Appendix 20: Bitou bush threat abatement plan sites

Site rank	Site no.	Site name	Threatened priority species or vegetation community *	Notes	
Category 1	
1	NR133	Arakoon SCA / Hat Head NP	None		
2	NR29	Cape Byron SCA (including SEPP26 no. 27, 27a, 27b) 	Grassy Headland EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); contains Border Ranges species as well as Grassy Headland EEC	
3	NR36	Broken Head NR (including SEPP26 no. 32, 33b, 34a) 	Grassy Headland EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); contains Border Ranges species as well as Grassy Headland EEC	
4	NR90	Sandon backtrack, Sandon bluffs and Sandon south (Yuraygir NP)	Chamaesyce psammogeton, Sophora tomentosa		
5	NR157 	Crowdy Bay NP (north)	None	Euphrasia collina subsp. paludosa is in list of species, but only E.c. muelleri is threatened	
10	NR148 	Sea Acres NR / Tacking Point	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Acronychia littoralis, Cynanchum elegans, Sophora tomentosa	Species include low growing form of Zieria smithii but this isn’t part of the listed population.	
16	NR142	Crescent Head	Pultenaea maritima, Thesium australe		
16	NR154	Kattang NR	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Thesium australe	Includes low-growing form of Zieria smithii but this isn't part of the listed population	
18	NR145	Limeburners Creek NR	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Acronychia littoralis, Allocasuarina defungens	Includes low-growing form of Zieria smithii but this isn't part of the listed population	
22	NR110	Look At Me Now Headland, Moonee Beach NR	Grassy Headland EEC, Chamaesyce psammogeton, Thesium australe, Zieria prostrata		
22	NR70	Woody Head (including SEPP 26 no. 52, 52a)	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Sophora tomentosa, Phaius tankervilliae		
31	NR32	Arakwal NP	Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath EEC, Littoral Rainforest EEC, Chamaesyce psammogeton, Diuris byronensis, Geodorum densiflorum		
31	NR66	Snapper Rock, Bundjalung NP	Grassy Headland EEC, Pultenaea maritima, Senna acclinis		
31	NR9	Cudgen NR (SEPP26 no. 4)	Elyonurus citreus	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010) contains Border Ranges species as well as Elyonurus citreus	
33	NR94	Bare Point – Wilsons Headland Yuraygir NP	Grassy Headland EEC, Pultenaea maritima, Thesium australe		
39	NR 61	Broadwater NP	Phaius australis	Site is just inside the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); contains Littoral Rainforest EEC as well as Phaius australis	
41	NR47	Boulder Beach, Ballina (including SEPP26 no.38 - Boulder Beach south) 	Freshwater wetland EEC, Swamp Sclerophyll Forest EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); also contains Border Ranges species.	
41	NR64	Bundjalung NP (north)	Phaius australis		
51	NR52	Angels Beach, Ballina 	Freshwater Wetland EEC, Swamp Sclerophyll Forest EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); also contains Border Ranges species.	
54	NR107	Dammerels Head, Moonee Beach NR	Grassy Headland EEC, Thesium australe, Zieria prostrata		
54	NR138	Hat Head NP	None		
58	NR121	Bongil Bongil NP (including SEPP26 no. 75, 76, 77, 78)	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Acronychia littoralis, Chamaesyce psammogeton	Includes low-growing form of Zieria smithii but this isn't part of the listed population.	
58	NR73	lluka NR	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
58	NR82	Angourie Point, Yuraygir NP	Grassy Headland EEC, Allocasuarina defungens, Chamaesyce psammogeton, Pultenaea maritima		
63	NR85	Redcliff, Yuraygir NP	Grassy Headland EEC, Pultenaea maritima, Sophora tomentosa, Thesium australe		
63	NR22	Fern Beach – South Golden Beach	Acronychia littoralis, Cryptocarya foetida, Littoral Rainforest	Site in Byron Shire currently undergoing control works	
68	NR51	Sharps Beach, Ballina	Freshwater wetland EEC, Littoral Rainforest EEC, Swamp Sclerophyll Forest EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); also contains Border Ranges species.	
