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Addendum to Report WB653: Yeelirrie Project Flora and Vegetation Survey (February 2011) June 2015 Cameco Australia Report Ref: WB839 Addendum to Report WB653 June 2015 © Landcare Holdings Pty Ltd trading as Western Botanical Unit 33, 6 Keane St, Midland WA 6056 PO Box 3608, Midland WA 6056 T (08) 9274 0303F (08) 9274 0136 Report No: WB839 Client Name: Cameco Australia Pty Ltd Client Address: 24 Hasler Road, Osborne Park 6017 Version Prepared By Approved for Issue Issue Date Version 1 D. Leach & 02/04/2015 02/04/2015 G. Cockerton Version 2 D. Leach 21/05/2015 21/05/2015 Version 3 D. Leach 24/06/2015 24/06/2015 Version 4 D. Leach 26/06/2015 26/06/2015 Version 5 D. Leach 29/06/2015 2/06/2015 This document has been prepared to the requirements of the client identified on this page and no representation is made to any third party. It may be cited for the purposes of scientific research or other fair use, but it may not be reproduced or distributed to any third party by any physical or electronic means without the express permission of the client for whom it was prepared or Western Botanical. This report has been designed for double-sided printing Addendum to Report WB653 June 2015 Contents Executive Summary viii 1. Introduction 1 2. Previous Botanical Surveys 4 3. Review of Flora Survey Methods 6 3.1. Field Survey 6 3.1.1. Timing of Field Surveys 6 3.1.2. Quadrat Sizes 7 3.1.3. Sufficiency of Field Sites (Quadrats and Releves) 8 3.2. Data Analysis 10 3.3. Conformity to Guidelines and Requirements 11 3.3.1. Planning and design of flora and vegetation surveys 11 3.3.2. Presentation and reporting 13 4. Update of Flora 17 4.1. Taxonomic Name Changes 22 4.2. Additional Species 24 4.3. Identification and Entry Corrections 24 4.4. Conservation Status 26 4.5. Naturalised Status (Weeds) 26 4.6. Range Extensions 27 5. Significant Flora 32 5.1. Threatened Flora 32 5.1.1. Atriplex sp. Yeelirrie Station (L. Trotter & A. Douglas LCH 25025) 32 5.2. Priority Flora 38 5.2.1. Baeckea sp. Sandstone (C.A. Gardner s.n. 26 Oct 1963) Priority 3 38 5.2.2. Bossiaea eremaea (Priority 3) 41 5.2.3. Calytrix uncinata (Priority 3) 45 5.2.4. Comesperma viscidulum (Priority Four) 48 5.2.5. Eremophila arachnoides subsp. arachnoides (Priority 3) 52 5.2.6. Euryomyrtus inflata (Priority 3) 56 5.2.7. Neurachne lanigera (Priority 1) 60 5.2.8. Olearia arida (Priority 4) 64 i Addendum to Report WB653 June 2015 5.2.9. Rhagodia sp. Yeelirrie Station (K.A. Shepherd et al. KS1396) (Priority 1) 68 5.2.10. Sauropus ramosissimus (Priority 3) 72 5.2.11. Sida picklesiana (Priority 3) 76 5.2.12. Thryptomene sp. Leinster (B.J. Lepschi & L.A. Craven 4362) (Priority 3) 79 5.3. Flora of Interest 83 5.3.1. Acacia sp. (G. Cockerton & R. Graham LCH 25491) 86 5.3.2. Acacia sp. resprouter (G. Cockerton & R. Graham LCH 25490) 86 5.3.3. Acacia sp. Yakabindie (G. Cockerton & G. O’Kefe LCH 14274) aff. kempeana 87 5.3.4. Chondropyxis halophila 88 5.3.5. Eragrostis tenellula 89 5.3.6. Euphorbia biconvexa 90 5.3.7. Hibbertia sp. aff. exasperata (D. Brassington & S. Colwill LCH 29097) 91 5.3.8. Mollugo cerviana 92 5.3.9. Olearia sp. Sherwood Breakaways (A. Taylor LCH 25552) 93 5.3.10. Prostanthera sp. Bullimore Sandplain (G. Cockerton & D. True 12813) 95 5.3.11. Scaevola spinescens terete leaf form (G. Cockerton & C. Ringrose LCH 14560) 96 5.3.12. Sporobolus australasicus 99 5.3.13. Tribulus sp. LCH 27811 100 5.3.14. Vittadinia dissecta var. hirta 101 6. DPaW Database Searches 103 6.1. Threatened and Priority Flora 103 6.2. Threatened and Priority Ecological Communities 103 7. Review of Vegetation and Mapping 105 7.1. Vegetation Condition Mapping 105 7.2. Changes Due to Update of Flora 108 7.3. Potential Changes Due to Improved Analysis 109 7.4. Clarifications to Mapping, Vegetation Unit Descriptions, and Sites 109 8. Conclusion & Recommendations 111 9. Reference List 113 10. List of Participants 117 ii Addendum to Report WB653 June 2015 Appendices Appendix 1. List of specimens vouchered with Western Australian Herbarium for WB653. 118 Appendix 2. Revised local species list (Study Areas 1, 2, & 3). 124 Appendix 3. Revised regional species list (Study Areas 4 - 16). 138 Appendix 4. Summary of DPaW Threatened and Priority Flora Database Search 142 Appendix 5. Keighery Vegetation Condition Scale 148 Appendix 6. Corrected quadrat and releve summaries of WB653. 150 Tables Table 1. Summary of previous botanical surveys relevant to the Yeelirrie Project and the surrounding region (chronological order). 4 Table 2. Summary of quadrats and releves per vegetation unit performed during surveys of WB653, sorted by total number of quadrats. 9 Table 3. Taxonomic name changes for species lists since WB653 23 Table 4. Additional species to the Local Species List since WB653. 