Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report

Rickards Road Biobank Site

Prepared for Mr Elias and Mrs Gladis Hawach

2 May 2017

Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report: Rickards Road BioBank Site

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Project Name Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report: Rickards Road Biobank Site. Project Number 17WOL - 6302

Rebecca Dwyer Project Manager 02 4201 2211 Suite 204, Level 2, 62 Moore Street Austinmer NSW 2515

Prepared by Rebecca Dwyer Reviewed by Meredith Henderson Approved by Meredith Henderson Status Draft Version Number V1 Last saved on 03 February 2017

Top left: Grevillia juniperina subsp. juniperina; Bottom left: Dillwynia tenuifolia; Top right: Cooks Cover photo River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest; Bottom right: Micromyrtus minutiflora. Photos by Rebecca Dwyer (ELA, 2017).

This report should be cited as ‘Eco Logical Australia 2017. Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Rickards Road Biobank Site. Prepared for Mr Elias and Mrs Gladis Hawach.’

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document has been prepared by Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd with support from Paul Lemm Planning Consultants and Eddy Hawach.

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 Mr Elias and Mrs Gladis Hawach. The scope of services was defined in consultation with Mr Elias and Mrs Gladis Hawach., 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.

Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report: Rickards Road BioBank Site

Contents

Executive summary ...... vii

1 Site Description ...... 1 1.1 Location ...... 1 1.2 Biophysical characteristics of the site ...... 1 1.3 Land use zoning ...... 1 1.4 Site history and current uses of property ...... 1 1.5 Surrounding land uses ...... 1

2 Biobank Assessment ...... 5 2.1 Biobank area...... 5 2.2 Plant Community Types ...... 5 2.3 Over-cleared vegetation types and Threatened Ecological Communities ...... 10 2.3.1 Broad-leaved Ironbark – Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin (PCT 725) ...... 10 2.4 Landscape value assessment ...... 10 2.4.1 Score for strategic location ...... 10 2.4.2 Change in connectivity value ...... 11 2.4.3 Increase in native vegetation cover ...... 11 2.4.4 Patch size ...... 13 2.5 Native vegetation assessment...... 13 2.5.1 Vegetation zones ...... 13 2.5.2 Plot and transect surveys ...... 14 2.5.3 Management zones and site value scores ...... 18 2.6 Threatened species and populations assessment ...... 21 2.6.1 List of predicted threatened species ...... 21 2.6.2 Geographic and habitat features ...... 21 2.6.3 Threatened flora survey ...... 22 2.6.4 Threatened fauna species habitat ...... 22

3 Credits generated ...... 28 3.1 More Appropriate Local Data ...... 28 3.2 Ecosystem credits ...... 28 3.3 Species credits ...... 28

4 Existing management obligations ...... 30

References ...... 31

Appendix A Flora species recorded ...... 32

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Appendix B Biometric plot and transect data ...... 35

Appendix C Predicted threatened species and species requiring survey ...... 36

Appendix D Biobanking credit report ...... 39

List of figures Figure 1: Regional location of the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 2

Figure 2: Location of the Rickards Road Biobank site relative to IBRA Regions/Subregions, Mitchell Landscapes, and Assessment circles (Location Map) ...... 3

Figure 3: Rickards Road Biobank site boundary (Site map) ...... 4

Figure 4: Vegetation communities in the Rickards Road Biobank site as mapped by OEH (2013) ...... 8

Figure 5: Plant Community Types/Endangered Ecological Communities in the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 9

Figure 6: Vegetation used to calculate patch size...... 16

Figure 7: Vegetation zones and location of Biometric plots/transects in the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 17

Figure 8: Management zones in the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 19

Figure 9: Targeted survey effort ...... 24

Figure 10: Dillwynia tenuifolia within the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 25

Figure 11: Acacia bynoeana and Micromyrtus minutiflora within the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 26

Figure 12: Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina within the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 27

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List of tables

Table 1: Summary of ecosystem credits generated ...... vii

Table 2: Summary of species credits generated ...... viii

Table 4: Validated biometric vegetation types within the Biobank site ...... 10

Table 5: Width Classes Before and After Biobank ...... 11

Table 6: Area of over-storey cover in assessment circles before and after the establishment of the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 13

Table 7: Vegetation zones in the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 15

Table 8: Number of Biometric plots/transects required and surveyed for the Rickards Road Biobank site – Stage 1 ...... 18

Table 9: Area of each management zone within the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 18

Table 10: Site value scores for each management zone (standard management actions implemented) ...... 20

Table 11: Site value scores after additional management actions for the Management Zone within the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 20

Table 12: Geographic and habitat questions and answers ...... 21

Table 13: Threatened flora species recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site ...... 22

Table 14: Recent records of threatened fauna within close proximity to the Rickards Road Biobank site...... 23

Table 15: Ecosystem credits generated and credit profile ...... 28

Table 16: Species credits generated and credit profile ...... 29

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Abbreviations

Abbreviation Description

BACAR Biobank Agreement Credit Assessment Report

BBAM 2014 BioBanking Assessment Methodology 2014

BVT BioMetric Vegetation Type

CEEC Critically endangered ecological community

CMA Catchment Management Area

CRCIF Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest

ELA Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd

EP&A Act Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)

LEP Local Environmental Plan

LGA Local Government Area

NPWS National Parks and Wildlife Service (now OEH)

OEH NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

PCT Plant Community Types

TEC Threatened ecological community

TSC Act Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report: Rickards Road Biobank Site

Executive summary

Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd (ELA) was commissioned by Mr Elias and Mrs Gladis Hawach, to prepare a Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report and Management Plan for the establishment of a Biobank site located at 240 Rickards Road (Lot 3//DP184056), Castlereagh, within the Penrith Local Government Area (LGA). The location of the Rickards Road Biobank site is shown in Figure 1.

