Table of Glenroy land system land units. * Numbers in brackets refer to soil family – or vegetation community/alliance in report on lands of the West Kimberley ‘General area, (Speck et al. 1970); + Pasture types described in Appendix 1; Note: WA’ Proportions and occurrence of pasture types within land units are subject to change over time due to invasion by native and introduced species, seasonal conditions, fire frequency and grazing management. Approx. Pasture Unit area Landforms Soils* Vegetation* type+ (%) Interfluves: up to 3.2km wide and less than 10m high with slopes up to 2%; locally with 'stepped' slopes comprising Open woodland with steeper facets, up to moderately dense Yellowish, 1.5%, separating scrub layers and gently sloping facets, Triodia bitextura and 1 50 CSPP less than 0.5%; Chrysopogon spp. skeletal locally dissected up Eucalyptus brevifolia soils (24). to 6m into spurs with alliance (1d, 1e); flat or gently sloping also 54. crests up to 800m wide and marginal slopes up to 25%; cobble mantles and local outcrop. Outcrop and Open woodlands Hills: up to 30m yellowish with moderately high; bevelled rocky skeletal dense shrub layers 2 7 crests up to 800m soils high in CAHP and Triodia bitextura. wide and hillslopes rock E. brevifolia up to 60%. fragments community (1d). (24). Ribbon Cracking clay Olive brown plains: up to 4km in moderately grasslands with extent with slopes scattered trees and less than 0.5%; weakly 3 3 shrubs. RAPP marginally dissected cracking Chrysopogon up to 3m with slopes heavy clays; up to 5%; hummocky Wonardo fecundum surfaces. family (14). community (48). Alluvial drainage Mainly Grassy woodland floors: sealed yellowish with frontage 4 25 FRGP surfaces up to 1.2km sandy to grasses. Corymbia wide with levees up loamy soils bella community
Table of Glenroy land system – land units. * Numbers in brackets refer to soil family or vegetation community/alliance in ‘General report on lands of the West Kimberley area, WA’ (Speck et al. 1970); + Pasture types described in Appendix 1; Note: Proportions and occurrence of pasture types within land units are subject to change over time due to invasion by native and introduced species, seasonal conditions, fire frequency and grazing management. Unit Approx. area (%) Landforms Soils* Vegetation* Pasture type+ 1 50 Interfluves: up to 3.2km wide and less than 10m high with slopes up to 2%; locally with 'stepped' slopes comprising steeper facets, up to 1.5%, separating gently sloping facets, less than 0.5%; locally dissected up to 6m into spurs with flat or gently sloping crests up to 800m wide and marginal slopes up to 25%; cobble mantles and local outcrop. Yellowish, skeletal soils (24). Open woodland with moderately dense scrub layers and Triodia bitextura and Chrysopogon spp. Eucalyptus brevifolia alliance (1d, 1e); also 54. CSPP 2 7 Hills: up to 30m high; bevelled rocky crests up to 800m wide and hillslopes up to 60%. Outcrop and yellowish skeletal soils high in rock fragments (24). Open woodlands with moderately dense shrub layers and Triodia bitextura. E. brevifolia community (1d). CAHP 3 3 Cracking clay plains: up to 4km in extent with slopes less than 0.5%; marginally dissected up to 3m with slopes up to 5%; hummocky surfaces. Olive brown moderately weakly cracking heavy clays; Wonardo family (14). Ribbon grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs. Chrysopogon fecundum community (48). RAPP 4 25 Alluvial drainage floors: sealed surfaces up to 1.2km wide with levees up Mainly yellowish sandy to loamy soils Grassy woodland with frontage grasses. Corymbia bella community FRGP