Table of Antrim land system land units. + 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. Approx. Pasture Unit area Landforms Soils Vegetation type+ (%) Bloodwood-southern box sparse low woodland (Corymbia opaca) with arid short grass (Enneapogon spp.) or upland tall ASHP Mesas and Mostly rock grass (Sorghum 40% buttes with outcrops with stipoideum); snappy HSHP 1 50 steeply basalt boulders gum sparse low 40% sloping and pockets of woodland ASGP margins red clayey soils. (Eucalyptus brevifolia) 20% with hard spinifex (Triodia wiseana, T. inutilis, or arid T. intermedia) short grass (Enneapogon spp.). HSHP As for unit 1. 50% Crests and Also tussock grasses WGBP 2 40 slopes of such as Sehima 30% rounded hills nervosum. ASGP 20% Bloodwood-southern box sparse low woodland (C. opaca, Frayne - brown E. limitaris, loam merging E. tephrodes), Moderate to into dark red box sparse low 3 5 ASGP gentle slopes clay, generally woodland (E. pruinosa), stony on or snappy gum sparse surface. low woodland (E. brevifolia), all with arid short grass (Enneapogon spp.). Cununurra, Mitchell and other Gentle lower Argyle, Barkly - grasses 4 2 slopes and grey and brown MGUP (Astrebla pectinata, flat areas cracking heavy Aristida latifolia). clays. Frontage woodland Variable light to ASGP Flats (C. opaca, C. bella) medium 50% 5 2 bordering with arid short grass textured alluvial FRGP drainage lines (Enneapogon spp.) or soils. 50% frontage tall grasses.
Table of Antrim land system – land units. + 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 Mesas and buttes with steeply sloping margins Mostly rock outcrops with basalt boulders and pockets of red clayey soils. Bloodwood-southern box sparse low woodland (Corymbia opaca) with arid short grass (Enneapogon spp.) or upland tall grass (Sorghum stipoideum); snappy gum sparse low woodland (Eucalyptus brevifolia) with hard spinifex (Triodia wiseana, T. inutilis, T. intermedia) or arid short grass (Enneapogon spp.). ASHP 40% HSHP 40% ASGP 20% 2 40 Crests and slopes of rounded hills As for unit 1. Also tussock grasses such as Sehima nervosum. HSHP 50% WGBP 30% ASGP 20% 3 5 Moderate to gentle slopes Frayne - brown loam merging into dark red clay, generally stony on surface. Bloodwood-southern box sparse low woodland (C. opaca, E. limitaris, E. tephrodes), box sparse low woodland (E. pruinosa), or snappy gum sparse low woodland (E. brevifolia), all with arid short grass (Enneapogon spp.). ASGP 4 2 Gentle lower slopes and flat areas Cununurra, Argyle, Barkly - grey and brown cracking heavy clays. Mitchell and other grasses (Astrebla pectinata, Aristida latifolia). MGUP 5 2 Flats bordering drainage lines Variable light to medium textured alluvial soils. Frontage woodland (C. opaca, C. bella) with arid short grass (Enneapogon spp.) or frontage tall grasses. ASGP 50% FRGP 50%