This document is the Biobanking Agreement Credit Assessment Report (BACAR). It contains a detailed description of the Biobanking Assessment process, including a justification of the landscape score, and mapping of plant community types, vegetation zones, and management zones. The credits generated by the proposal, and their credit profiles, are also outlined.

This report has been prepared to meet the requirements of the BioBanking Assessment Methodology 2014 (BBAM 2014) (Office of Environment and Heritage [OEH] 2014) stating that the assessment must be made by an accredited BioBanking Assessor. The accredited BioBanking Assessor who prepared the assessment is Rebecca Dwyer (assessor number: 095). Version 4.0 of the calculator was used in the assessment.

The total area of the Rickards Road Biobank site is 8.42 ha of which 8.21 ha will generate credits (the difference in area being management tracks and dams that have been excluded from credit calculations). One plant community type (PCT), in one condition class, has been recorded for the assessment. The PCT is mapped as:

 Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’ (PCT 725).

Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’ forms part of the threatened ecological community (TEC), ‘Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion’ listed as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act), and critically endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The community was also formerly recognised as the BioMetric Vegetation Type (BVT) of the same name, HN513.

There is 8.21 ha of vegetation to generate ecosystem credits (The vegetation on site generates 79 ecosystem credits at an average of 9.6 credits per hectare.

Four threatened flora species, Acacia bynoeana (Bynoe’s Wattle), Dillwynia tenuifolia, Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina (Juniper-leaved Grevillea) and Micromyrtus minutiflora, were recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site. A total of 12,050 individuals were recorded and mapped throughout the site (Table 13). In total, 85,555 species credits are generated by the Rickards Road Biobank site.

Table 1 and Table 2 provide a summary of credits generated, with details provided in Section 3.

Table 1: Summary of ecosystem credits generated

Ancillary code Credits Plant community type Condition Area (ha) Credits/ha generated

Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca Moderate to Good 8.21 79 9.6 decora shrubby open forest on clay Good

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Ancillary code Credits Plant community type Condition Area (ha) Credits/ha generated soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin

9.6 TOTAL 8.21 79 (average)

Table 2: Summary of species credits generated

Species Count Credits generated Credits/ha

Acacia bynoeana 27 192 7.10

Dillwynia tenuifolia 7,055 50,090 7.10

Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina 4,826 34,265 7.10

Micromyrtus minutiflora 142 1,008 7.10

Total 12,050 85,555 7.10

The management of the Rickards Road Biobank site will involve the implementation of standard management actions and will include:

 the active management and reduction of weeds, particularly on the boundaries  the application of fire, where appropriate  closure of selected access tracks  maintenance of retained access tracks  the retention of regrowth/native vegetation, dead timber, and rocks.

ELA has included contingency costings for additional management. Additional management actions for the Rickards Road Biobank site include:

 Control of rabbits and foxes (as required).

The management required on site, and the associated costs and timing of works, are provided in the accompanying Management Plan (completed management actions template) and credit pricing spreadsheet, respectively.

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1 Site Description

1.1 Location The Rickards Road Biobank Site is located at 240 Rickards Road (part Lot 3//DP184056), Castlereagh, approximately 3 km south-west of the township of Londonderry, within the Penrith Local Government Area (LGA) (Figure 1). The site lies entirely within the Cumberland subregion of the Sydney Basin IBRA region (Thackway and Creswell 1994), and is wholly within the Hawkesbury Nepean Terrace Gravels Landscapes (Figure 2).

The Rickards Road Biobank Site is bound by Rickards Road to the west, Nepean Motor Sports Club to the north, car wreckers to the south and remnant native vegetation connecting to Agnes Banks Nature Reserve to the east (Figure 1). The subject site is also located within the Priority Conservation Lands identified in the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan (DECCW 2011).

There are no existing covenants or conservation funding arrangements for the Rickards Road Biobank Site or requirements to actively manage the proposed biobank area for conservation under any conditions of approval or consents under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act). The entire biobank site is to be managed for both ecosystem and species credits.

1.2 Biophysical characteristics of the site The Rickards Road Biobank Site is located on flat plains on the Cumberland Plain in western Sydney. It is mostly covered by woody vegetation, and occurs at an elevation of between 26 m and 30 m above sea level.

The soil landscape within the subject site is identified as Agnes Banks, bordered by Freemans Reach and Berkshire Park (Bannerman & Hazelton 1990).

1.3 Land use zoning The Rickards Road Biobank Site is currently zoned RU4 (Primary Production Small Lots) under Penrith Local Environmental Plan (PLEP 2010). The objectives of the RU4 zone are to enable sustainable primary industry and other compatible land uses.

1.4 Site history and current uses of property The Rickards Road Biobank Site is located within a rural environment. There are several walking tracks throughout the site and the western portion of the site along Rickard Road is currently being used for storage with a large shipping container and general equipment stored within this area.

The vegetation throughout the site is in good condition (Figure 3).

1.5 Surrounding land uses The Rickards Road Biobank Site is bounded by Nepean Motor Sports Club to the north, car wreckers to the south and residential development to the west, which are also zoned RU4. The remaining land to the east contains remnant native vegetation and is zoned DM Deferred Matter.

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Figure 1: Regional location of the Rickards Road Biobank site

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Figure 2: Location of the Rickards Road Biobank site relative to IBRA Regions/Subregions, Mitchell Landscapes, and Assessment circles (Location Map)

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Figure 3: Rickards Road Biobank site boundary (Site map)

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2 Biobank Assessment

2.1 Biobank area The Rickards Road Biobank Site covers a total of 8.42 ha. The Rickards Road Biobank Site is located on relatively flat plains, with no creek lines within the proposed boundary. There is one dam located within the biobank site.

