Planning Solutions Ocean Beach Telstra Phone Tower Lot 555 Ocean Beach Road Ocean Beach WA 10 February 2020 Flora and Fauna Survey Report R001 JBS&G Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Scope ................................................................................................................... 1 2. Context .......................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Legislative context ............................................................................................... 3 2.1.1 EPBC Act ............................................................................................... 3 2.1.2 BC Act ................................................................................................... 3 2.1.3 EP Act ................................................................................................... 3 2.1.4 BAM Act ............................................................................................... 4 2.2 Other Legislation relevant to the MBS Site ......................................................... 4 2.2.1 Telecommunications Act ...................................................................... 4 3. Environmental setting ................................................................................................... 5 3.1.1 Soils and topography ........................................................................... 5 3.1.2 Climate ................................................................................................. 5 3.1.3 Hydrology ............................................................................................. 5 3.1.4 Conservation areas .............................................................................. 5 3.1.5 Land use ............................................................................................... 7 3.1.6 Regional vegetation ............................................................................. 7 4. Methods ......................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 Desktop assessment ............................................................................................ 9 4.2 Field assessment .................................................................................................. 9 4.2.1 Flora and vegetation ............................................................................ 9 4.2.2 Fauna habitat ..................................................................................... 11 4.3 Survey limitations and constraints .................................................................... 11 5. Results .......................................................................................................................... 13 5.1 Desktop assessment .......................................................................................... 13 5.1.1 Threatened and Priority flora ............................................................ 13 5.1.2 Threatened and Priority Ecological Communities.............................. 13 5.1.3 Threatened fauna ............................................................................... 14 5.2 Field survey ........................................................................................................ 17 5.2.1 Flora and vegetation .......................................................................... 17 5.2.2 Fauna habitat ..................................................................................... 20 6. Discussion .................................................................................................................... 23 6.1 Flora and vegetation.......................................................................................... 23 6.2 Fauna and fauna habitat ................................................................................... 23 7. Summary and conclusion ............................................................................................. 24 8. References ................................................................................................................... 26 List of Tables Table 4.1: Database searches conducted for the desktop assessment ................................... 9 Table 4.2: Personnel ................................................................................................................ 9 Table 4.3: Vegetation condition scale for South West and Interzone Botanical Provinces (EPA 2016) ....................................................................................................... 10 Table 4.4: Flora, vegetation and fauna survey potential limitations and constraints ........... 11 Table 5.1: TEC/PEC identified within and near the Survey Area............................................ 14 Table 5.2: Vegetation types recorded within the Survey Area .............................................. 18 Table 5.3: Fauna Habitat types within the Survey Area ......................................................... 20 Table 8.1: Threatened and Priority flora species potentially occurring within the Survey Area ................................................................................................................. 32 Table 8.2: Threatened and Priority fauna species potentially occurring within the Survey Area ................................................................................................................. 34 Table C.1: Species recoded from quadrats ............................................................................ 39 List of Figures Figure 1.1: Survey Area ............................................................................................................ 2 Figure 3.1: Mean monthly climatic data (temperature and rainfall) for Ocean Beach ........... 5 Figure 3.2: Land systems mapping ........................................................................................... 6 Figure 3.3: Regional vegetation mapping ................................................................................ 8 Figure 5.1: Conservation significant flora .............................................................................. 16 Figure 5.2: Vegetation Types (VTs) mapped within the Survey Area .................................... 19 Figure 5.3: Fauna habitat types within the Survey Area ........................................................ 22 Appendices Appendix A Conservation significant flora and ecological community definitions Appendix B Desktop assessment results Appendix C Field Relevé data Appendix D Vascular plant taxa recorded from quadrats within the Survey Area ©JBS&G Australia Pty Ltd | Project/Document No. – Rev No. iii 1. Introduction This report presents the findings of a Reconnaissance flora and vegetation survey and fauna habitat survey undertaken for Planning Solutions. 1.1 Background Planning Solutions Pty Ltd (Planning Solutions) are currently preparing a Development Application (DA) on behalf of Telstra Corporation Pty Ltd to construction a Mobile Base Station on Lot 555 on Plan 071707 Ocean Beach Road, Ocean Beach, WA (MBS site). To support the DA, Planning Solutions have requested Strategen-JBS&G conduct a Reconnaissance flora and vegetation survey and fauna habitat survey within and immediately surrounding the proposed MBS site. The proposed works may impact native vegetation and as such, a flora, vegetation and fauna habitat survey was deemed necessary to determine the environmental values of the MBS site and the surrounding area (the Survey Area; Figure 1.1). A Survey Area of 0.19 ha was established which encompasses the MBS Site. 1.2 Scope The scope of this flora, vegetation and fauna habitat survey was to undertake a desktop and field assessment within the Survey Area identified in Figure 1.1. The objectives were to: • undertake a search of state and federal online databases to understand the potential conservation significant species present within 10 km of the Survey Area • request Department of Biodiversity, Conservations and Attractions (DBCA) database searches of known conservation significant flora and fauna species within 10 km of the Survey Area • carry out a single site visit to: o identity the flora species present within the Survey Area o map the vegetation types within the Survey Area o confirm the presence / absence of conservation significant flora species with the Survey Area – or if flowering timing does not allow confirmation, determine the likelihood of occurrence for conservation significant species o identify fauna habitat within the Survey Area to provide commentary on the presence / absence of conservation significant fauna • prepare a technical report based on the findings of the desktop and field surveys to support the DA. ©JBS&G Australia Pty Ltd | Flora and Fauna Survey Report R001 1 OVERVIEW MAP DENMARK ! 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