RYDE FLORA and FAUNA STUDY 2007 - City of Ryde - NSW ...

Biosphere Environmental Consultants Pty Ltd
Ryde Flora and Fauna Survey 2007 1
Contents Page
1.0 Executive Summary 3
1.1 Rationale of the Flora and Fauna Study 3
1.2 General Findings 3
1.2.1 Ryde Flora 4
1.2.2 Ryde Fauna 4
1.2.3 Impacts 5
1.3 Nature of Recommendations 6
2.0 Introduction 7
2.1 Background 7
2.2 Aims of the Flora and Fauna Study 8
2.3 Description of the Study Area 8
2.3.1 Terrys Creek Catchment Reserves 10
2.3.2 Upper Buffalo Creek Catchment Reserves 10
2.3.3 Field of Mars Reserve 10
2.3.4 Kittys Creek Catchment Reserves 16
2.3.5 Parramatta River - Memorial Park 16
3.0 Methods 17
3.1 Selection of Survey Sites 17
3.2 Location of Survey Quadrats 17
3.3 Vegetation Survey Methods 18
3.4 Fauna Survey Methods 19
3.5 Fauna Survey Dates 21
4.0 Flora of the Bushland Reserves 22
4.1 Overview of the Vegetation Survey 22
4.2 Determination of Vegetation Communities 22
4.3 Endangered, Threatened or Rare Plant Species 23
4.4 Endangered Ecological Communities on Wianamatta Shale or
Mittagong Formation Soils 23
4.4.1 Parramatta River Catchment 23
4.4.2 Terrys Creek / Lane Cove River Catchment 24
4.4.3 Buffalo Creek / Lane Cove River Catchment 25
4.4.4 Kittys Creek / Lane Cove River Catchment 27
4.5 Hawkesbury Sandstone Vegetation Communities 27
4.5.1 Terrys Creek / Lane Cove River Catchment 27
4.5.2 Buffalo Creek / Lane Cove River Catchment 30
4.5.3 Kittys Creek / Lane Cove River Catchment 31
4.6 Native Plant Species List 32
4.7 Exotic and Non-local Native Plant Species 33
4.8 Vegetation Communities and their Assessment 33
5.0 Ryde Fauna 37
5.1 Terrys Creek Catchment Reserves 37
5.2 Buffalo Creek Catchment Reserves 43
5.3 Kittys Creek Catchment Reserves 48
5.4. Memorial Park 53
5.5. Comparison of Autumn and Spring Survey Results 56
5.6. Threatened Animal Species 56
6.0 Issues and General Recommendations 57
6.1 Conserving Biodiversity through Conserving Habitats 57
6.2 Improving the Habitat Value of Existing Reserves 58
6.3 Connectivity of Bushland Areas 58
6.4 Bush Regeneration 59