Garfield (Ga)
| Geology Devonian granite and granodiorite. Landform Rolling low hills. Land use Most of the former open forest is now cleared and is generally sown to permanent pasture. There are also a number of apple orchards on these soils, mainly outside the study area. |  |
Soils
This mapping unit occurs on the lower foothills and is underlain by decomposing granite rock. Most of the soils are deeper than 1.8 metres but there are some rocky outcrops. The surface soils are generally brownish grey gritty or sandy clay loams with bleached subsurface horizons occurring at about 10 to 20 cm. At about 40 to 60 cm depth, slight amounts of small 'buckshot' (iron concretions) generally occur just above the subsoil. The yellow-brown and grey or pale grey light clay (occasionally medium clay) subsoils are mottled. At about 80 cm there are medium to heavy clays, usually gritty and generally continue to at least 1.8 metres.
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