There are no covenants or conservation funding arrangements for the Rickards Road Biobank Site, and the entire biobank site is to be managed for both ecosystem and species credits.

2.2 Plant Community Types ELA validated the existing vegetation against the OEH (2013) mapping, for the Rickards Road Biobank Site. The OEH mapping included Castlereagh Swamp Woodland (CSW) over the majority of the site and Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest (CRCIF) in the south of the site (Figure 4).

In the Cumberland Plain, CSW most often occurs in poorly drained depressions along intermittent watercourses (NPWS 2014). CRCIF occurs mainly on shallow sand-rich alluvium deposited on shale- derived clays (OEH 2011).

ELA entered plot data collected while in the field into the OEH vegetation tool developed by Tim Hager and Greg Steenbeeke. This was used as a quantitative tool to ‘assist’ determination of the PCTs that may be present. The OEH vegetation tool uses positive diagnostic species of vegetation communities and compares these against floristic plot data collected. . Note that the tool does not use other attributes, such as substrate, underlying geology, slope, aspect, elevation, past management and landscape position to assign data to a vegetation community. Results from plot data entered into the OEH vegetation tool are shown in Table 3. In siting the locations of plots, they were placed across the variation present in vegetation zones, in terms of slope, aspect, and landscape position, to obtain representative data for the vegetation zones.

The PCTs mapped for this assessment were determined largely on the dominant flora species in each stratum, flora species composition, substrate, underlying geology, slope, aspect, elevation, and landscape position, rather than from the results of the OEH vegetation tool alone (Table 3). From Table 3, the OEH vegetation tool agreed with the validated vegetation community mapping for two of the three survey plots (BB02 and BB03). Plot BB01 had higher likely matches for vegetation communities than the vegetation community assigned by ELA.

Despite Shale Sandstone Transition Forest (SSTF) achieving a higher percentage match for BB01, the species (e.g. Melaleuca decora, Eucalyptus fibrosa and Hakea sericea) in the plot were more indicative of CRCIF. Therefore that community was selected for this plot, which is also supported by the other plots (BB02 and BB03) being assigned to CRCIF.

ELA considered CRCIF to be dominant over the entire Rickards Road Biobank Site. The equivalent PCT to CRCIF is ‘Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’ (PCT 725) (OEH 2015). Figure 5 shows the distribution of the PCT as mapped by ELA within the Rickards Road Biobank site.

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Within mapped CRCIF, the canopy was dominated by Eucalyptus fibrosa (Red Ironbark), Eucalyptus punctata (Grey Gum), Eucalyptus parramattensis (Parramatta Red Gum) and Melaleuca decora (White- feather Honey-myrtle). The shrub layer was mostly composed of Bursaria spinosa (Blackthorn), Dillwynia tenuifolia, Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina, Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Dogwood), , Melaleuca nodosa (Prickly-leaved Paperbark), Pultenaea villosa (Hairy Bush Pea), Daviesia ulicifolia (Gorse Bitter Pea), Kunzea ambigua (White Kunzea), Micromyrtus minutiflora, Hakea sericea (Needlebush) and Acacia falcata (Hickory Wattle).

The under-storey was composed of grasses, sedges and forbs: Aristida vagans (Three-awn Spear grass), Juncus usitatus, Lomandra multiflora (Many-flowered Mat-rush), Dianella revoluta (Blue Flax-lily), Lepidosperma laterale, Goodenia hederacea subsp. hederacea, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi (Poison Rock Fern), Pratia purpurascens (White Root), Themeda triandra (Kangaroo Grass), Panicum simile (Two-coloured Panic), Entolasia stricta and Opercularia diphylla.

Introduced groundcover species included Eragrostis curvula (African Love Grass), Setaria parviflora (Whorled Pigeon Grass), Andropogon virginicus (Whisky Grass), Conyza sp. and Hypericum perforatum (St John’s Wort). The CRCIF at the site had varying degrees of weed infestation, occurring mostly along existing access tracks and boundary fence lines.

A flora inventory is provided in Appendix A

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Table 3: Summary of results from plot data entered into the OEH vegetation tool determining likely matches for vegetation communities. Communities that ELA assigned plots to are highlighted in blue. Communities with higher ratios than that assigned by ELA are highlighted in pink ^ Results are only shown for these eight vegetation communities. CRCIF = Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest, SSTF = Shale Sandstone Transition Forest, BNHW = Burragorang Nepean Hinterland Woodland, CSGW = Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland, CSW = Castlereagh Swamp Woodland, SHW = Shale Hills Woodland, SPW = Shale Plains Woodland, SGTF = Shale Gravel Transition Forest.

