Public Environment Report Tarkine Forest Drive ... - Transport

Eight EPBC Act listed threatened flora species have been recorded from within 500 mof the proposed Tarkine Forest Drive. This is based on the following:A review of the Natural Values Atlas records of moderate or high accuracyTargeted surveys undertaken by ECOtas (2009) on behalf of DPIPWE as part ofextension surveys for threatened orchidsTargeted survey of Segments A, B and C undertaken for the proposed action byNBES (2011)Targeted survey for habitat of one species by Threatened Plants Tasmania (cited inNBES 2011).These species are all orchids and include:1. Arthur River greenhood (Pterostylis rubenachii)2. Large golden moths – also known as snake orchid (Diuris lanceolata)3. Leafy greenhood (Pterostylis cucullata subsp. cucullata)4. Northern leek orchid (Prasophyllum secutum)5. Pretty leek orchid (Prasophyllum pulchellum)6. Shortspike midge orchid (Corunastylis brachystachya)7. Western leek-orchid (Prasophyllum favonium)8. Windswept spider orchid (Caladenia dienema).Locations of these orchids in relation to the development footprint are depicted inAppendix A. Further information in relation to abundance, distribution, ecology,habitat preferences, known threats and detailed survey results is provided below.4.10.1 Arthur River Greenhood (Pterostylis rubenachii)Figure 4.1 - Arthur River greenhood (Tiger Flats)Ref: HB09080H001 PER Tarkine Drive 33P Rev 00/DL/CL/jw 47