 no Pomaderris intermedia lemon docwood r s no Pomaderris phylicifolia subsp. phylici/olia narrowleaf docwood r 4 no Pomaderris pi/ifera subsp. talpicutica moleskin docwood e vu yes 2 no Prasophyllum apoxychilum tapered leek-orchid V EN yes 10 no Prasophyllum castaneum chestnut leek-orchid e CR yes 1 no Prasophyllum robustum robust leek-orchid e CR yes 1 no Prasophyllum stellatum ben lomond leek-orchid e CR yes 39 no Prostanthera rotundifolia roundleaf mintbush V 1 no Pseudocephalozia pa/udicola vu 1 no Pterostylis atriola snuc creenhood r yes 34 no Pterostvlis arandillora suoerb e:reenhood r 2 no Pterostylis ziege/eri c rassland creenhood V vu yes 1 no Pultenaea mollis soft bushpea V 2 no Rytidwperma indutum tall wallabycrass r 1 no Schenkia australis spike centaury r 1 no Scleranthus brockiei mountain knawel r 1 no Senecio psilocarpus swamp fireweed e vu 1 no Senecio squarrosus leafy fireweed r 9 no

Sowerbaea iuncea ourple rushlilv V 3 no Spyridium obcordatum creepinc dustymiller V vu yes 1 no Spyridium parvifolium var. parvifolium coast dustymiller r 4 no Stonesiella se/aginoides clubmoss bushpea e EN yes 11 no Stuckenia pectinata fennel pondweed r 2 no Stylidium despectum small triccerplant r 1 no Tetratheca gunnii shy pinkbells e CR yes 4 no Teucrium corymbosum forest cermander r 3 no Thelymitra antennifera rabbit ears e 2 no Thelymitra holmesii bluestar sun-orchid r 1 no Thelymitra jonesii skyblue sun-orchid e EN yes s no Triglochin minutissima tiny arrowcrass r 1 no

Utricularia australis yellow bladderwort r 1 no

Natural and Cultural Heritage Division DPIPWE Appendix Ill. Threatened fauna species occupying FPPF land (excluding TWWHA)

TSP· Utilisine EPBC olderowth General Specific Bioreeion Species Common name Acts Endemism habitat habitat habitat (IBRA 5.0) Location blackwoo d, myrtle Accipiter & mature novaehol/andiae grey goshawk E/- native yes terrestrial forests all Statewide King, Northern slopes, North flowing Astacopsis giant freshwater Furneaux, Ben catchments gouldi crayfish v/VU endemic yes aquatic riparia n lomond excluding Tamar all (excl azure kingfisher Central Ceyxazurea or azure High lands and subsp. kingfisher Northern diemenensis (tasmanian) e/EN endemic yes terrestrial riparia n mid lands) Statewide Dasyurus maculatus across all subsp. spotted-tailed forest maculatus quoll r/VU endemic ves terrestrial types all Statewide