OEH vegetation tool determining likely matches for vegetation communities (after

Survey plot name (code) * Correct ID Tozer et al 2010) (%)^

CRCIF SSTF BNHW CSGW CSW SHW SPW SGTF

Ratio of actual : required +ve diagnostic species 57% 58% 41% 20% 32% 20% 46% 52%

CRCIF, Good (BB01) Ratio of +ve diagnostic species : total native species 55% 68% 32% 27% 27% 18% 55% 59%

Standardised ratio comparison (+ve x (req/total) : total native) 4.02 4.97 1.87 2.23 1.84 1.41 4.66 4.83

Ratio of actual : required +ve diagnostic species 57% 54% 24% 23% 26% 15% 42% 52%

CRCIF, Good (BB02) Ratio of +ve diagnostic species : total native species 52% 61% 17% 30% 22% 13% 48% 57%

Standardised ratio comparison (+ve x (req/total) : total native) 4.02 4.64 1.07 2.60 1.54 1.06 4.27 4.83

Ratio of actual : required +ve diagnostic species 67% 50% 47% 37% 11% 5% 31% 40%

CRCIF, Good (BB03) Ratio of +ve diagnostic species : total native species 61% 57% 35% 48% 9% 4% 35% 43%

Standardised ratio comparison (+ve x (req/total) : total native) 4.69 4.31 2.14 4.08 0.61 0.35 3.10 3.71

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Figure 4: Vegetation communities in the Rickards Road Biobank site as mapped by OEH (2013)

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Figure 5: Plant Community Types/Endangered Ecological Communities in the Rickards Road Biobank site

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2.3 Over-cleared vegetation types and Threatened Ecological Communities

2.3.1 Broad-leaved Ironbark – Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin (PCT 725) ‘Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’, is a ‘highly cleared’ vegetation type, identified as 95% cleared within the Hawkesbury/Nepean Catchment Management Area (CMA) (OEH 2015). A summary of the validated biometric vegetation types within the Biobank site is provide in Table 4.Table 4: Validated biometric vegetation types within the Biobank site

Biometric Plant Vegetation Vegetation Vegetation Community Common Name Condition Formation Class (Keith % Cleared Type (BVT) Type (PCT) (Keith 2004) 2004)

Broad-leaved Ironbark - Dry Melaleuca Sclerophyll Cumberland decora shrubby Moderate to Forests Dry HN513 725 open forest on 95% good (Shrubby Sclerophyll clay soils of the sub- Forests Cumberland formation) Plain, Sydney Basin’

‘Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’ also forms a component of the threatened ecological community (TEC), ‘Cooks River Castlereagh Ironbark Forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion’ listed as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (TSC Act), and critically endangered under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).

The distribution of ‘Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’ within the Rickards Road Biobank Site is shown on Figure 5.

2.4 Landscape value assessment According to the BBAM 2014 (OEH 2014), the following steps are required in assessing the landscape value for biobank sites:

a) assess whether the site is in a strategic location b) assess change in connectivity value c) assess the increase in native vegetation cover d) assess the patch size area.

The following landscape value assessment follows steps a, b, c and d of the BBAM 2014 for assessing landscape value. The following sections outline the data that were entered to the calculator.

2.4.1 Score for strategic location A strategic location is defined in Section 4.2.6 of the BBAM 2014 as:

 part of a state or regional biodiversity link and in a plan approved by the Chief Executive of the OEH; or

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 a riparian buffer area of a third order stream or higher, or an important wetland or estuarine area.

The Rickards Road Biobank Site is identified as being located within the Priority Conservation Lands identified in the Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan (DECCW 2011), however, this is currently not recognised as part of a state or regional biodiversity link by OEH 2014. Further the site does not contain a riparian buffer area of a third order stream or higher, or an important wetland. Therefore, the Rickards Road Biobank site is not in a strategic location.

2.4.2 Change in connectivity value The narrowest point of the current vegetated connection is identified in Figure 6, and occurs to the south of the proposed Biobank site in an area of woodland. Spatial analysis has identified the minimum width of the current connection at approximately 20 m, placing it into the >5-30 m connectivity width category. As the most limiting connection occurs outside the Biobank site, the after Biobank score for connectivity width will remain >5-30 m (Table 5 and Figure 6).

Table 5: Width Classes Before and After Biobank

Width class (before biobank) Width class (after biobank)

Connectivity Value (Width) >5-30m >5-30m

2.4.3 Increase in native vegetation cover The amount of vegetation currently within the 100 ha and 1000 ha assessment circles (inner and outer assessment circles, respectively) was calculated using ArcGIS at a scale of 1:10,000 (see Figure 2 for circle placement). The amount of vegetation in the circles once the Rickards Road Biobank site is established, and managed into the future, was also estimated in ArcGIS.

The assessment for the inner circle recorded approximately 84 ha of overstorey vegetation before the establishment of the Biobank site, which represents 84% cover. After the establishment of the Biobank site, although the entire site will at some stage reach benchmark, the total amount of overstorey cover vegetation in the inner circle has not increased after the establishment of the Biobank site

The assessment for the outer circle recorded approximately 638 ha of overstorey vegetation before the establishment of the Biobank site, which represents 64% cover. After the establishment of the Biobank site, although the entire site will at some stage will reach benchmark, the total amount of overstorey cover vegetation in the outer circle has not increased after the establishment of the Biobank site.

The native vegetation cover class did not increase for both the inner assessment circle and the outer assessment circle. A score of 61-65 was entered into the calculator for the outer circle before and after respectively, and a score of 81-85 was entered into the calculator for the inner circle before and after respectively.

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Table 6 summarises the results of the assessment for each circle.

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Table 6: Area of over-storey cover in assessment circles before and after the establishment of the Rickards Road Biobank site

Vegetated area Vegetated area after before the Native vegetation Native vegetation Assessment circle the establishment of establishment of the cover class (%) cover class (%) the Biobank site (ha) Biobank site (ha)

Outer 638 61-65 638 61-65

Inner 84 81-85 84 81-85

2.4.4 Patch size The area surrounding the Rickards Road Biobank site consists of native canopy cover with a predominately native understorey and is shown in Figure 6. These areas are therefore predominantly in moderate to good condition. Large intact remnants are positioned to the north-east of the site in the Agnes Banks Nature Reserve. The maximum patch size assessable in the Hawkesbury – Nepean Terrace Gravels Mitchell landscape is 200 ha according to the BBAM 2014 (the Hawkesbury – Nepean Terrace Gravels Mitchell landscape is 67% cleared). These linkages of moderate/good condition vegetation were measured at greater than 200 ha and therefore 201 hectares (a score of 12) was entered for patch size in the Credit Calculator.

