East Gippsland Rainforest Conservation Management Network To increase the amount of rainforest and associated vegetation types

Table 1. Rainforests of the Lakes Entrance Urban Area.

Ecological vegetation class

Habitat features

Floristic community

Habitat

Localities in the urban area

Warm Temperate Rainforest

Habitat features:

· Moist localities;

· Fire protected

East Gippsland Alluvial Terraces Warm Temperate Rainforest

Habitat: alluvial soils on creek flats and gully floors of all of the major gully systems

Localities: Maringa Creek and associated gullies, North Arm and associated gullies

East Gippsland Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest

Habitat: gully sides on limestone or outwash alluviums

Localities: all of the steeper-sided gully systems of the area from Maringa Creek to Lake Bunga

Littoral Rainforest

Habitat features:

· Exposed sites

· Saline influence (wind, water, water tables or geology);

· Fire protected

East Gippsland Deltaic Littoral Rainforest*

Habitat: alluvial flats along estuaries subject to either saline water tables or saline inundation.

Localities: gully mouths at Kalimna Jetty, Maringa Creek, North Arm and Lake Bunga.

Limestone Littoral Rainforest**

Habitat: steep slopes of limestone with north or west aspects.

Localities: eastern Shores of North Arm and Lake Bunga

Bung Yarnda Littoral Rainforest***

Habitat: The marginal bluffs and subtending sand flats around the Gippsland Lakes, Lake Bunga and Lake Tyers.

Localities: from Maringa Creek to Jemmys Point and Kalimna, along the western shore of North Arm and Lake Bunga

Infilling Estuaries Littoral Rainforest****

Habitat: The infilled landward margin of former Swamp Scrubs at the mouths of gullies and along the estuarine reaches of rivers.

Localities: Formerly Maringa Creek, Kalimna Gully, Arran Dene Gully, Frenchmans Gully, Eastern Creek and the margins of the Lakes Entrance sand isthmus including the southern shore of the North Arm and both shores of Cunninghame Arm.

*See Attachment 1.

** See Attachment 2.

*** See Attachment 3.

**** See Attachment 4.

Table 2. Conservation status of rainforests that occur in the Lakes Entrance UDF study area and the threats to them.

Floristic community	Conservation status	Threats
East Gippsland Alluvial Terraces Warm Temperate Rainforest	Threatened Flora and Fauna Guarantee-listed	Habitat loss (land clearing) Grazing by domestic stock Feral Deer Weed invasions Urban development (subdivision of cleared habitat, weed invasion) Global warming (increased fire frequency and intensity, rising sea levels)
East Gippsland Coastal Warm Temperate Rainforest	Threatened Flora and Fauna Guarantee-listed	Habitat loss (land clearing) Grazing by domestic stock Feral Deer Weed invasions Urban development (subdivision of cleared habitat, weed invasion) Global warming (increased fire frequency and intensity)
East Gippsland Deltaic Littoral Rainforest	Threatened: currently under consideration in the nomination process under the Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999).	Habitat loss (land clearing) Grazing by domestic stock Feral Deer Weed invasions Urban development (weed invasion) Coastal recreation and associated infrastructure Global warming (increased fire frequency and intensity)
Limestone Littoral Rainforest	Threatened: currently under consideration in the nomination process under the Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999).	Habitat loss (land clearing) Grazing by domestic stock Feral Deer Weed invasions Urban development (subdivision of cleared habitat, weed invasion) Global warming (increased fire frequency and intensity)
Bung Yarnda Littoral Rainforest	Threatened: currently under consideration in the nomination process under the Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999).	Habitat loss (land clearing) Grazing by domestic stock Feral Deer Weed invasions Urban development (subdivision of cleared habitat, weed invasion) Coastal recreation and associated infrastructure Global warming (increased fire frequency and intensity)
Infilling Estuaries Littoral Rainforest	Threatened: currently under consideration in the nomination process under the Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (1999).

Table 3. Rare or threatened plants that occur in the rainforests of the Lakes Entrance UDF study area.

Name	IUCN	EPBC	AROTS	VROTS	FFG	Action Statement	Rainforest type
Limestone Blue Wattle Acacia caerulescens		V	V	v			Limestone LRf
Maidens Wattle Acacia maidenii				e	L	A	Bung Yarnda LRf
Yellowwood Acronychia oblongifolia	e			r			East Gippsland Deltaic LRf; Bung Yarnda LRf; East East Gippsland Coastal WTRf; Alluvial Terraces WTRf
Wallaby-bush Beyeria lasiocarpa				r			East Gippsland Coastal WTRf
Pinkwood Beyeria viscosa				r			East Gippsland Coastal WTRf
Coast Grey Box Eucalyptus bosistoana				r			Limestone LRf
Maidens Gum Eucalyptus globulus subsp. maidenii				r			Bung Yarnda LRf; East Gippsland Coastal WTRf
Bolwarra Eupomatia laurina				r
Jointed Mistletoe Korthalsella rubra subsp. rubra				v			East Gippsland Deltaic LRf; Alluvial Terraces WTRf
Yellow Loosestrife Lysimachia japonica	e			v			East Gippsland Coastal WTRf; Alluvial Terraces WTRf
Yellow Milkvine Marsdenia flavescens				r			East Gippsland Coastal WTRf; Alluvial Terraces WTRf
Viscid Daisy-bush Olearia viscosa				v			Limestone LRf
Spicy Everlasting Ozothamnus argophyllus				r			East Gippsland Deltaic LRf; Bung Yarnda LRf; Limestone LRf
Limestone Pomaderris P. oraria subsp. calcicola				r			Limestone LRf
Star Cucumbr Sicyos australis				v			East Gippsland Coastal WTRf
Sandfly Zieria Z. smithii subsp. smithii				r			East Gippsland Coastal WTRf, Bung Yarnda LRf

Table 4. Rare or threatened animals*, which occur (have been recorded) in the rainforests of the Lakes Entrance Urban Design Framework study area.

Name	Division Name	ESP	AROTS	VROTS	FFG	TR	CAMBA/ JAMBA	Notes
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea	Birds			n				Nests in LRf/WTRf
Chlorinda Hairstreak Pseudalmenus chlorinda fisheri	Invertebrates			v				Recorded in WTRf
Diamond Python Morelia spilota spilota	Reptiles			e	L			Credible record in district
Great Egret Ardea alba	Birds			v	L	1	1/1	Roosts in LRf
Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae	Birds			v				Nests and hunts: WTRf
Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus	Mammals	VU	V	v