24 Table 5. Identification and data entry corrections since WB653. 25 Table 6. Changes to conservation status of species since WB653. 26 Table 7. National and Western Australian weeds lists checked and relevant results. 27 Table 8. Revision of WB653 species lists range extensions. *AVH (Australian Virtual Herbarium 2014). 29 Table 9. Summary of species no longer considered Species of Interest (since WB653). 32 Table 10. Locations of Rhagodia sp. Yeelirrie Station populations (datum GDA94). 69 Table 11. Additional Priority species records returned by DPaW Threatened and Priority flora database search since WB653. 103 Table 12. Summary of species name changes within WB653 vegetation unit descriptions. 108 Table 13. Summary of potential changes to vegetation maps due to improved analysis. 109 Table 14. Specimens lodged to Western Australian Herbarium following (but as part of) the publication WB653. Taxa names and conservation status used for the original specimen lodgement are retained to enable cross-reference of records. 119 Table 15. Specimens lodged to Western Australian Herbarium as part of this Addendum Report. 123 Table 16. Summary of Threatened and Priority flora identified by DPaW searches. 143 Table 17. Coordinates of known Threatened and Priority flora populations (DPaW search results only). 145 iii Addendum to Report WB653 June 2015 Figures Figure 1. Site location of the proposed Yeelirrie Project. 2 Figure 2. Rainfall during the survey period of WB653 compared to historic mean, and the timing of field survey visits. 7 Figure 3. Location of local study areas (1 to 3) encompassing species presented on the ‘local species list’. 18 Figure 4. Location of regional study areas (4 to 16) encompassing species presented on the ‘regional species list’. 20 Figure 5. Distribution map of Atriplex sp. Yeelirrie Station, (L. Trotter & A. Douglas LCH 25025) within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 34 Figure 6. Locations of Atriplex sp. Yeelirrie Station (L. Trotter & A. Douglas LCH 25025) populations at Yeelirrie Station. 35 Figure 7. Distribution map of Baeckea sp. Sandstone (C.A. Gardner s.n. 26 Oct 1963) within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 38 Figure 8. Records of Baeckea sp. Sandstone (C.A. Gardner s.n. 26 Oct 1963), Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 39 Figure 9. Distribution map of Bossiaea eremaea within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 42 Figure 10. Records of Bossiaea eremaea, Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 43 Figure 11. Distribution map of Calytrix uncinata within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 45 Figure 12. Records of Calytrix uncinata, Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 46 Figure 13. Distribution map of Comesperma viscidulum within Western Australia (Western Australia). 49 Figure 14. Records of Comesperma viscidulum, Priority 4, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 50 Figure 15. Distribution map of Eremophila arachnoides subsp. arachnoides (left) and Eremophila pantonii (right) within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 53 Figure 16. Records of Eremophila arachnoides subsp. arachnoides, Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 54 Figure 17. Distribution map of Euryomyrtus inflata within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 57 Figure 18. Records of Euryomyrtus inflata, Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 58 Figure 19. Distribution map of Neurachne lanigera within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 61 Figure 20. Records of Neurachne lanigera, Priority 1, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 62 Figure 21. Distribution of Olearia arida within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 65 iv Addendum to Report WB653 June 2015 Figure 22. Records of Olearia arida, Priority 4, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 66 Figure 23. Distribution map of Rhagodia sp. Yeelirrie Station (K.A. Shepherd et al. KS1396) inWestern Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 69 Figure 24. Records of Rhagodia sp. Yeelirrie Station (K.A. Shepherd et al. KS1396), Priority 1, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 70 Figure 25. Distribution map of Sauropus ramosissimus in Western Australia (Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria 2014). 73 Figure 26. Records of Sauropus ramosissimus, Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie. 74 Figure 27. Distribution map of Sida picklesiana within Western Australia (Western Australian Herbarium 1998-). 76 Figure 28. Records of Sida picklesiana, Priority 3, within and near local Study Areas (1, 2, and 3) at Yeelirrie.
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