2.5 Native vegetation assessment

2.5.1 Vegetation zones Vegetation zones are defined as areas of native vegetation that are the same PCT which have similar broad condition states (OEH 2014).

ELA has identified and mapped one vegetation zone within the Rickards Road Biobank Site. The area of the vegetation zone is provided in

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Table 7, and the spatial configuration of the vegetation zone is shown in Figure 7.

2.5.2 Plot and transect surveys The BBAM 2014 (OEH 2014) requires that Biometric plots/transects are undertaken to sample vegetation zones. The number of plots/transects undertaken for each vegetation zone is outlined in Table 8. Information was collected from three plots as required by BBAM 2014. All plots were permanently marked with two star pickets to allow for the monitoring of vegetation condition in the future. A star-picket was placed at the beginning and end of the 50 m line transect. The locations of the star-pickets were spatially recorded using handheld GPS units with co-ordinates in GDA94 datum. Two photographs were taken along each transect: one at the beginning of the transect and in the direction of the end of the transect, and one at the end of the transect in the direction of the beginning of the transect.

The location of plots/transects are shown in Figure 7. Appendix A contains the flora species recorded in each plot, while Appendix B contains the plot/transect data entered into the credit calculator.

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Table 7: Vegetation zones in the Rickards Road Biobank site

Veg Ancillary Area Plant community type Condition Characteristics of vegetation zone zone ID code (ha)

Intact remnant, with a mature native over-storey dominated by Eucalyptus parramattensis, E. fibrosa and Melaleuca decora. The shrub layer is dominated by Melaleuca nodosa, Broad-leaved Ironbark - Bursaria spinosa, Grevillea juniperina Melaleuca decora subsp. juniperina, Dillwynia tenuifolia, shrubby open forest on Moderate 1 Good Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Pultenaea 8.21 clay soils of the to good villosa, Daviesia ulicifolia, Kunzea Cumberland Plain, ambigua, Micromyrtus minutiflora, Sydney Basin Hakea sericea and Acacia falcata. The under-storey is composed of a mixture of native grasses, sedges, herbs and scramblers. Native species richness is high.

Total* 8.21

* Dams and the fire trail present in the Rickards Road Biobank site covering 0.2 ha account for the difference in the area of the Rickards Road Biobank site and the total shown here

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Figure 6: Vegetation used to calculate patch size

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Figure 7: Vegetation zones and location of Biometric plots/transects in the Rickards Road Biobank site

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Table 8: Number of Biometric plots/transects required and surveyed for the Rickards Road Biobank site – Stage 1

Veg Plots Plots zone Plant Community Type Condition Ancillary Code Area (ha) required completed ID

Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open Moderate to 1 Good 8.21 3 3 forest on clay soils of the good Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin

Total 8.21 3 3

2.5.3 Management zones and site value scores Management zones combine the mapping of vegetation zones with the final management outcome on the site. They enable the assessor to increase, or decrease, the number of credits generated depending on the expected condition of the vegetation after management actions are undertaken.

The Rickards Road Biobank Site contains one credit calculation management zone (Table 9 and Figure 8). The boundary of the management zone matches the one vegetation zone identified.

Table 9: Area of each management zone within the Rickards Road Biobank site

Management Plant Community Type Condition Ancillary Code Area (ha) Zone ID

Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay Moderate MZ1 Good 8.21 soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney to good Basin

Total 8.21

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Figure 8: Management zones in the Rickards Road Biobank site

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The current site value scores for the management zone, as well as the future site value scores based on the calculator’s default site attribute scores after standard management actions are undertaken, are shown in Table 10. Additional averted loss does not apply to this site, as the site is zoned RU4 pre 2006, and the native vegetation is considered to have a low risk of decline in the site value score of the vegetation zone over a 20-year period.

Table 10: Site value scores for each management zone (standard management actions implemented)

Management Zone ID Current site value Future site value Increase in site value

MZ1 58.33 78.99 20.66

Additional actions (Appendix 7 of BBAM 2014) can be included to further increase site values and the number of credits generated. There were only a few site attributes where scores could be increased from their current scores with additional management actions, either due to site attributes already being at the highest scores allowed, or the BBAM 2014 rules which determine the increases allowed from current scores. Generally, the site attributes that could be increased were:

 native plant species  native over-storey cover  native mid-storey cover  native ground cover (grasses)  number of trees with hollows  total length of fallen logs.

Considering the vegetation on the site is currently close to benchmark, no additional management actions have been proposed.

Table 11: Site value scores after additional management actions for the Management Zone within the Rickards Road Biobank site

Zone 1

Site attribute

Current Current score Default increased score Score with additional manageme nt

Native plant species 2 3 3

Native over-storey cover 3 3 3

1 2 2 Native mid-storey cover

0 1 1 Native ground cover (grasses)

Native ground cover (shrubs) 0 1 1

Native ground cover (other) 3 3 3

Exotic plant cover 3 3 3

Number trees with hollows 1 1.5 1.5

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Zone 1

Site attribute

Current Current score Default increased score Score with additional manageme nt

Over-storey regeneration 3 3 3

Fallen logs 2 3 3

Site Values 58.33 78.99 78.99

2.6 Threatened species and populations assessment

2.6.1 List of predicted threatened species The list of threatened species (predicted to occur within ecosystem credits and those that require survey to generate species credits) is provided in Appendix C.