68	NR63	Ten Mile Beach and Bombing Range, Bundjalung NP	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
68	NR71	Middle Bluff,  BundjalungNP	Grassy Headland EEC, Chamaesyce psammogeton		
68	NR88	Sandon north and Sandon North beach, Yuraygir NP	Chamaesyce psammogeton		
72	NR106	Bare Bluff, Moonee Beach NR	Thesium australe, Zieria prostrata		
72	NR114	Diggers Head	Thesium australe, Zieria smithii (low-growing form) endangered population		
72	NR62	Dirrawong Reserve	Pultenaea maritima		
72	NR65	Iluka Bluff, Bundjalung NP	Grassy Headland EEC, Littoral rainforest EEC, Sophora tomentosa		
72	NR91	Rocky Point, Yuraygir NP	Pultenaea maritima		
81	NR132	Arakoon SCA	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
86	NR105	Woolgoolga Beach and headland, Coffs Coast Regional Park	Sophara tomentosa, Thesium australe		
86	NR156	Diamond Head, Crowdy Bay NP	Thesium australe	Species include low-growing form of Zieria smithii but this isn’t part of the listed population	
86	NR34	Clarkes Beach Caravan Park	Byron Bay Graminoid Heath EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); also contains Border Ranges species	
86	NR97	Yuraygir NP	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Elyonurus citreus, Allocasuarina defungens		
93	NR147	Flynns Beach and Shelly Beach, Port Macquarie	Sophora tomentosa		
93	NR39	Seven Mile Beach North	Cryptocarya foetida, Cordyline congesta, Littoral Rainforest	Site in Byron Shire currently undergoing control works	
93	NR50	Sharps Beach, Ballina (Whites Head)	Grassy Headland EEC		
93	NR83	Shelley Headland, Yuragir NP	Grassy Headland EEC, Pultenaea maritima		
102	NR109	Moonee Beach NR	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Pultenaea maritima		
102	NR115	Macauleys Headland	Thesium australe		
102	NR134	Big Smoky section, Hat Head NP	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Acronychia littoralis		
102	NR135	Connors – Hat Head, Hat Head NP	Thesium australe		
102	NR136	Hat Head NP, east of town and headland near camping ground	Thesium australe		
102	NR137	O'Connors Beach, Hat Head NP	None		
102	NR99	Station Creek Beach, Yuraygir NP	Geodorum densiflorum		
115	NR131	Smoky Cape (Macleay River)	Chamaesyce psammogeton		
115	NR53	Shelley Beach, Ballina	Freshwater wetland EEC	Site is in the Border Ranges Planning Area (DECCW 2010); also contains Border Ranges species	
115	NR67	Bundjalung NP, many locations	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Acronychia littoralis		
119	NR155	Dooragan NP	Melaleuca groveana		
123	NR111	East of Crystal Waters (SEPP26 no. 68b)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
123	NR113	Sapphire Gardens, Coffs Harbour (including SEPP26 no. 69)	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Sophora tomentosa		
123	NR127	Scotts Head	Acronychia littoralis, Glycine clandestina (broad leaf form endangered population), Melaleuca groveana		
123	NR128	1km north of Grassy Head (SEPP26 no. 96)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
123	NR130	Clybucca Historic Site, northern section (SEPP26 no. 101b)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
123	NR140	Hat Head NP, Crescent Head	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
123	NR141	South Hat Head	None	Only priority is low-growing form of Zieria smithii but this isn’t part of the listed population	
123	NR144	Delicate Nobby Headland, 1.5km north of Limeburners Creek NR (SEPP26 no. 105b)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
123	NR149	Miners Beach, South of Sea Acres NR, near Tacking Point (SEPP26 no. 113)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
123	NR45	Lennox Head (Headland)	None	Non-rainforest site	
123	NR80	Angourie Reserve	None		
123	NR81	Angourie Back Beach, Yuraygir NP	None		
123	NR84	Plumbago Headland, Yuraygir NP	Grassy Headland EEC		
123	NR87	Pebbly – Freshwater, Yuraygir NP	None		
123	NR89	Sandon River, Yuraygir NP	Sophora tomentosa		
123	NR96	Wooli River	Sophora tomentosa		
123	NR98	Dirrangan Lookout track, Yuraygir NP	Grassy Headland EEC		
Category 2	
170	NR52      	Grants Head	Thesium australe		
183	NR117	Coffs Harbour	Pultenaea maritima		
189	NR27	Belongil Beach	Cryptocarya foetida, Cordyline congesta, Littoral Rainforest	Site in Byron Shire currently undergoing control works	
