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Land Unit Information Sheet Land system name: Desert Land unit: DT1 General description This land unit represents one of the most common, and most extensive, soil-vegetation associations on the Desert Uplands plateau. The very deep, sandy gradational and texture-contrast soils are part of an extensive sandsheet, easily recognised by the bright red colour of the soils and the specific vegetation community. The mid-tall woodlands of Eucalyptus similis (Queensland yellowjacket), Corymbia clarksoniana (Clarkson's bloodwood), C. leichhardtii (rustyjacket) and C. setosa (applejack) often form a "grove-like" pattern across the slope with broad open areas of Triodia species (spinifex) in between each row. A dense understorey dominated by Acacia meleodora (waxy wattle), A. coriacea (desert oak), Alphitonia excelsa (soap tree) and Petalostigma pubescens (quinine tree) benefit from the leaf litter under the tree canopy and the extra soil moisture obtained by "capturing" water runoff from the adjacent spinifex area upslope. Regional ecosystem 10.5.1 is predominant. Site characteristics Landform element Average slope Plain 1% Site drainage Soil permeability Rapidly drained Highly permeable Flooding risk Inundation risk Nil Nil Potential recharge to groundwater Soil depth High Very deep; 1.5 - 5.0 m Present land use Grazing Susceptibility to land degradation processes Sheet erosion Gully erosion Wind erosion Salting High Very low Low Very low This information has been generated from the Desert Uplands Land Resource Database. The Environmental Protection Agency accepts no liability for any decisions or actions taken on the basis of this information. State of Queensland. Environmental Protection Agency 2004. 6/12/2005 Land Unit DT1 - page 1 Representative site number: 1051 Soil classification Australian Soil Classification Principle Profile Form CH AA AG CD - A E K O X Dr4.51 - 1/0/007 General soil description A texture-contrast profile with a thin, weak red, clayey sand topsoil over a dark red sandy clay loam. Soil profile morphology Horizon Horizon no Depth Description A 1 0.00 - 0.04 Dusky red sandy clay loam; No mottles; no coarse fragments; Massive; no segregations; Dry very weak; Abrupt to; B21 2 0.04 - 0.35 Dark red sandy clay; No mottles; very few small pebbles subrounded Ironstone coarse fragments; Massive; no segregations; Dry very weak; B22t 3 0.35 - 2.00+ Dark red light clay; No mottles; very few small pebbles subrounded Ironstone coarse fragments; no segregations; Dry very firm; Soil chemical analysis P S H A D P h a G N o O S o i l H S l o u s m s r D r t u o t r o l s p i a m a t g a z c t e d p a a r p v e r s k a o o p i i t i H t i e h r z s n c t e i n u n n t s n e o l o i i h i n i s u t t i u r g c % n n r o e y t m m u o n n s . t A 1 0.00 - 0.04 6.6 0.00 Deficient Low High - Nil - Very low Moderate N N Moderate B21 2 0.04 - 0.35 6.3 0.26 Deficient Low High - Nil - Very low Very low N N Moderate This information has been generated from the Desert Uplands Land Resource Database. The Environmental Protection Agency accepts no liability for any decisions or actions taken on the basis of this information. State of Queensland. Environmental Protection Agency 2004. 6/12/2005 Land Unit DT1 - page 2 Field sites within this land unit (see technical report for original site nos.) Site code Site type Site code Site type Site code Site type Site code Site type 17 DUSLARA Tertiary 276 DUSLARA Tertiary 1045 DUSLARA Tertiary 2024 Buchanan-Dyllingo-Galilee 18 DUSLARA Tertiary 278 DUSLARA Tertiary 1046 DUSLARA Tertiary 2039 Buchanan-Dyllingo-Galilee 19 DUSLARA Primary 393 DUSLARA Tertiary 1049 DUSLARA Tertiary 2083 Buchanan-Dyllingo-Galilee 24 DUSLARA Tertiary 394 DUSLARA Tertiary 1050 DUSLARA Tertiary 2102 Buchanan-Dyllingo-Galilee 35 DUSLARA Tertiary 396 DUSLARA Tertiary 1051 DUSLARA Primary 2131 Buchanan-Dyllingo-Galilee 39 DUSLARA Tertiary 493 DUSLARA Primary 1052 DUSLARA Tertiary 3568 Corveg 91 DUSLARA Tertiary 877 DUSLARA Primary 1053 DUSLARA Tertiary 3569 Corveg 93 DUSLARA Tertiary 898 DUSLARA Tertiary 1056 DUSLARA Tertiary 3581 Corveg 189 DUSLARA Primary 930 DUSLARA Tertiary 1057 DUSLARA Tertiary 4096 Corveg 191 DUSLARA Tertiary 932 DUSLARA Primary 1058 DUSLARA Primary 4097 Corveg 193 DUSLARA Tertiary 934 DUSLARA Tertiary 1193 DUSLARA Primary 4111 Corveg 194 DUSLARA Tertiary 935 DUSLARA Tertiary 1196 DUSLARA Tertiary 4122 Corveg 195 DUSLARA Secondary 943 DUSLARA Tertiary 1311 DUSLARA Tertiary 4127 Corveg 201 DUSLARA Tertiary 948 DUSLARA Tertiary 1313 DUSLARA Primary 4128 Corveg 208 DUSLARA Tertiary 951 DUSLARA Tertiary 1315 DUSLARA Primary 4136 Corveg 229 DUSLARA Tertiary 957 DUSLARA Tertiary 1317 DUSLARA Tertiary 4137 Corveg 230 DUSLARA Primary 958 DUSLARA Tertiary 1320 DUSLARA Tertiary 4140 