2.6.2 Geographic and habitat features The responses in Table 12 were provided to the geographic and habitat features questions (Step 2) in the Biobank calculator.

Table 12: Geographic and habitat questions and answers

Common name Scientific name Feature Answer

Rosenberg’s Goanna Varanus rosenbergi land within 250 m of termite mounds or No rock outcrops

Wahlenbergia multicaulis Wahlenbergia multicaulis - land situated in damp, disturbed sites No not in (Tadgells Bluebell) endangered population Endangered population, Auburn, Population Bankstown, Baulkham locality Hills, Canterbury, Hornsby, Parramatta and Strathfield local government areas

Cumberland Plain Land Meridolum corneovirens land containing bark or leaf litter Yes Snail accumulation

Large-eared Pied Bat Chalinolobus dwyeri land containing escarpments, cliffs, caves, No deep crevices, old mine shafts or tunnels

Giant Burrowing Frog Heleioporus australiacus land within 40 m of heath, woodland or No forest

Green and Golden Bell Litoria aurea land within 100 m of emergent aquatic or No Frog riparian vegetation

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2.6.3 Threatened flora survey Targeted flora surveys were undertaken within the Rickards Road Biobank site on the 14 and 15 February, and 31 March 2017, for a total of 48 person hours Two ELA ecologists walked 20 m apart recording all threatened flora within 10 m either side of their path (Figure 9). Direct counts were undertaken for all threatened flora species.

Temperatures were warm and sunny, with the minimum and maximum temperatures recorded as 18.3°C and 30.6°C in February and 14.2°C and 23.6°C in March, (recordings taken from Penrith Lakes AWS; BOM 2017). No rain fell during the field survey; however approximately 29.4 mm of rain fell the day prior to the survey in March.

Four threatened flora species, Acacia bynoeana (Bynoe’s Wattle), Dillwynia tenuifolia, Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina (Juniper-leaved Grevillea) and Micromyrtus minutiflora were recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site. A total of 12,050 individuals were recorded and mapped throughout the site (Table 13).

Field survey effort is shown in Figure 9. The location of threatened flora species are shown in Figure 10 to Figure 12.

2.6.4 Threatened fauna species habitat The Atlas of NSW (OEH 2017), identified previous records of Regent Honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia), Squirrel Gilder (Petaurus norfolcensis) and Cumberland Plain Land Snail (Meridolum corneovirens), within 5 km of the site between 1994 to 2016 (Table 14).

No potential habitat was recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site for Green and Golden Bell Frog or Cumberland Plain Land Snail, during field surveys. Limited foraging habitat was recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site for Squirrel Glider, however no breeding habitat was recorded due to the lack of hollow bearing trees. Suitable habitat for Regent Honeyeater has been recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site. However, the most recent records were recorded by members of the Cumberland Bird Observers Club at Castlereagh Nature Reserve from 13 Jun 2009. The species has not been seen in the Castlereagh area following this record (Mr Mark Fuller 2016, pers comm., 18 February).

Table 13: Threatened flora species recorded within the Rickards Road Biobank site

Scientific Name Common Name Status Count

Acacia bynoeana Bynoe’s Wattle V EPBC Act; E TSC Act 27

Dillwynia tenuifolia - V TSC Act 7,055

Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina Juniper-leaved Grevillea V TSC Act 4,826

Micromyrtus minutiflora - V EPBC Act; E TSC Act 142

TOTAL 12,050

V= vulnerable; E= endangered

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Table 14: Recent records of threatened fauna within close proximity to the Rickards Road Biobank site.

Species Name Distance from site Year recorded

3.4 km 2001

Regent Honeyeater 0.9 km 1998 (Xanthomyza phrygia)

1.3 km 1998

2.8 km 2006

Squirrel Glider 4.7 km 2006 (Petaurus norfolcensis)

4.1 km 1994

4.3 km 2016

0.8 km 2015

4.5 km 2014 Cumberland Plain Land Snail (Meridolum corneovirens) 4.2 km 2010

4.4 km 2006

4.6 km 2001

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Figure 9: Targeted survey effort

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Figure 10: Dillwynia tenuifolia within the Rickards Road Biobank site

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Figure 11: Acacia bynoeana and Micromyrtus minutiflora within the Rickards Road Biobank site

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Figure 12: Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina within the Rickards Road Biobank site

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3 Credits generated

3.1 More Appropriate Local Data It is noted that the credit calculator included “0” benchmark values for the total length of fallen logs or trees with hollows for ‘Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin’ within the Hawkesbury-Nepean CMA (PCT 725 BVT HN513), whilst the equivalent BVT in the Sydney Metro CMA (BVT ME002) has benchmark values of “30” and “1” for total length of fallen logs or trees with hollows respectively.

OEH has advised that the benchmarks for this assessment should be above “0” and it is appropriate to use benchmark values of “30” and “1” as per ME002 (Sarah Burke 2016, pers. comm., 17 March).

Previously, OEH has recognised these”0” values for hollows and fallen logs as ‘errors’ in the data base and ELA has been advised to use the corresponding data from the Sydney Metro vegetation types without formally needing to request the use of MALD. Whilst it is considered that some benchmark data may vary across the natural range of a vegetation type (e.g. over story cover, species richness) due to rainfall, soil types, elevation etc, it is not considered that the benchmarks for these attributes in a pre-1750 condition state would be “0” in one region and above “0” in another region. Ironbark and Scribbly Gum trees regularly drop branches, as shown by the plot data for this site (Zone 1 has between 6 m and 41 m of fallen logs greater than 0.5 m in length and 10 cm in diameter), and a benchmark above “0” would seem appropriate. Accordingly, we have used the data from ME002 in this assessment and formally request that this “More Appropriate Local Data” be approved for use.

