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Land Type Goldfields Country - Red Soils
Landform Gently undulating to undulating rises .
Woody Vegetation
Narrow-leaved ironbark and gum-topped bloodwood woodland
with occasional forest red gum and Reid river box along
drainage lines . Understorey of currant bush and corkwood
wattle .
Expected Pasture Composition
* Denotes non-native species
Preferred
Desert bluegrass , forest bluegrass , curly bluegrass , buf fel
grass *, urochloa *, cotton panic , black speargrass , kangaroo
grass .
Intermediate
Hairy panic , golden beard grass , Indian couch *.
Non-preferred
Feathertop wiregrass .
Annuals
Fairy grass , button grass , red Natal grass *.
Suitable Sown Pastures
Buffel grass , urochloa , butterfly pea , Seca and V erano stylo .
Introduced Weeds
Chinee apple , rubbervine , bellyache bush , calotrope , lantana .
Soil
Brown loam over red clay duplex soil ( chromosol ).
Description
Surface : Friable where topsoil exists ; Surface texture : loam ;