Einsleigh Uplands and Wet Tropics pasture photo standards

There are twenty-eight pasture photo standards and corresponding pasture yields for pasture communities in the Einsleigh Uplands and Wet Tropics region. These include:

Note: a list of photo standards relevant to the Burdekin GLM region is included further down the page.

Burdekin land types guide

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

Burdekin GLM land type Pasture photo-standard
Black basalt (BD01) Basalt
Bluegrass/wiregrass
Northern Gulf black soils
Northern Gulf red basalt
Upper Herbert black basalt
Blackwood scrubs on massive soils (BD02) Bluegrass/wiregrass
Blackwood scrubs on structured clays (BD03) Bluegrass/wiregrass
Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Box and napunyah (BD04) Eucalypt woodlands
Spinifex desert uplands
Box country (BD05) Black speargrass
Eucalyptus box and stylo*
Eucalypt box
Brigalow gidgee scrubs (BD06) Bluegrass/wiregrass
Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Brown basalt (BD07) Basalt
Bluegrass/wiregrass
Clayey alluvials (BD08) Alluvial
Bluegrass/wiregrass
Northern Gulf black soils
Downs (BD09) Downs country
Goldfields country – black soils (BD10) Bluegrass/wiregrass
Indian couch
Goldfields country – red soils (BD11) Black speargrass
Eucalypt woodlands
Indian couch
Lancewood-bendee-rosewood (BD12) Lancewood, bendee, rosewood and spotted gum
Loamy alluvials (BD13) Alluvial
Black speargrass
Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Eucalypt woodlandsUpper Herbert frontage
Narrow-leaved ironbark on deeper soils (BD14) Eucalypt woodlands
Narrow-leafed ironbark
Narrow-leaved ironbark on shallower soils (BD15) Eucalypt woodlands
Narrow-leafed ironbark
Ranges (BD16) Black speargrass
Red basalt (BD17) Basalt
Bluegrass/wiregrass
Indian couch
Northern Gulf red basalt
Silver-leaved ironbark (BD18) Eucalypt woodlands
Silver-leafed ironbark
Softwood scrub (BD19) Buffel grass
Buffel regrowth
Yellowjacket with other eucalypts (BD20) Black speargrass
Spinifex desert uplands

* ‘Eucalyptus box and stylo’ pastures are also found on most other eucalypt communities on medium to light textured soils, including goldfields red, red and brown basalt, loamy alluvial, ironbark (silver and narrow-leaved deep and shallow soils) and yellowjacket.