To view the description for a specific land type within the Mitchell Grass Downs region of Queensland, click on the land type or plant index below:
All Mitchell Grass Downs region land types (PDF, 5.4 MB)
Individual land types:
- MGD01 Open downs
- MGD02 Ashy downs
- MGD03 Pebbly downs
- MGD04 Flooded Mitchell grasslands
- MGD05 Boree wooded downs
- MGD06 Wooded downs
- MGD07 Soft gidgee
- MGD08 Hard gidgee
- MGD09 Hard mulga
- MGD10 Soft mulga
- MGD11 Soft mulga sandridge
- MGD12 Spinifex sandplains
- MGD13 Jump-ups
- MGD14 Open alluvial plains
- MGD15 Wooded alluvial plains
- MGD16 Floodplains
- Mitchell Grass Downs region plant index
Have you come across an AL GLM land type code on your land type map? AL land type codes are given to regional ecosystems not suitable for grazing. Find out what your AL code represents…
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