Location: Fingerboards | |
Australian Soil Classification: Eutrophic, mottled-subnatric, brown SODOSOL | Great Soil Group: brown soloth |
General Landscape Description: Undulating Rises | Site Description: North Slope of low rise (4%) |
Vegetation: Red Gum (E. tereticornis) | Geology: Neogene sediments |
Mapping Unit: Fernbank |
EG6 Landscape |
A1 | 0-15 cm | Very dark greyish brown (2.5YR3/2); loamy sand; moderate fine to medium sub-angular blocky structure; very weak consistence moderately moist; pH 5.7;clear smooth change to: | EG6 Profile |
A2 | 15-27 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3), light grey (10YR7/2) dry; sand; massive, loose to very weak consistence moist; very few fine quartz gravel; pH 6.0; abrupt wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 27-90 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4) with many coarse distinct strong brown (5YR5/8) mottles; heavy clay; weak very coarse columnar structure parting to moderate medium; to coarse prismatic structure; firm consistence moist; pH 6.6; diffuse change to: | |
B22 | 90-120 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4) with common medium distinct grey and red mottles; heavy clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm consistence moderately moist; pH 7.2. |
Soil Profile Characteristics:
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-15 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 0.19 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 0.81 | 0.44 |
A2 | 15-27 | 6.0 | 4.5 | <0.05 | 0.85 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.11 |
B21 | 27-90 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 0.19 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 0.62 | 1.8 |
B22 | 90-120 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 0.35 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 2.8 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Exchangeable Aluminium mg/kg | Exchangeable Acidity meq/100g | Field Capacity pF 2.5 | Wilting Point pF 4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
A1 | 0-15 | 12.0 | 3.6 | 20.4 | 6.9 | 37 | 39 | 7 | 10 |
A2 | 15-27 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 1.8 | 39 | 43 | 7 | 11 | |
B21 | 27-90 | 4.9 | 26.9 | 15.3 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 42 | |
B22 | 90-120 | na | 23.4 | 13.0 | 18 | 26 | 11 | 43 |