Corveg 231 DUSLARA Tertiary 959 DUSLARA Primary 1321 DUSLARA Tertiary 4146 Corveg 274 DUSLARA Tertiary 960 DUSLARA Tertiary 1323 DUSLARA Tertiary 4162 Corveg 275 DUSLARA Primary 1015 DUSLARA Primary 2010 Buchanan-Dyllingo-Gali4le1e97 Corveg Summary of plant species within this land unit Species Common name Abildgaardia ovata - Abutilon macrum slender lantern bush Acacia adsurgens wattle Acacia aneura mulga* Acacia bancroftiorum ghost wattle, white trunked wattle Acacia catenulata bendee* Acacia chippendalei Chippendale's wattle Acacia chisholmii turpentine bush, Chisholm's wattle Acacia coriacea desert oak, wirewood, dogwood, wiry wattle Acacia coriacea subsp. sericophylla Acacia cowleana (Acacia oligophleba) Cowley's wattle*, sand wattle Acacia cowleana (Acacia oligophleba) Acacia elachantha wattle Acacia excelsa ironwood*, brigalow, bunkerman, ironwood wattle Acacia galioides - Acacia holosericea soap bush wattle, candelabra wattle Acacia hyaloneura wattle Acacia laccata Acacia lazaridis - Acacia leptostachya slender wattle Acacia longispicata wattle, black wattle, curracabah Acacia melleodora waxy wattle Acacia platycarpa ghost wattle Acacia shirleyi lancewood* Acacia sp. - Acacia sp. (Ronlow Park EJ Thompson+ 61) This information has been generated from the Desert Uplands Land Resource Database. The Environmental Protection Agency accepts no liability for any decisions or actions taken on the basis of this information. State of Queensland. Environmental Protection Agency 2004. 6/12/2005 Land Unit DT1 - page 3 Species Common name Acacia stipuligera ampwey Acacia tenuissima narrow-leaved wattle Acacia torulosa - Alloteropsis semialata cockatoo grass* Alphitonia excelsa soap bush*, red ash, soaptree, white myrtle Alternanthera nana hairy joyweed*, downy joyweed, downy pigweed, native carpetweed Alternanthera sp. joyweed Amphipogon caricinus var. sericeus - Amphipogon sericeus (Amphipogon long greybeard grass caricinus var. sericeus) Amyema sanguineum red mistletoe Aristida calycina dark wiregrass, branched wiregrass Aristida calycina var. calycina dark wiregrass Aristida caput-medusae many-headed wiregrass Aristida echinata prickly threeawn, blue wiregrass, No. 8 wiregrass, tall wiregrass Aristida helicophylla - Aristida holathera erect kerosene grass, wiregrass, kerosene grass, large silver grass, tall kerosene grass Aristida holathera var. holathera erect kerosene grass, wiregrass Aristida inaequiglumis unequal threeawn, feathertop threeawn, wiregrass Aristida ingrata wire grass Aristida jerichoensis Jericho wiregrass, blue speargrass, Jericho three-awn, No. 9 wiregrass, Number nine Aristida jerichoensis var. jerichoensis Jericho wiregrass Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera Aristida latifolia feathertop wiregrass*, curly wiregrass Aristida pruinosa gulf wiregrass, Gulf feathertop wiregrass Aristida sp. three-awn speargrass*, wiregrass Arthropodium strictum vanilla lily, chocolate lily Atalaya hemiglauca whitewood*, cattle bush Boerhavia sp. tarvine* Bonamia media grey-vine Bothriochloa ewartiana desert bluegrass*, desert Mitchell grass, Tableland Mitchell grass, lagoon Bothriochloa or Dichanthium sp. - Bothriochloa sp. Brachychiton populneus kurrajong Brachychiton populneus subsp. trilobus - Breynia oblongifolia coffee bush*, dwarfs apple* Brunoniella australis blue trumpet* Bursaria incana hoary blackthorn*, prickly pine*, mock orange Cajanus acutifolius - Calotis cuneifolia burr daisy*, purple burr daisy, bindy-eye, blue burr daisy, bogan flea Calotis sp. burr daisy* Calotis xanthosioidea - Calytrix microcoma desert fringe myrtle, desert heather Camptacra barbata - Canthium attenuatum myrtle Canthium oleifolium myrtle tree,* wild lemon Canthium sp. - Capparis canescens wild orange*, pomegranate*, wild pomegranate This information has been generated from the Desert Uplands Land Resource Database. The Environmental Protection Agency accepts no liability for any decisions or actions taken on the basis of this information. State of Queensland. Environmental Protection Agency 2004. 6/12/2005 Land Unit DT1 - page 4 Species Common name Carissa lanceolata currant bush*, conkerberry, Australian carissa, boonum bush, burrum bush, conkleberry Carissa ovata currant bush*, blackberry*, kunkerberry*, baroom bush, burrum bush Cassia sp. - Cassinia sp. coughbush* Cassytha filiformis dodder laurel*, dodder, love vine Cenchrus ciliaris (1,5) buffel grass*, African foxtail, black buffel grass, Rhodesian foxtail, slender buffel grass Chamaesyce coghlanii - Chamaesyce drummondii caustic-weed*, caustic creeper, creeping spurge, flat spurge, mat spurge, spurgewort Chamaesyce inappendiculata - Chamaesyce mitchelliana var. mitchelliana Cheilanthes sieberi mulga fern*, resurrection fern*, rock fern Chemaecrysta pumila - Chenopodium ambrosioides