• Heavy grazing can lead to loss of preferred pasture species , increases of currant bush , parthenium and pastures dominated by undesirable forbs ( e . g . soft rolypoly , gidgee burr ).
• Use of fire ( 4-5 years ) after storm rain to control currant bush and maintain desirable pasture composition .
Land Use Limitations • Salinity and highly dispersive subsoils .
• Regrowth ( blackbutt ).
Conservation Features and • This land type has been extensively cleared for pasture . Related Management
Regional Ecosystems 11.4.5 , 11.11.13 .
Land Units ; Agricultural Land units ( Gunn et al 1967 ) Somerby 3 , Blackwater 3 ; AMU Management Unit ; ( DPI 1993 ) Lonesome ; Soil Associations ( Rogers et al 1999 ) Soil Associations Scartwater , Wambiana , Powlathanga , Victoria Downs .