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Western Ringtail Possum Habitat and Fauna Observations 577800 578000 578200 578400 578600 578800 579000 579200 6125200 ¯ 6125200 6125000 6125000 6124800 6124800 6124600 6124600 6124400 6124400 6124200 6124200 6124000 6124000 6123800 6123800 6123600 6123600 6123400 0 50 100 200 6123400 Metres 577800 578000 578200 578400 578600 578800 579000 579200 Western Ringtail Possum Habitat Fauna Observations Core Western Ringtail Possum Scats Map 8D: Western Ringtail Possum Habitat and Core (Urban) Western Ringtail Possum Drey Fauna Observations, Albany Ring Road. Supporting Quenda Evidence Western Ringtail Possum Habitat Linkages Potential Brush-tail Phascogale Occupied Hollow Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Linkage Survey Area Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Linkage likely Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Linkage possible Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 574600 574800 575000 575200 575400 575600 575800 576000 576200 576400 ¯ 6131600 6131600 6131400 6131400 6131200 6131200 6131000 6131000 6130800 6130800 6130600 6130600 6130400 6130400 6130200 6130200 6130000 6130000 6129800 6129800 6129600 6129600 0 50 100 200 300 Metres 6129400 6129400 574600 574800 575000 575200 575400 575600 575800 576000 576200 576400 Survey Effort Map 1E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 573400 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 ¯ 6131200 6131200 6131000 6131000 6130800 6130800 6130600 6130600 6130400 6130400 6130200 6130200 6130000 6130000 6129800 6129800 6129600 6129600 6129400 6129400 6129200 6129200 0 50 100 200 300 Metres 573400 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 Survey Effort Map 2E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 573400 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 6129600 ¯ 6129600 6129400 6129400 6129200 6129200 6129000 6129000 6128800 6128800 6128600 6128600 6128400 6128400 6128200 6128200 6128000 6128000 6127800 6127800 6127600 6127600 0 50 100 200 300 6127400 6127400 Metres 573400 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 Survey Effort Map 3E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 573400 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 6127800 ¯ 6127800 6127600 6127600 6127400 6127400 6127200 6127200 6127000 6127000 6126800 6126800 6126600 6126600 6126400 6126400 6126200 6126200 6126000 6126000 6125800 6125800 0 50 100 200 300 6125600 6125600 Metres 573400 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 Survey Effort Map 4E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 575400 6126600 ¯ 6126600 6126400 6126400 6126200 6126200 6126000 6126000 6125800 6125800 6125600 6125600 6125400 6125400 6125200 6125200 6125000 6125000 6124800 6124800 6124600 6124600 6124400 6124400 0 50 100 200 300 Metres 573600 573800 574000 574200 574400 574600 574800 575000 575200 575400 Survey Effort Map 5E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 575000 575200 575400 575600 575800 576000 576200 576400 576600 576800 ¯ 6126000 6126000 6125800 6125800 6125600 6125600 6125400 6125400 6125200 6125200 6125000 6125000 6124800 6124800 6124600 6124600 6124400 6124400 6124200 6124200 6124000 6124000 0 50 100 200 300 Metres 575000 575200 575400 575600 575800 576000 576200 576400 576600 576800 Survey Effort Map 6E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 576400 576600 576800 577000 577200 577400 577600 577800 578000 ¯ 6125800 6125800 6125600 6125600 6125400 6125400 6125200 6125200 6125000 6125000 6124800 6124800 6124600 6124600 6124400 6124400 6124200 6124200 6124000 6124000 6123800 6123800 0 50 100 200 300 Metres 6123600 576400 576600 576800 577000 577200 577400 577600 577800 578000 6123600 Survey Effort Map 7E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 577600 577800 578000 578200 578400 578600 578800 579000 579200 579400 6125400 ¯ 6125400 6125200 6125200 6125000 6125000 6124800 6124800 6124600 6124600 6124400 6124400 6124200 6124200 6124000 6124000 6123800 6123800 6123600 6123600 6123400 6123400 6123200 0 50 100 200 300 6123200 Metres 577600 577800 578000 578200 578400 578600 578800 579000 579200 579400 Survey Effort Map 8E: Survey Effort Derived from GPS Survey Area Track Logs, Albany Ring Road. Map produced by Damien Rathbone on 20/01/2020. Report Reference: Rathbone, DA & Gilfillan, S (2020). Biological Survey: Albany Ring Road. Unpublished report by Southern Ecology for Main Roads Western Australia (SE1810). Map Projection: Transverse Mercator Horizontal Datum GDA 1994 Grid: MGA Zone 50 Map Size: A3 Scale 1:6,000 Damien Rathbone | Ecologist E: [email protected] W: www.southernecology.com.au M: 0408 802 404 10 APPENDIX C - Plant Taxa Inventory Table C1: Vascular plant taxa recorded opportunistically in the Survey Area. Nomenclature and status according WAH (1998-), DotEE (2017b) and DPIRD (2018). *denotes weed taxon. Family Taxon (Status) Family Taxon (Status) Anarthriaceae Anarthria gracilis Lepidosperma angustatum Anarthria laevis Lepidosperma drummondii Anarthria prolifera Lepidosperma gladiatum Anarthria scabra Lepidosperma hopperi Lyginia barbata Lepidosperma striatum Apiaceae *Foeniculum vulgare Lepidosperma tenue Actinotus omnifertilis Mesomelaena graciliceps Centella asiatica Mesomelaena tetragona Daucus glochidiatus Schoenus acuminatus Xanthosia huegelii Schoenus caespititius Xanthosia rotundifolia Schoenus cruentus Xanthosia singuliflora Schoenus multiglumis Araceae *Zantedeschia aethiopica (Declared Pest) Schoenus obtusifolius Asparagaceae *Asparagus asparagoides (WONS) Schoenus sp. infertile *Asparagus declinatus Schoenus sp. striate Chamaescilla corymbosa Tetraria octandra Lomandra micrantha Tetraria sp. Jarrah Forest (R. Davis 7391) Lomandra pauciflora Tricostularia neesii Lomandra purpurea Dasypogonaceae Dasypogon bromeliifolius Lomandra sericea Kingia australis Thysanotus gracilis Dennstaedtiaceae Histiopteris incisa Thysanotus isantherus (P4) Pteridium esculentum Thysanotus multiflorus Dilleniaceae Hibbertia cuneiformis Thysanotus sparteus Hibbertia cunninghamii Thysanotus thyrsoideus Hibbertia diamesogenos
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