Profile Number 45

Laboratory number:	0974	Profile Description
Site number:	492	A₁	0-27 cm	Dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sandy loam; apedal earthy fabric; hard when dry; 5% granite fragments up to 8 mm; pH 6.0;clear wavy boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dr2.22 Stace et al (1972) – Red Podzolic Soil	A₂	27-50 cm	Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gritty sandy loam; apedal; earthy fabric; hard when dry; 15% granite fragments up to 800; pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary
Location:	Omeo 8423, grid ref, 778622 20 km SE of Swifts Creek, 4 km SE of Ensay	B₂	50-80 cm	Yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay; moderate coarse (25 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; firm when moist; 25% quartz and weathering feldspar crystals up to 3 mm and dark mica grains; pH 7.0
Land system, component:	Dargo 1	C	80-90+ cm	Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium (20 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; friable when moist; pH 7.0
Topography:	Lower hillslope, E aspect, 37% gradient
Elevation:	280 m
Drainage:	Moderate
Parent material:	Palaeozoic granite
Vegetation:	Cleared; predominantly introduced herbs and grasses with scattered Eucalyptus bridgesiana, Acacia melanoxylon and A. mearnsii

LABORATORY ANALYSES 974
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	SL	6	31	43	10	13					5.9	33	0.002
Al	10 - 20		12					30	19	11	5.6
A2	30 - 50	SL	22	37	42	11	11					6.7	15	0.002
B2	60 - 80	CL	18	30	25	15	31	64	23	41	15	7.0	19	0.002
C	80 - 90	CL	5	29	27	14	28					7.1	20	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	2.2	0.16	18	1.1	19	220	0.029	0.16	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.05	13.7	29	7	4	<1	60
Al	10 - 20
A2	30 - 50				1.4			0.026	0.16	4.4	0.8	0.3	0.08	7.8	56	10	4	1	29
B2	60 - 80				3.3			0.043	0.23	10.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	18.2	58	14	3	2	23
C	80 - 90				4.0			0.031	0.18	11.3	2.9	0.5	0.4	19.9	57	15	3	2	23

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