Desert Uplands pasture photo standards

There are 15 pasture photo standards and corresponding pasture yields for pasture communities in the Desert Uplands region. These include:

Land types guide

The table below lists appropriate pasture photo standards for each land type in the Desert Uplands GLM region.

Desert Uplands land types guide

Land typePasture photo standards
Box country (DU01)Black speargrass
Eucalyptus box and stylo*
Eucalypt box
Indian couch
Channels and swamps associated with major streams (DU02)Alluvial
Black speargrass
Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Eucalypt woodlands
Coolibah flats (DU03)Alluvial
Bluegrass/wiregrass
Downs country (DU04)Downs country
Mitchell grass
Frontage country (DU05)Alluvial
Black speargrass
Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Eucalypt woodlands
Frontal dunes (DU06)(little pasture)
Hard ironbark country (DU07)Eucalypt woodlands
Narrow-leafed ironbark
Ironbark country (DU08)Eucalypt woodlands
Narrow-leafed ironbark
Lakebeds (DU07)(little pasture)
Scrubs on deep clays (DU11)Bluegrass/wiregrass
Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Scrubs on shallow clays (DU12)Bluegrass/wiregrass
Yellowjacket country +/- wattles (DU13)Black spreargrass
Spinifex desert uplands
* ‘Eucalyptus box and stylo’ pastures are also found on most other eucalypt communities on medium to light textured soils, including ironbark and yellowjacket.

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