Technical Report No.17 - Mitchell Grass Plains (February 1989)

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RANGELAND REVIEW MITCHELL GRASS PLAINS 1
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE OF N.S.W. TECHNICAL REPORT SERIES 2
A REVIEW OF INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE MITCHELL GRASS PLAIN RANGELANDS OF WESTERN NEW SOUTH WALES 3
EDITOR'S PREFACE 5 , 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
CONTENTS 8 , 9
1. INTRODUCTION 11 , 12 , 13
2. LOCATION AND LAND USE 2.1 LOCATION OF MITCHELL GRASSLANDS IN AUSTRALIA 14 , 15
2.2 LAND USE IN N.S.W. 16
3. THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT (N.S.W.) 3.1. CLIMATE 17
3.1.1 Rainfall 17
3.1.2 Evaporation 17 , 18 , 19 , 20
3.1.3 Temperature 21
3.1.4 Frost Frequency 21
3.1.5 Wind 21
3.1.6 Droughts 21 , 22 , 23
3.1.7 Floods 23
3.1.8 Climate and Plant Growth 24
3.2 LANDFORMS 24 , 25 , 26
3.3 SOILS 3.3.1 Main Soil Types 26 , 27
3.3.2 Soil Fertility 28
3.3.3 Soil Erosion 28
4. VEGETATION 4.1 INTRODUCTION 29 , 30
4.2 CLASSIFICATION OF THE VEGETATION 30 , 31 , 32 , 33
4.3 SPECIES PRESENT ON THE MITCHELL GRASS PLAINS OF N.S.W. 33 , 34 , 35
5. TYPES OF MITCHELL GRASS COUNTRY 5.1 INTRODUCTION 36 , 37 , 38
5.2 LAND SYSTEMS OF N.S.W.'s MITCHELL GRASS PLAINS 38 , 39
6. RESPONSE OF THE RANGELAND TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES 6.1 INTRODUCTION 40 , 41 , 42
6.2. RESPONSE TO GRAZING 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46
6.1.3 Response to Cultivation/Cropping 46 , 47 , 48
7. RANGELAND MANAGEMENT 7.1 INTRODUCTION 49
7.2 EXISTING MANAGEMENT 50 , 51
7.3 ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55
8. LAND DEGRADATION AND REHABILITATION 8.1 LAND DEGRADATION 56
8.2 REHABILITATION OF SCALDED SOILS 56 , 57
8.3 REHABILITATION OF DEGRADED PASTURES 57 , 58
9. NOTES ON SOME OF THE SPECIES OF THE MITCHELL GRASS PLAINS IN N.S.W. 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115
10. REFERENCES 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129

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