3.2 Ecosystem credits Table 15 shows the results of the ecosystem credit calculations. A copy of the credit report produced by the BioBanking calculator tool is provided in Appendix D. In total, 79 ecosystem credits are generated by the Rickards Road Biobank site.

Table 15: Ecosystem credits generated and credit profile

Vegetation Credits Plant community type Condition and ancillary code Area (ha) Credits/ha zone ID generated

Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby 1 open forest on clay soils of Moderate to Good (Good) 8.21 79 9.6 the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin

9.6 Total 8.21 79 (average)

3.3 Species credits Table 16 shows the results of the species credit calculations. A copy of the credit report produced by the BioBanking calculator tool is provided in Appendix D. In total, 85,555 species credits are generated by the Rickards Road Biobank site.

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Table 16: Species credits generated and credit profile

Species Count Credits generated Credits/ha

Acacia bynoeana 27 192 7.10

Dillwynia tenuifolia 7,055 50,090 7.10

Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina 4,826 34,265 7.10

Micromyrtus minutiflora 142 1,008 7.10

Total 12,050 85,555 7.10

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4 Existing management obligations

The entire Rickards Road Biobank site is zoned RU4 (Primary Production Small Lots) under PLEP (2010). There are no covenants or conservation funding arrangements for the property, and the entire Biobank site is to be managed for ecosystem credits and species credits. The proposed Biobank site has no existing obligations to actively manage the site for conservation as a requirement of any consents under the EP&A Act.

Based on the above, ELA is of the opinion that there is no requirement to ‘discount’ the number of credits generated.

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Bannerman S.M. and Hazelton P.A. (1990) Soil landscapes of the Penrith 1: 100 000 sheet. Soil Conservation Service of NSW, Sydney.

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) 2009. The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority Area. Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW, Hurstville.

Department of the Environment Conservation Climate Chance and Water (DECCW) 2011 Cumberland Plain Recovery Plan Available from: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/threatenedspecies/20100501CumberlandPlain.pdf

New South Wales Government (NSW Government) 2007. Order to confer biodiversity certification on the State Environmental Planning Policy (Sydney Region Growth Centres) 2006. Available online: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biocertification/notcert.htm

Office of Environmental and Heritage (OEH) 2013. The Native Vegetation of the Sydney Metropolitan Area, OEH, Parramatta NSW.

National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) 20004. Endangered Ecological Community Information – Castlereagh Swamp Woodland, Hurstville NSW.

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2011. Cooks River/Castlereagh ironbark forest in the Sydney Basin Bioregion - endangered ecological community listing NSW Scientific Committee - final determination. Available online: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/determinations/CooksRiverCastlereaghIronbarkForestSydneyEndC omListing.htm

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2014. BioBanking Assessment Methodology 2014. Office of Environment and Heritage for the NSW Government, September 2014, Sydney. Available online: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/biobanking/140661BBAM.pdf

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) 2015. NSW Vegetation Information System Classification Database. Available online: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NSWVCA20PRapp/default.aspx

Thackway, R. and Creswell, I. D. 1994. Toward an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia: A Framework for Setting Priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program. Proceedings of a technical meeting held in Adelaide at the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources between 7 and 11 February 1994. Reserve Systems Unit, Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Canberra.

Tozer, M. G., Turner, K., Keith, D. A., Tindall, D., Pennay, C., Simpson, C., MacKenzie, B., Beukers, P. and Cox, S. 2010. ‘Native vegetation of southeast NSW: a revised classification and map for the coast and eastern tablelands’. Cunninghamia 11(3): 359-405.

Penrith Local Environment Plan (PLEP) 2010. Penrith Local Environment Plan 2010. Available online: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_reg/plep2010309/

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Appendix A Flora species recorded

Zone 1

Family Species Common Name Origin* BB01 BB02 BB03

C A C A C A

Asparagaceae Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat-rush N 5 500 5 20 2 100

