EGS250

Location: Tostaree

Australian Soil Classification: Grey CHROMOSOL

Northcote Factual Key: Dy5.41
Map Unit: Waygara
Previous Site Name: EG250, CFTT01

General Landscape Description: Undulating plain.
Site description: 4% slope to east
Land Use: Plantation forest.
Native vegetation: Lowland forest.
Geology: Tertiary sediments

Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A1	0 – 15 cm	Very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse granular structure; very weak consistence moderately moist; clear and wavy transition to:	EG250 Profile (was also called CFTT01)
A2	15 – 50 cm	Pale brown (10YR6/3), conspicuously bleached (10YR7/2 dry); loamy fine sand; massive; very weak consistence dry; clear and wavy transition to:
A3	50-55/65 cm	Greyish brown (10YR5/2), many, coarse, distinct, yellowish brown (10YR5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR4/6) mottles, sandy clay loam; massive; weak consistence dry; abrupt and wavy transition to:
Subsoil
B21	55/65-110 cm	Light brownish grey (10YR6/2), many, very coarse, prominent strong brown (7.5YR5/6) mottles, light medium clay; moderate coarse polyhedral structure, parting to moderate medium polyhedral structure; strong consistence moist; diffuse and smooth transition to:
B22	110-150 cm	Grey (10YR5/1), many, very coarse, prominent strong brown (7.5YR5/6) and red (2.5YR4/6) mottles; light medium clay; moderate very coarse polyhedral structure, parting to moderate coarse polyhedral structure; strong consistence moist; veins of similarly coloured sandy clay appear with depth.

Profile Described by: Ian Sargeant and Justin Wong (June 1999).

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