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Land Type Red Basalt
Landform Level to gently undulating plains .
Woody Vegetation Narrow-leaved ironbark open woodland associated with ghost gum , bloodwood and grevilleas . Rainforest to wet sclerophyll forest in high rainfall areas in north-east .
Expected Pasture Composition * Denotes non-native species
Preferred Desert bluegrass , black speargrass , kangaroo grass , curly bluegrass , giant speargrass , plume and brown sorghum .
Intermediate Indian couch *. Non-preferred Pitted bluegrass , dark wiregrass , lovegrasses .
Annuals Button grass , fairy grass , annual lovegrasses ( e . g . delicate , soft , stinkgrass , weeping , drooping ), liverseed grass *.
Suitable Sown Pastures Buffel grass , urochloa , creeping bluegrass , Rhodes grass , Seca and Verano stylo .
Introduced Weeds Rubbervine , parthenium , giant rat ' s tail grass , calotrope , chinee apple , Captain Cook bush , grader grass , lantana .
Soil Shallow , occasionally moderately deep , reddish brown clay