Asphodelaceae Dianella revoluta Blue Flax-lily N 0.3 20 5 20 0.2 20

Asteraceae Conyza sp. Fleabane E 0.1 2

Asteraceae Euchiton sphaericus Star cudweed N 0.1 5 0.5 2

Asteraceae Ozothamnus diosmifolius Rice Flower N 5 20

Casuarinaceae Allocasuarina littoralis Black She-oak N 0.1 1

Convolvulaceae Dichondra repens Kidney Weed N 1 20

Cyperaceae Lepidosperma laterale Variable Swordsedge N 1 50 5 500

Cyperaceae Ptilothrix deusta - N 0.2 10

Ericaceae Lissanthe strigosa Peach Heath N 1 20

Fabaceae Acacia falcata Hickory Wattle N 0.2 2 0.50 2 0.10 3

Fabaceae Daviesia ulicifolia Gorse Bitter Pea N 10 50 2 20

Fabaceae Dillwynia tenuifolia # - N 5 10 3 20

Fabaceae Glycine clandestina - N 1 5

Fabaceae Pultenaea villosa Hairy Bush-pea N 0.1 1 5 10

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Zone 1

Family Species Common Name Origin* BB01 BB02 BB03

C A C A C A

Goodenia hederacea subsp. Goodeniaceae Ivy Goodenia N 1 500 0.1 10 Hederacea

Hypericaceae Hypericum perforatum St Johns Wort E 0.1 2

Juncaceae Juncus usitatus - N 5 100 5 20

Lobeliaceae Pratia purpurascens White Root N 0.1 1 1 5

Lomandraceae Lomandra multiflora Many-flowered Mat-rush N 3 100 3 100

Myrtaceae Eucalyptus fibrosa Red Ironbark N 4 3 5 3 15 12

Myrtaceae Eucalyptus parramattensis Parramatta Red Gum N 10 20

Myrtaceae Eucalyptus punctata Grey Gum N 5 6

Myrtaceae Kunzea ambigua Tick Bush N 25 100 1 5

White-feather Honey- Myrtaceae Melaleuca decora N 20 20 10 10 2 5 myrtle

Prickly-leaved Myrtaceae Melaleuca nodosa N 40 500 Paperbark

Myrtaceae Micromyrtus minutiflora # - N 0.3 5

Oxalidaceae Oxalis perennans Woodsorrel N 0.10 3 1 5

Pittosporaceae Bursaria spinosa Blackthorn N 1 5 50 1000 10 100

Poaceae Andropogon virginicus Whisky Grass E 0.1 2

Poaceae Anthosachne scaber Wheatgrass N 10 500

Poaceae Aristida vagans Threeawn Speargrass N 20 500 30 2000 5 1000

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Zone 1

Family Species Common Name Origin* BB01 BB02 BB03

C A C A C A

Poaceae Cynodon dactylon Couch E 5 50

Poaceae Dichelachne micrantha - N 1 20

Poaceae Entolasia stricta Wiry Panic N 2 2 3 100

Poaceae Eragrostis curvula African Love Grass E 30 50

Poaceae Panicum simile Two-colour Panic N 0.3 20

Poaceae Setaria parviflora Whorled Pigeon Grass E 0.5 10

Poaceae Themeda triandra Kangaroo Grass N 5 100 2 20

Grevillea juniperina subsp. Proteaceae Juniper-leaved Grevillea N 5 50 juniperina #

Proteaceae Hakea sericea Needlebush N 1 3 0.5 2 0.2 1

Pteridaceae Cheilanthes sieberi Poison Rock Fern N 1 100 2 5 0.2 10

Rubiaceae Opercularia diphylla - N 0.1 20

* N = Native, E = Exotic, C=Cover, A=Abundance # Threatened species (TSC Act and/or EPBC Act)

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Appendix B Biometric plot and transect data

Plot Name NPS NOS NMS NGCG NGCS NGCO EPC NTH OR FL Easting Northing

Zone 1: Broad-leaved Ironbark - Melaleuca decora shrubby open forest on clay soils of the Cumberland Plain, Sydney Basin – Good

BB01 22 19 10 72 22 26 8 0 1 41 285376 6274609

BB02 23 21.3 8.3 28 8 14 0 0 1 6 285807 6274435

BB03 11 23 19.5 64 36 8 0 1 1 33 285603 6274531

Codes: NPS = Native Plant Species, NOS = Native over-storey (%), NMS = Native mid-storey cover (%), NGCG = Native ground cover – grasses (%), NGCS = Native ground cover – shrubs (%), NGCO = Native ground cover – other (%), EPC = Exotic plant cover (%), NTH = Number of Trees with Hollows, OR = Over-storey regeneration, FL = Total length of Fallen Logs (m).

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Appendix C Predicted threatened species and species requiring survey

Predicted species (ecosystem credits) – survey not required

Common name Scientific name TS offset multiplier

Barking Owl Ninox connivens 3.0

Black-chinned Honeyeater (eastern subspecies) Melithreptus gularis subsp. gularis 1.3

Brown Treecreeper (eastern subspecies) Climacteris picumnus subsp. victoriae 2.0

Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 2.6

Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata 1.3

Eastern False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis 2.2

Eastern Freetail-bat Mormopterus norfolkensis 2.2

Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea 1.3

Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum 2.0

Greater Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii 2.2

Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides 1.4

Little Lorikeet Glossopsitta pusilla 1.8

Masked Owl Tyto novaehollandiae 3.0

Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta 1.3

Powerful Owl Ninox strenua 3.0

Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang 1.3

Speckled Warbler Chthonicola sagittata 2.6

Spotted-tailed Quoll Dasyurus maculatus 2.6

Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura 1.4

Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor 1.3

Turquoise Parrot Neophema pulchella 1.8

Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 1.3

Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat Saccolaimus flaviventris 2.2

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Species/populations requiring survey (species credits) – if request to generate species credits is submitted

Highlighted column shows timing of survey and species recorded on-site

Common name Scientific name Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Allocasuarina glareicola Allocasuarina glareicola Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Cumberland Plain Land Snail Meridolum corneovirens Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Dillwynia tenuifolia Dillwynia tenuifolia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Dillwynia tenuifolia (a shrub) population, Dillwynia tenuifolia - endangered Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kemps Creek population Kemps Creek

Downy Wattle Acacia pubescens Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Epacris purpurascens subsp. purpurascens Epacris purpurascens subsp. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes purpurascens

Gyrostemon thesioides Gyrostemon thesioides Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Hibbertia sp. Bankstown Hibbertia sp. Bankstown Yes Yes Yes Yes

Juniper-leaved Grevillea Grevillea juniperina subsp. juniperina Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Marsdenia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora in the Marsdenia viridiflora subsp. viridiflora - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Bankstown, Blacktown, Camden, endangered population Campbelltown, Fairfield, Holroyd, Liverpool and Penrith local government areas

Matted Bush-pea Pultenaea pedunculata Yes Yes Yes

Micromyrtus minutiflora Micromyrtus minutiflora Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Nodding Geebung Persoonia nutans Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Pultenaea parviflora Pultenaea parviflora Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Common name Scientific name Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Small-flower Grevillea Grevillea parviflora subsp. parviflora Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Appendix D Biobanking credit report

Provided as a separate report

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