Land Use and Management • Rotational wet seasons spelling to maintain perennial Recommendations pasture composition .
• Heavy grazing encourages domination of Indian couch and reduced productivity .
• Maintain at least 50 % ground cover at end of dry season to maximise infiltration and reduce soil erosion .
Land Use Limitations • Shallow soils .
• Use of fire ( 4-5 years ) after storm rain to address woodland thickening and maintain desirable pasture composition .
• Weed invasion ( chinee apple , giant rat ' s tail grass ).
• Establishment problems with improved pastures ( stylos ) due to high incidence of frosts .
Conservation Features and • These extensively thinned , cleared or cultivated areas
Related Management provide habitat for rare and threatened flora ( Atalaya calcicola , Croton magneticus , Ehretia grahamii and Wrightia versicolor ) and fauna species .
• Important seasonal wetland habitats associated with this ecosystem .
• Lava tunnels with endemic fauna and significant bat maternity sites .
• Some areas are subject to invasion by Parthenium hysterophorus .
Regional Ecosystems 9.8.7 , 11.8.3 , 11.8.5 , 11.8.13 .
Land Units ; Agricultural Soil Associations ( Rogers et al 1999 ) Conjuboy , Glencoe . Management Unit ; Soil Associations