Approx. Pasture Unit area Landforms Soils Vegetation type+ (%) Sparse low-tree steppe dominated by Earthy sands; Triodia pungens with Sandplains: up dark red loamy minor Triodia to 7km in extent sand topsoil and bitextura 1 70 and gently over red loamy Chrysopogon fallax. SSPP dipping to the sand to coarse Trees dominated by west. sandy loam Corymbia setosa and subsoil. Grevillea pyramidalis and spp. Acacia shrubs. Lateritic interfluves: up to Lithosols; 1km wide Steppe grassland lateritic gravels undulating dominated by Triodia and rock 2 16 interfluves and pungens with a few SSPP outcrop with gullies with Grevillea sp. aff. patchy thin laterite and angulata shrubs. sand cover. sandstone outcrop common. Gullies and Little vegetation with cliffs: up to Lithosols and some Triodia 2.5km long with XXNP Solonchak; pungens on gully steep sided 50% sandstone sides, and gullies and cliffs SMPP 3 14 outcrop with Tecticornia spp. opening 25% consolidated Sporobolus virginicus westward onto MACP* Quaternary and Melaleuca coast; saline gully 25% sands. acacioides on gully floors with tidal floors. influence. Great sandy land system (Gts), size: 2094km2, publication source: BRM (Modified from McKenzie 1985.) Extensive dunefields of linear dunes supporting spinifex grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees. Location map showing coverage of Great Sandy land system defined by black region. State land type: Sandplains and dunes with acacia shrublands and spinifex. Geology: Quaternary aeolian sands.
Unit Approx. area (%) Landforms Soils Vegetation Pasture type+ 1 70 Sandplains: up to 7km in extent and gently dipping to the west. Earthy sands; dark red loamy sand topsoil over red loamy sand to coarse sandy loam subsoil. Sparse low-tree steppe dominated by Triodia pungens with minor Triodia bitextura and Chrysopogon fallax. Trees dominated by Corymbia setosa and Grevillea pyramidalis and Acacia spp. shrubs. SSPP 2 16 Lateritic interfluves: up to 1km wide undulating interfluves and gullies with laterite and sandstone outcrop common. Lithosols; lateritic gravels and rock outcrop with patchy thin sand cover. Steppe grassland dominated by Triodia pungens with a few Grevillea sp. aff. angulata shrubs. SSPP 3 14 Gullies and cliffs: up to 2.5km long with steep sided gullies and cliffs opening westward onto coast; saline gully floors with tidal influence. Lithosols and Solonchak; sandstone outcrop with consolidated Quaternary sands. Little vegetation with some Triodia pungens on gully sides, and Tecticornia spp. Sporobolus virginicus and Melaleuca acacioides on gully floors. XXNP 50% SMPP 25% MACP* 25% Great sandy land system (Gts), size: 2094km2, publication source: BRM (Modified from McKenzie 1985.) Extensive dunefields of linear dunes supporting spinifex grasslands with scattered shrubs and trees. Location map showing coverage of Great Sandy land system defined by black region. State land type: Sandplains and dunes with acacia shrublands and spinifex. Geology: Quaternary aeolian sands.