GRES36

Location: Dargo

Australian Soil Classification: Acidic, Dystrophic,Brown Kandosol

Map Unit: Talbotville
Previous Site Name: AL11

General Landscape Description: Steep hills.
Site Description: North aspect (28% slope).
Land Use: Forest.
Native Vegetation: Shrubby dry forest.
Geology: Palaeozoic siltstones and shales.

Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil

A1	0 – 5 cm	Dark brown to brown (7.5YR4/4); gravelly clay loam; apedal; slightly hard dry; 30% small bedrock fragments up to 20 mm; pH 4.8; clear boundary to:	Shallow stony typical Talbotville soil profile: Cutting along Bairnsdale – Dargo Road
Subsoil
B	5 – 22 cm	Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); gravelly clay loam; apedal; friable, moist; 30% small bedrock fragments up to 20 mm; fragments up to 80 mm common below 10 cm; pH 5.0:
R	22+ cm	Bedrock.

Key Profile Features:

Soil will only support shrubby vegetation.

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon	Horizon Depth (cm)	pH (water)	EC dS/m	Organic Carbon %	Total Nitrogen %	Free Fe₂O₃ % w/w	Exchangeable Acididty meq/100g	Exchangeable Cations				Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) %	Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) %	Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) %	Clay (<0.002 mm) %
								Ca	Mg	K	Na
								meq/100g
A1	0-5	4.8	<0.05	3.8	0.19	2.6	30.5	0.05	0.09	0.7	0.07	18	18	31	19
B	5-10	5.0	<0.05	1.8	0.11	2.9	20.7	<0.05	0.05	0.7	0.09	15	23	34	23
B	10-20	5.0	<0.05	1.8	0.10	3.3	21.2	<0.05	0.08	0.7	0.05	13	22	35	28

Profile Described By: J.M. Aldrick, 1978.

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