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Trial Bay Gaol Conservation Management Plan Appendix C Consultant Report Flora and Fauna Prepared by Bangalay Botanical Surveys Excerpts from this report are included to provide a more complete study of the Archaeological resource of the site. The key policy recommendations are located in Section 6.0 of Volume 1. This study also provides extensive detail that is not contained in the main body of the report. TRIAL BAY GAOL PAUL DAVIES PTY LTD CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AND CULTURAL TOURISM PLAN APRIL 2004 TRIAL BAY GOAL SOUTH WEST ROCKS FLORA, FAUNA & BUSHFIRE RISK COMPONENT CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT AND CULTURAL TOURISM PLAN FINAL REPORT June 2003 Bangalay Botanical Surveys 16, Pacific Crescent, Maianbar, NSW 2230 ph: 02 9544 3941 m: 0428 9544 39 email: [email protected] Flora & Fauna Assessments ! Vegetation Mapping ! Arboricultural Report ! Bushfire Risk Assessment Signed: Date: 1st June, 2003 Claire deLacey and Steve Chamberlain Bangalay Botanical Surveys ph: 02 9544 3941 m: 0428 9544 39 Business Registration No: BN 97826908 [email protected] Bangalay Botanical Surveys 2 Flora, Fauna and Bushfire Risk Components Conservation Management and Cultural Tourism Plan: Trial Bay Gaol, NSW. Ref: BBS0403118 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................7 1.1 Background.................................................................................................................7 1.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................................7 1.3 Site Location...............................................................................................................8 1.4 Environmental Setting ................................................................................................8 1.4.1 Regional Context ........................................................................................................8 1.4.2 Climate ...................................................................................................................8 1.4.3 Soils and Geology.......................................................................................................8 2.0 METHODS ...............................................................................................................................9 2.1 Flora ...................................................................................................................9 2.1.1 Literature Search.........................................................................................................9 2.1.2 Field Surveys ............................................................................................................10 2.2 Fauna .................................................................................................................10 2.2.1 Literature Search.......................................................................................................10 3.0 FLORA....................................................................................................................................10 3.1 Previous Studies........................................................................................................10 3.2 Plant Communities....................................................................................................12 3.2.1 Map Unit 1a Littoral Rainforest................................................................................12 3.2.2 Map Unit 2a Forest/ Open Forest .............................................................................14 3.2.3 Map Unit 2b Forest/ Open Forest .............................................................................15 3.2.4 Map Unit 3a Open Forest/ Woodland.......................................................................16 3.2.5 Map Unit 4a Dune Woodland/Scrub ........................................................................17 3.2.6 Map Unit 5a Scrub/ Woodland/ Open Forest ...........................................................18 3.2.7 Map Unit 5b Scrub/ Open Scrub/ Heath...................................................................20 3.2.8 Map Unit 6a Coastal Scrub/ Open woodland ...........................................................21 3.2.9 Map Unit 7a Cleared/ disturbed................................................................................22 4.0 PLANT SPECIES ...................................................................................................................23 4.1 Indigenous Plant Species ..........................................................................................23 4.2 Introduced Plant Species...........................................................................................23 4.2.1 Noxious and Environmental Weed Species..............................................................23 Table 1 Noxious Weed species within the survey area as per Noxious Weeds Act 1993 (Order No. 14, 1999). ................................................................................23 Table 2 Environmental Weed Species recorded on the subject site (Blood, 2001). .................................................................................................................24 5.0 FAUNA...................................................................................................................................26 5.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................26 5.2 Fauna Species Known To Occur in the Area............................................................26 Bangalay Botanical Surveys 3 Conservation Management and Cultural Tourism Plan: Trial Bay Gaol, NSW. Ref: BBS?????? 5.4 Fauna Species Unlikely to Occur in the Area...........................................................28 6.0 CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE .....................................................................................31 6.1 Flora .................................................................................................................31 6.1.1 Threatened Plant Species..........................................................................................31 Table 3 Species of Conservation Significance in the North Coast Bioregion where habitat occurs within the survey area (extracted from Sheringham; NPWS, 1998)............................................................................................................32 6.1.2 Regionally Significant Flora Species........................................................................38 6.1.3 Conservation Significance of Vegetation Communities/Habitat..............................38 6.1.3.1 General .................................................................................................................38 6.1.3.2 Conservation Significance of Vegetation Communities within the survey area ......38 6.2 Vegetation Communities as Habitat for Conservation Significant Species..............39 7.0 CULTURALLY AND NATURALLY SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS ...................................40 7.1 Cultural Significance of plant species ......................................................................40 7.1.1 Aboriginal uses of plant species ...............................................................................40 Table 4 Plant species occurring in the survey area known to have been used by Aboriginal communities in the area.....................................................................40 7.1.2 Current cultural significance of plant species...........................................................41 7.2 Managing visual amenity..........................................................................................42 7.2.1 Natural and semi-natural landscapes ........................................................................42 7.2.2 Modified landscapes .................................................................................................42 7.3 Natural and cultural values of vegetation types on the site ......................................43 7.4 Managing cultural landscapes...................................................................................43 7.4.1 Gaol precinct.............................................................................................................44 7.4.2 Managed and semi-natural areas...............................................................................45 7.5 Managing cultural and natural landscape interface ..................................................47 7.6 Managing functional amenity ...................................................................................48 7.6.1 Natural areas .............................................................................................................48 7.6.2 Managed and semi-natural areas...............................................................................48 7.7 Determining appropriate landscape works ...............................................................49 7.7.1 Integrity of landscape ...............................................................................................49 7.8 Managing environmental impacts.............................................................................50 7.8.1 Management Considerations - fauna ........................................................................50 7.8.2 Vegetation and flora .................................................................................................51
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