Profile Number 35

Laboratory number:	0976	Profile Description
Site number:	506	A₁	0 - 10 cm	Black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; strong fine (<2 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; soft when dry; micaceous; abundant roots; pH 5.0; clear boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) - Gn4.11 Stace et al. (1972) – Krasnozem	B₁	10 - 30 cm	Dark brown to brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; strong medium (3 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; soft when dry; micaceous; abundant roots; pH 6.0; gradual boundary
Location:	Healesville 8022, grid ref. 953094 1.8 km NNE of The Bump, about 5 km ENE of Powelltown	B₂	30 - 90 cm	Yellowish red (5YR 5/8) light sandy clay; moderate very fine to fine (5 mm) subangular blocky structure; rough-ped fabric; firm when moist; micaceous; 20% granite fragments up to 300 mm; abundant roots; pH 5.5; gradual boundary
Land system, component:	Kirchubel, 2	C	90+ cm	Strong brown (7.5YR 4/8) clayey sand; apedal; earthy fabric; very firm when moist; mostly rotten rock, quite micaceous; 8% granite fragments up to 300 mm; pH 5.7
Topography:	Broad crest, 15% gradient
Elevation:	620 m
Drainage:	Good
Parent material:	Devonian granodiorite or granite
Vegetation:	Shrubby open forest II: Eucalyptus sieberi, E. obliqua and E. cypellocarpa with an understorey including Leptospermum sp., Phebalium squamulosum and Platylobium formosum

LABORATORY ANALYSES 976
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Particle size distribution					Atterberg limits				1:5 soil water suspension			Clay mineralogy by x-ray diffraction
Horizon	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 %
Al	0 - 10	LS	17	22	38	14	9					4.9	88	0.009	60 - 90	kaolinite 80; illite 20
B4	20 - 30	L	27	34	18	21	24					5.8	29	0.003
B2	30 - 60		33					63	35	28	14
B2	60 - 90	C	38	33	18	11	37					5.6	18	0.002

Horizon	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	H
Al	0 - 10	7.7	0.27	37	1.9	6	420	0.015	0.26	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.2	49.5	<1	1	2	<1	97
B1	20 - 30	3.2	0.15	28	3.4	4	160	0.009	0.07	0.1	0.06	0.7	0.2	33.5	<1	<1	2	1	97
B2	30 - 60
B2	60 - 90				3.5			0.012	0.10	<0.01	0.3	0.3	0.2	13.8	<1	2	2	1	95

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