191	NR146	Pelican Point (including SEPP 26 no. 107)	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Chamaesyce psammogeton		
195	NR143	Racecourse Headland (including SEPP26 no. 104a, 105, I05a, 106)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
206	NR92	Minnie Water Back beach and Foreshore Reserve	Olax angulata		
207	NR58	Richmond River NR	None		
208	NR28	Crown lands, Byron Shire Council	Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath EEC		
208	NR31	Crown land, upslope of Arakwal NP adjoining water tower	Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath EEC		
208	NR69	Shark Bay, Bundjalung NP	Sophora tomentosa		
208	NR101	Coffs Coast Regional Park, 400m NW of Arrawarra (SEPP26 no. 62)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
208	NR104	Cabins Beach, Coffs Harbour Regional Park, Mullaway	Sophora tomentosa		
208	NR108	Diggers Point, Moonee Beach NR	Zieria prostrata		
208	NR139	Hat Head NP – Third Beach, Hungry Hill	None		
208	NR151	South of Lake Cathie (SEPP26 no. 116)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
208	NR153	Googleys Lagoon, Camden Head, West of Kattang NR (SEPP26 no. 122)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
Category 3	
241	NR126     	Warrell Creek area (SEPP26 no. 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
266	NR79	Angourie	Phaius australis		
267	NR116	Park Beach, Coffs Harbour	Sophora tomentosa		
267	NR76	Carrs Road boat ramp, Maclean	None		
267	NR77	Aboriginal land south of Yamba	Phaius australis, Phaius tankervilleae		
267	NR78	Joss Island, Oyster Channel – Wooloweyah Lagoon	None		
267	NR75	Yamba Beach	None		
267	NR72	Iluka Bluff, Bundjalung NP	None		
267	NR59	South of Pimlico (SEPP26 no. 44)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
267	NR60	Little Pimlico Island NR (SEPP26 no. 45)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
267	NR44	Lennox Head	Freshwater Wetland EEC		
267	NR86	Plover Island, Yuraygir NP	None		
Category 4	
310	NR8	Casuarina Beach, north of Cudgen NR	Sophora tomentosa, Geodorum densiflorum		
313	NR33	Cumbebin Swamp NR	Phaius tankervilleae		
321	NR6	Tweed Estuary NR	None		
321	NR42	Ballina NR	None		
321	NR95	Wooli, Yuraygir NP	Olax angulata		
Category 5	
345	NR 93	Diggers Camp	Olax angulata		
Sites which could not be modelled due to insufficient information	
	NR11	Bogangar Beach	Chamaesyce psammogeton		
	NR12	Norries Head	Grassy Headland EEC		
	NR14	Hastings Point	Grassy Headland EEC		
	NR74	Clarence Estuary NR (SEPP26 no. 54a)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
	NR100	Red Rock, Woolgoolga (including SEPP 26 no. 60a)	Littoral Rainforest EEC, Acronychia littoralis		
	NR102	Arrawarra Headland	None		
	NR103	Halfway between Woolgoolga and Sandy Beach (SEPP26 no. 64b)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
	NR112	1.3 km north-east of Korora (SEPP26 no. 68c)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
	NR118	North of Sawtell (SEPP26 no. 70, 70a)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
	NR120	South-east of Sawtell (SEPP26 no. 71a, 71b)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
	NR123	South-east of Urunga, Hungry Head (SEPP26 no. 81, 82)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
	NR124	Valla Headland and Beach (including SEPP26 no. 86)	Littoral Rainforest EEC	Also Zieria smithii low-growing form but this isn’t part of the listed population	
	NR125	Nambucca Heads (including Shelley Beach)	Chamaesyce psammogeton		
	NR129	North-east of Clybucca Historic Site, Near South West Rocks (SEPP26 no. 100, 101-4 patches)	Littoral Rainforest EEC		
Biodiversity for which no sites were identified	
			Caesia parviflora var. minor		
			Lindsaea fraseri		
			Pterostylis nigricans		

Notes: * ‘None’ in this column means that the species and communities identified for the site are priority threat abatement plan species but are not threatened species.	
	NR = nature reserve, NP = national park, SCA = State conservation area
	EEC = endangered ecological community 

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water 2010, Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan: NSW and Queensland, DECCW, Sydney.