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SW59

SW59 landscape
Waterlogged mottled clay subsoil at 1.5 m

    Site Code
SW59

SW59 profile

Sesquic, Semiaquic PODOSOL
    Location
South of Simpson: Cooriemungle Road and Princetown Road
    Landform
Dissected plain
    Geology
Veneer of Neogene Hanson Plain Sand overlying Neogene Gellibrand Marl
    Element
Upper slope / crest
    Slope
2%
    Aspect
South-west
Horizon
Depth (cm)
Description
A1
0–15 Black (2.5Y2.5/1); sandy loam; pH 5.6; smooth boundary to:

A2
15–30 Intermittent horizon; conspicuously bleached; clear and wavy boundary to:

B21s
15/30–60 Mottled yellowish brown (10YR5/8 moist) and very dark greyish brown (10YR3/2 moist); sandy clay loam; weak very fine polyhedral structure; weak to firm consistence (weakly cemented, weak ‘coffee rock’); pH 5.3; gradual and wavy boundary to:

B22g
60–90 Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4 moist) with prominent yellowish brown (10YR7/8 moist) to yellow (10YR5/8 moist) mottles; sandy clay; very coarse (50–100 mm) polyhedral, parting to coarse (20–50 mm) blocky structure; sand coatings (whitish) on the larger ped faces; pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary to:

B23gss
90+Light greenish grey (5GY7/1 moist); heavy clay; brownish yellow (10YR6/8 moist) mottles; very coarse (50–100 mm) polyhedral, parting to coarse (20–50 mm) blocky structure; slickensides (>50 mm) present; pH 6.3.

Management considerations
The lighter textured topsoil and landscape position renders the soil surface less prone to pugging damage than many of the soils in the district. The weakly cemented subsoil (B21s) is acid, has low levels of nutrients and poor nutrient holding capacity. Regular applications of balanced fertilizer as well as lime are needed to get good pasture production on these soils. The severe waterlogging and saturation of the deeper heavy clay subsoil is a permanent limitation to root growth as well as contributing to the landslide hazard associated with the slopes below this site. See also SW53 for soil in equivalent landscape position but without Hanson Plain Sand topsoil.

Analytical data
Site SW59
Sample
depth
pH
EC
NaCl
Ex Ca
Ex Mg
Ex K
Ex Na
Ex Al
Ex acidity
FC
(-10kPa)
PWP
(-150kPa)
KS
FS
Z
C
Horizon
cm
H2O
CaCl2
dS/m
%
cmolc/kg
cmolc/kg
cmolc/kg
cmolc/kg
mg/kg
cmolc/kg
%
%
%
%
%
%
A
0–30
5.6
5
0.16
N/R
5.8
0.87
0.26
0.33
<10
12
19.9
9.1
24.4
49.2
11
8.5
Sporadic A2 not sampled
B21
30–60
5.3
4.5
0.08
N/R
0.83
1
0.12
0.27
150
11
19.6
11.3
18.4
47.6
2
25
B22
60–90
5.5
4.6
0.08
N/R
1.2
2.8
0.14
0.41
61
5.7
22.4
12.4
18
44.2
3.5
33
B23
90+
6.3
5.2
0.14
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R
N/R

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