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Reconnaissance Flora and Vegetation Survey of the Racetrack, Royal Standard and Golden Funnel Projects- November 2019 Reconnaissance Flora and Vegetation Survey of the Racetrack, Royal Standard and Golden Funnel Projects - November 2019 Prepared for Norton Gold Fields Pty Ltd FINAL V2.0 December 2019 Prepared by: Native Vegetation Solutions PO Box 41 KALGOORLIE Ph: (08) 9021 5818 Mob: 0407 998 953 Email: [email protected] Native Vegetation Solutions Reconnaissance Flora and Vegetation Survey of the Racetrack, Royal Standard and Golden Funnel Projects- November 2019 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 GEOLOGY AND VEGETATION ........................................................................................... 3 1.3 CLIMATE ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.3.1 Temperature ......................................................................................................... 3 1.3.2 Rainfall .................................................................................................................. 4 2. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................... 6 2.1 PERSONNEL AND REPORTING ......................................................................................... 6 2.2 PRELIMINARY DESKTOP STUDY ....................................................................................... 6 2.2.1 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Protected Matters....... 6 2.2.2 Threatened Flora and Communities ...................................................................... 6 2.2.3 Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs) and Conservation Reserves .................. 6 2.2.4 Vegetation Type, Extent and Status ...................................................................... 6 2.2.5 Wetlands ............................................................................................................... 6 2.2.6 Dieback ................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 SITE INVESTIGATION ....................................................................................................... 7 2.3.1 Licenses ................................................................................................................ 7 2.3.2 Field Methods ....................................................................................................... 7 2.3.3 Post-Field Methods ............................................................................................... 8 2.3.4 Mapping ................................................................................................................ 8 2.3.5 IBSA Data Package .............................................................................................. 8 2.4 LIMITATIONS .................................................................................................................. 9 3. RESULTS ......................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 PRELIMINARY DESKTOP ASSESSMENT ........................................................................... 10 3.1.1 EPBC Act Protected Matters ............................................................................... 10 3.1.2 Threatened Flora and Communities .................................................................... 10 3.1.3 Environmentally Sensitive Areas and Conservation Reserves ............................. 10 3.1.4 Vegetation Type, Extent and Status .................................................................... 10 3.1.5 Wetlands ............................................................................................................. 12 3.1.6 Dieback ............................................................................................................... 12 3.2 FIELD ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................... 12 3.2.1 Threatened Flora ................................................................................................. 12 3.2.2 Vegetation Type, Extent and Status .................................................................... 13 3.2.3 Non-Native Species ............................................................................................ 33 3.2.4 Vegetation Condition ........................................................................................... 33 4. DISCUSSION .................................................................................................................... 34 5. REFERENCES .................................................................................................................. 35 6. GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................... 37 APPENDIX 1 RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DATABASE SEARCH RESULTS ....................... 40 APPENDIX 2 THREATENED FLORA DATABASES SEARCH RESULTS ............................ 51 APPENDIX 3 VEGETATION CONDITION SCALE (KEIGHERY, 1994) .................................. 54 APPENDIX 4 VEGETATION MAPPING.................................................................................. 56 APPENDIX 5 SPECIES LIST .................................................................................................. 61 Native Vegetation Solutions Page i Reconnaissance Flora and Vegetation Survey of the Racetrack, Royal Standard and Golden Funnel Projects- November 2019 Figures Figure 1: Regional map of survey location .................................................................................. 2 Figure 2: Mean temperature ranges for Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport weather station .................... 4 Figure 3: Monthly and mean rainfall for Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport weather station 2019 ........... 5 Figure 4: Chenopod Shrubland within the survey area ............................................................. 14 Figure 5: Open Eucalyptus salmonophloia woodland within the survey area ............................ 15 Figure 6: Eucalyptus griffithsii woodland within the survey area ............................................... 16 Figure 7: Acacia ramulosa var. ramulosa shrubland within the survey area .............................. 17 Figure 8: Tecticornia Shrubland within the survey area ............................................................ 18 Figure 9: Creekline Vegetation within the survey area .............................................................. 19 Figure 10: Eucalyptus oleosa over Acacia ramulosa over sclerophyll shrubland within the survey area .......................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 11: Acacia acuminata shrubland on rocky outcrop within the survey area ..................... 21 Figure 12: Eremophila miniata shrubland within the survey area .............................................. 22 Figure 13: Eucalyptus salubris and Eucalyptus gracilis over Tecticornia on rocky hill slopes within the survey area .............................................................................................................. 23 Figure 14: Casuarina pauper and Melaleuca lateriflora over Tecticornia on quartz hill within the survey area .............................................................................................................................. 24 Figure 15: Acacia ramulosa and Acacia ligulata shrubland within the survey area .................... 25 Figure 16: Casuarina over sclerophyll shrubland within the survey area ................................... 26 Figure 17: Eucalyptus gracilis woodland within the survey area ............................................... 27 Figure 18: Eucalyptus ravida woodland over Tecticornia disarticulata shrubland within the survey area .............................................................................................................................. 28 Figure 19: Eucalyptus lesouefii woodland within the survey area ............................................. 29 Figure 20: Transitional Eucalyptus woodland within the survey area ........................................ 30 Figure 21: Eucalyptus gracilis over sclerophyll shrubland on rocky hills within the survey area 31 Figure 22: Bare Salt-Lake within the survey area ..................................................................... 32 Tables Table 1: List of potential survey limitations ................................................................................. 9 Table 2: Summary of information regarding Pre-European and current vegetation extent of Vegetation Association 125 within the survey area ................................................................... 11 Table 3: Summary of information regarding Pre-European and current vegetation extent of Vegetation Association 468 within the survey area ................................................................... 11 Table 4: Summary of information regarding Pre-European and current vegetation extent of Vegetation Association 540 within the survey area ................................................................... 12 Table 5: Vegetation Group Summary ......................................................................................
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