Enterprise Growing and finishing ; fodder and intensive cropping .
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 .
• Best managed as separate paddocks .
• Fence riparian areas to manage stock access to watercourse and minimise streambank erosion .
• Rotational wet seasons spelling to maintain perennial pasture composition .
• Use of fire may have a role in suppressing woody weeds .
• Heavy grazing encourages germination of introduced weeds .
• Maintain at least 50 % ground cover at end of dry season to maximise infiltration and reduce soil erosion .
Land Use Limitations • Flooding .
• Weed invasion ( rubbervine , chinee apple , bellyache bush ).
Conservation Features and • These woodlands provide important drought refuge and Related Management wildlife corridors for arboreal fauna .
• Regrowth can be encouraged to allow woodlands to expand and establish connection with other woodland communities .
• Communities are vulnerable to invasion by weeds ( e . g . rubbervine , chinee apple , lantana ), particularly when ground cover is reduced .
Regional Ecosystems 9.3.3a-b , 9.3.3d , 9.3.6 , 9.3.16 , 9.3.20 , 9.3.22a , 10.3.12a , 1 1.3.4 , 11.3.4a , 11.3.9 , 11.3.9a , 11.3.29 , 11.3.29a , 11.3.30 , 11.3.30a-b , 11.3.30d , 11.3.35 , 11.3.35a , 11.3.36 , 11.3.7 .
Land Units ; Agricultural Land units ( Gunn et al 1967 ) Alpha 1 & 2 , Funnel 1 , Comet 1 & Management Unit ; 3 ; Soil Associations ( Rogers et al 1999 ) Burdekin , Cape , Soil Associations Fanning , Gainsford , Pandanus , Creek .