Profile Number 65

Laboratory number:	0938	Profile Description
Site number:	385	A11	0-10 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak coarse (10 mm) crumb structure; rough-ped fabric; soft when dry; abundant small roots, common large roots; pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dy3.23 Stace et al (1972) - Soloth	A12	10-18 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; 2% fine quartz gravel up to 4 mm; pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary
Location:	Maffra 8222, grid ref. 758958 6km W of Heyfield	A21	18-40 cm	Brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; common distinct yellowish brown (<5 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; soft when dry; 5% fine quartz gravel up to 3 mm; pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary
Land system, component:	Redgum 2, 1	A22	40-50 cm	Light olive brown (2.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; common distinct yellowish brown (5-15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; very hard when dry; 5% fine quartz gravel up to 3 mm; pH 6.5; clear irregular boundary
Topography:	Pleistocene alluvial terrace	B21	50-100 cm	Dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) to yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) heavy clay; common distinct yellowish brown (5-15 mm) mottles; moderate medium (10 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; extremely hard to very hard when dry; pH 7.5-8.5; gradual wavy boundary
Elevation:	60 m	B22	100-180 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium clay; few distinct yellow (<5 mm) mottles; moderate coarse (20 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; pH 8.5
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Open forest II: Eucalyptus goniocalyx, E. melliodora, E. tereticornis, E. radiata

LABORATORY ANALYSES 938
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 µS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
A11	0-10	LS	1	22	55	9	6					4.7	63	0.007
A12	10-18	LS	1	24	53	12	7					4.6	64	0.007
A21	30-40	LS	6	24	58	17	3					5.9	13	0.001
A22	40-50	L	7	20	51	16	13	14	12	2	2.0	6.2	110	0.011
B21	50-60		3					24	12	12	8.0
B21	60-90	SiCL	1	4	39	26	31					7.4	270	0.037

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
A11	0-10	3.20	0.18	2.3	0.3	8	20	0.009	0.060	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.2	16.1	11	6	1	1	81
A12	10-18	2.28	0.076	39	0.3	4	140	0.004	0.047	0.2	06	0.3	0.5	22.3	1	3	1	2	93
A21	30-40				0.3			0.003	0.037	0.2	0.2	0.08	0.02	2.1	10	10	4	1	75
A22	40-50				1.1			0.004	0.13	0.2	2.6	0.2	0.9	6.7	3	39	3	13	42
B21	50-60
B21	60-90				2.6			0.006	0.27	0.2	7.5	0.6	2.6	12.4	2	60	5	21	12

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