WLRA54

		Site Code	WLRA54	Basic, Lithic Bleached-Leptic, Tenosol
		Location	Mount Stapylton, western Victoria
		Landform	Mountains
		Geology	Silurian-Devonian Grampians Group: quartz sandstone and red siltstone
		Element	Hillslope
		Slope	50%
		Aspect	North
Horizon	Depth (cm)	Description
A11	0–5	Light brownish grey (10YR 5/2); loamy sand;) to weak medium polyhedral structure parting to single grain (structureless); very weak consistence, pH 5.5; clear boundary to:
A12	5–15	Brownish yellow (10YR 5/3); loamy sand; weak polyhedral structure; weak consistence; pH 6.0; clear boundary to:
A2	15–30	Yellow (10YR6/4); silty loam; moderate medium polyhedral structure; rough ped-fabric; firm consistence; pH 6.0; gradual boundary to:
B2	30–60/70	Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); sand; angular blocky parting to single grain (structureless); loose consistence.
B2	60/70–70	Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); loamy sand; angular blocky parting to single grain (structureless); loose consistence; abundant sandstone.
C	70+	Weathering sandstone.
Management considerations
Deep, sandy soil, slightly acid, becoming neutral at depth. Leached soil, very little nutrient available, apart from thin surface soil. Possible thin organic accumulation in subsurface horizon, possible Podosol. Surface soil maintaining stability, susceptible to sheet and rill erosion. Subsurface soil has loose to weak consistence (no binding). Footslopes/sand plain; site drainage varying from poor to moderately well drained; receiving and distributing moisture.

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