Utilisation 30 % Enterprise Growing and finishing .
Land Use and Management • When in poor condition can be rehabilitated with sown Recommendations pastures .
• Suitable for cropping in areas that have access to irrigation .
• When mixed with other less fertile land types in a paddock , alluvial 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 .
• Use of fire may have a role in suppressing woody plants .
• Heavy grazing encourages germination of introduced weeds , particularly parthenium and parkinsonia .
• Maintain at least 50 % ground cover at end of dry season to maximise infiltration and reduce soil erosion .
Land Use Limitations • Flooding and waterlogging .
• Restricted access in wet conditions .
• Weed invasion ( parthenium , parkinsonia ).
• Establishment problems with improved pastures due to crusting / cracking or coarse self-mulching surface .
Conservation Features and • These communities provide habitat for a diverse range of
Related Management fauna , in particular , high numbers of nesting birds that use the hollows in mature trees , and herbivores such as macropods and arboreal mammals .
• Some areas of these land types have been extensively cleared for cropping or modified by heavy grazing pressure .
• Hydrocharis dubia is a vulnerable waterplant that occasionally occurs in these land types . The rare and threatened Aponogeton queenslandicus may occur on heavy clays .
• Subject to invasion by weeds such as rubbervine and