Land Use and Management • Suitable for pasture improvement . Recommendations • Suitable for cropping in areas that have access to irrigation .
• When mixed with other less fertile land types in a paddock , brigalow / gidgee areas are at risk of overgrazing . Land condition should be monitored carefully and management adjusted if necessary to reduce grazing pressure in these areas .
• Rotational wet seasons spelling to maintain perennial pasture composition .
• Heavy grazing encourages germination of woody species , introduced weeds and development of scalds on massive soils .
Land Use Limitations • Flooding and waterlogging , particularly in gilgais .
• Restricted access in wet conditions .
• Weed invasion ( parthenium ).
• Establishment problems with improved pastures due to crusting / cracking or coarse self-mulching surface .
Conservation Features and • Many of these communities have been extensively Related Management cleared for pasture development .
• Remaining areas of this land type can provide important regional refuges for some species .
• Habitat for rare species Sclerolaena everistiana , Quassia bidwillii and Neoroepera buxifolia and the painted honeyeater Grantiella picta .
Regional Ecosystems 9.11.19 , 10.3.3a-b , 10.3.4b , 11.3.1 , 11.3.5 , 11.4.3 , 11.4.6 , 11.4.7 , 11.4.8 , 11.4.9 , 11.4.9b , 11.5.16 , 11.9.1 , 11.9.5 , 11.9.5a , 11.9.10 , 11.9.11 , 11.11.14 , 11.11.16 , 11.11.19 , 11.12.21 .
Land Units ; Agricultural Land Systems ( Gunn et al 1967 ) Humboldt , Ulcanbah , Islay , Management Unit ; Blackwater , Somerby , Moray , Wondabah , Kinsale ; AMU ( DPI Soil Associations 1993 ) Adelong , Glengallen , Glen Idol , Lonesome , Picardy , Rolleston , Springton , Turkey Creek ; Soil Associations ( Rogers et al 1999 ) Egera , Wambiana , Powlathanga , Victoria Downs .