EGS243
Location: Bendoc North
Australian Soil Classification: Mesotrophic, Subnatric, Brown SODOSOL
Map Unit: Bendoc (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG243
General Landscape Description: Undulating low hills
Site Description: Upper slope, aspect, 2% slope
Land Use: Grazing and plantation timber
Native Vegetation: Montane grassland
Geology: Ordovician sediments north aspect
Soil Profile Morphology:
| Surface soil |  | |  Road exposure a short distance from sampled site |
A1 | 0 – 30 cm | Dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4); very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; weak consistence dry; pH 5.5; gradual change to : | |
A2 | 30 – 60 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/2); very fine loamy sand; massive; very weak consistence dry; abrupt change to: | |
Subsoil | | | |
B2 | 60 – 80 cm | Mottled pale brown (10YR6/3) and red (2.5YR4/6); medium clay; pH 6.1. |
Chemical and Physical Analysis:
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Exchangeable Acididty meq/100g | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-20 | 5.5 | 4.7 | <0.05 | 0.40 | 1.9 | 0.94 | 0.35 | 0.17 |
B2 | 60-80 | 6.1 | 4.6 | <0.05 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 2.8 | 0.34 | 0.58 |
Profile Described By: Ian Sargeant, 2011.
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