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• Use fire to suppress feathertop wiregrass and encroachment of woody species .
Land Use Limitations • Establishment problems with improved pastures due to cracking or coarse self-mulching surface .
Conservation Features and • These grasslands communities support a diverse range of
Related Management plants and provide habitat for many animals including reptiles ( grassland earless dragon Tympanocryptis pinguicolla , five-clawed worm skink Anomalopus mackayi and grey snake Hemiaspis damelii ), macropods and arboreal mammals .
• These grasslands are readily infested with parthenium , especially when ground cover becomes too low .
• Manage grazing pressure and use rotational grazing practices to ensure healthy vigorous pastures and minimise
the risk of weed invasion .
Regional Ecosystems
9.3.25 , 11.3.21 , 11.4.4 , 11.4.11 , 11.9.3 , 11.9.12 , 11.11.17 ,
11.12.1c .
Land Units ; Agricultural
Land units ( Gunn et al 1967 ) Avon 1 & 3 ; AMU ( DPI 1993 )
Management Unit ;
Dooruna ; Soil Associations Victoria Downs , Powlathanga ,
Soil Associations
Wambiana , Yarraman , Egera .