Profile Number 29

Laboratory number:	0983	Profile Description
Site number:	573	A₁	0 - 4 cm	Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) stony loam; weak crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; slightly hard when dry; 15% bedrock fragments (10 mm); pH 5.0, clear boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Gn2.11 Stace et al. (1972) - Lithosol - RedEarth intergrade	B₂₁	4 - 30 cm	Yellowish red (5YR 4/6) stony clay loam; apedal; earthy fabric; slightly hard when dry; 15% bedrock fragments (10 mm); pH 5.5; clear boundary
Location:	Maffra 8222, grid ref. 686450 5 kmSE of Sugarloaf	B₂₂	30 - 42 cm	Dark red (2.5YR 3/6) stony light clay; apedal; earthy fabric; slightly hard when dry; 15% bedrock fragments (10 mm); pH 5.0; clear boundary
Land system, component:	Bulltown Spur, 1	B₃	42 - 55 cm	Red (2.5YR 4/6) stony light clay; apedal earthy fabric; slightly hard when dry; 30% bedrock fragments (20 mm); pH 5.0
Topography:	Upper slope of ridge, 30% gradient, SW aspect
Elevation:	1020 m
Drainage:	Good
Parent material:	Sandstone and siltstone
Vegetation:	Woodland I: Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, E. divesand E. mannifera with Cassinia longifolia, Prostanthera sp.and Platylobium formosum common in shrub layers. Herb layer sparse — Poa sp., Stylidium graminifolium and Helichrysum semipapposum predominant

LABORATORY ANALYSES 983
Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Particle size distribution					Atterberg limits				1:5 soil water suspension			Clay mineralogy by x-ray diffraction
Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Gravel %	Coarse sand % f.e.	fine sand % f.e.	Silt % f.e.	Clay % f.e.	liquid limit %	plastic limit %	plasticity index %	linear shrinkage %	pH	EC 25°C uS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
0 - 4 10 - 20 30 - 42	SiL SiL C	47 43 43	13 12 11	30 30 24	29 30 22	17 20 43		4.4 4.6 4.7	110 35 26	0.003 0.002 0.001

Sample Depth cm	Org. C %	Total N %	1.3C N	Free Fe₂O₃ %	Available		HCl extract		Exchangeable cations
					P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Ca	Mg	K	Na	CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
					P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Milliequivalents/100g				CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na
0 - 4	6.1	0.25	32	2.2	11	280	0.018	0.19	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.2	43.0	<1	<1	2	<1	98
10 - 20	2.3	0.095	31	2.5	7	80	0.011	0.14	0.07	0.05	0.3	0.05	33.0	<1	<1	1	<1	99
30 - 42				3.6	6	60	0.017	0.24	0.07	0.3	0.3	0.08	24.7	<1	1	1	<1	98

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