Migratory, not Southern Lathamus breeding specialty ranges, SE, predominantly east disco/or swift parrot e/CR endemic yes terrestrial timbers Ben lomond coast Beddomeia Rapid River Savage River angulata freshwater snail r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n King Pipeline Road Bells freshwater Heazlewood River Beddomeia bellii snail r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n West area Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii bowryensis (bowry cree k) r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n West Savage River area Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii briansmithi (fern creek) v/- endemic some aquatic riparia n Ben Lomond NE streams Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii franklandensis (frankland rive r) r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n West Frankland River Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii fromensis (frome river) e/- endemic some aquatic riparia n Ben lomond Frome dam vicinity Beddomeia Hulls freshwater hul/ii snail r/- e ndemic some aquatic riparia n West Savage River area Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii mesibovi (arthur river) r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n King, West Arthur River area Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii phasianel/a (keddies creek) v/- endemic some aquatic riparia n King Dial Range Beddomeia hyd robiid sna ii tasmanica (terrys creek) r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n Ben lomond Blue Tier area Beddomeia Savage River Mine trochiformis freshwater snail r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n West Savage River area Charopidae sp. "Skemps" skemps snail r/- endemic some terrestrial riparia n Ben lomond Mt Arthur area across all Dasyurus forest viverrinus eastern q uoll -/EN native some terrestrial types all Statewide central north Northern Engaeus burrowing semi- slopes, central north granulatus crayfish e/EN endemic some terrestrial riparia n Furneaux around Devonport eucalypt forests, Tasman and Helicarion pref blue Forestier rubicundus burgundy snail r/- endemic some terrestrial gum SE peninsulas TSP- Utilisine EPBC olderowth General Specific Bioreeion Species Common name Acts Endemism habitat habitat habitat {1BRA5.0) Location Mt. Arthur Engaeus bu rrowing semi- orramakunna crayfish v/VU endemic some terrestrial riparia n Ben Lomond Mt Arthur area Scottsdale Engaeus bu rrowing semi- spinicaudatus crayfish e/EN endemic some terrestrial riparia n Ben Lomond NE of Scottsdale Aquila audax tasmanian wedge- mature subsp. f/eayi tailed eagle e/EN endemic some terrestrial forest all Statewide trout- free Eastern Tiers and headwat Northern Isis River- Galaxias er midlands, Ben Macquarie River fontanus swan galaxias e/EN endemic some aquatic streams Lomond catchment Haliaeetus white-bellied sea- mature /eucogaster eagle V/- native some terrestrial trees all Statewide across all Hoplogonus Bornemissza's forest Goshen - Goulds bornemisszai stag beetle e/CR endemic some terrestrial types Ben Lomond Country area across all Hoplogonus Simson's stag forest simsoni beetle v/VU endemic some terrestrial types Ben Lomond Blue Tier area across all Hoplogonus Vanderschoor's forest Pyengana - Mt vanderschoori stag beetle v/VU endemic some terrestrial types Ben Lomond Victoria area across all broad-toothed forest Ussotes latidens stag beetle e/EN endemic some terrestrial types SE Wielangta damp- wet Ussotes Mount Mangana forests, SE, southern menalcas stal! beetle v/- endemic some terrestrial all tvoes ranl!es SE forests all except SE headwater and Oxyethira caddis fly (ouse and Ben smaller stream mienica river) r/- native some aquatic streams Lomond classes Phrantela Waratah Road Heazlewood River annamurrayae hyd robiid sna ii r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n West area Phrantela Heazlewood River Heazlewood River marginata hyd robiid sna ii r/- endemic some aquatic riparia n west area streams all except downstre northern am of mid lands and Prototroctes Australian barriers central Coastal Rivers maraena grayling v/VU native some aquatic only highlands around Tasmania across all Sarcophi/us forest all forest and non- harrisii Tasmanian devil e/EN endemic some terrestrial types all forest types damp- wet Tasmanipatus forests, Furneaux and St Marys - Elephant anoohthalmus blind velvet worm e/EN endemic some terrestrial all tvnes Ben Lomond Pass area damp- wet Mathinna - Tasmanipatus forests, Pyengana - St barretti giant velvet worm r/- endemic some terrestrial all types Ben Lomond Helens area Tyto mature novaehollandiae forests subsp. masked owl endemic supportin castanops (tasmanian) e/VU subsp some terrestrial g hollows all all forest types

Antipodia chaostola subsp. endemic Gahnia leucophaea chaostola skipper e/EN subsp no terrestrial radula SE, Furneaux east coast

Natural and Cultural Heritage Division DPIPWE TSP- Utilisine EPBC olderowth General Specific Bioreeion Species Common name Acts Endemism habitat habitat habitat {1BRA 5.0) Location Botaurus Australasian poiciloptilus bittern -/EN native no terrestrial wetlands all Statewide Hickmanoxyom cave harvestman ma or Mole Creek Northern gibbergunyar cave harvestman r/- endemic no cave fauna caves slopes Mole Ck wetlands Umnodynastes and NW and NE coasts, peroni striped marsh frog e/- native no aquatic streams King, Furneaux King Island all except central highlands, wetlands west and Utoria green and gold and southern northern and raniformis froe v/VU native no aauatic streams ranees eastern reeions Eucalypt forests Migratory, and Neophema orange-bellied breeding moorlan chrysogaster parrot e/CR endemic no terrestrial ds King, West TWWHA - breedine Northern Oreixenica midlands, SE, Poa grasslands ptunarra subsp. ptunarra brown Central above450 m ptunarra butterfly v/EN endemic no terrestrial grassland highlands altitude Euc viminalis forests not Furneaux, SE coastal Eucalyptus Pardalotus forty-spotted specialty and Southern viminalis forests auadraaintus pardalote e/EN ves no terrestrial timbers ranees alone SE coast grassland s, sedge and Perameles eastern barred shrublan grasslands and gunnii bandicoot -/VU native no terrestrial ds all grassy woodlands Pseudomys New Holland heathlan NE and E coasts, novaehollandiae mouse e/VU native no terrestrial ds Furneaux, SE Flinders Island *Devel oped as part of the DPIPWE - FPA Ag reed Procedures, delivered through FPA Threatened Fauna Advisor (TFA 2015)

Natural and Cultural Heritage Division DPIPWE CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT OF FPPF LAND 23

Appendix IV. Heritage Tasmania identified CPR Slide Track