Landscape types of Kunoth Paddock

 

Landscape types of Kunoth Paddock (adapted from Low et al. 1978).  Click on the vegetation unit in the table for example photos.

Vegetation unit Map  unit1 Area2  (km2) Potential Grazing value
Mulga-perennial grass shrubland. 1 35.9  Very low
Mulga-annual grass shrubland. 2 40.1 Moderate
Dense tall shrubland 2a 4.7  Moderate
Mixed open shrubland 3 1.8 High
Low open woodland 4 29.4  High
Ephemeral herbland - floodplain   
(includes riparian mid-grasses)
5 
(inc. 6.)
22.9 Very high
Hummock grassland 8 1.4  Very low
Chewings Range and hills. 9 4.9 Low- Used during drought

1    Map units numbered according to Low et al. (1978)
  The measured area is the area of Kunoth Paddock and ancillary holding paddocks less the area of the Aboriginal excision south east of Kunoth Bore.

Low, W.A. (Ed.) (1978). The Physical and Biological Features of Kunoth Paddock in Central Australia.
CSIRO Division of Land Resources Management Technical Paper No. 4. 137 pp.
   

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