Location: Wiseleigh
Australian Soil Classification: Melacic, Dystrophic, Brown KUROSOL
Map Unit: Tambo (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG263
General Landscape Description: Rolling low hills.
Site Description: Upper south slope, 15% slope.
Land Use: Grazing.
Native Vegetation: Grassy woodland.
Geology: Ordovician sediments.
Sequence of soil pits examined at Wiseleigh
Soil Profile Morphology:
Surface Soil
A11 | 0 – 5 cm | Black (10YR2/1); loam; strong fine granular structure; weak consistence moderately moist; wavy change to: | EG263 Profile |
A12 | 5 – 30 cm | Dark brown (7.5YR3/2); loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm consistence moderately moist; few (2-10 %) angular pebbles (20-60 mm) of parent rock; wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B2 | 30 – 50 cm | Dark reddish brown (5YR3/2); medium clay; weak fine polyhedral structure; firm consistence moderately moist; common (10-20%) angular pebbles (20-60 mm) of parent rock; wavy change to: | |
C | 50 – 70 cm | Brown (7.5YR4/3); sandy loam; massive; firm consistence moderately moist; abundant (50-90%) angular pebbles and cobbles (<200 mm) mm) of parent rock; wavy change to: | |
R | 100 cm+ | Weak rock becoming stronger with depth |
Surface soil (A11) | Very Strongly Acid | Non-Sodic | - |
Subsoil (B2 horizon) | Very Strongly Acid | Non-Sodic | None |
Deep subsoil (C horizon) | Strongly Acid | Non-Sodic | None |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | CE dS/m | Organic Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Exch. Al | Exch. 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) % | Field cap. % w/w | Wilt. point % w/w | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||||||||||||
meq/100g | ||||||||||||||||||
A11 | 0-5 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.13 | 14 | 0.77 | 220 | 21 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | <0.1 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 23 | 51.7 | 27.4 |
A12 | 5-30 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.05 | 4.6 | 0.18 | 500 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | <0.1 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 41.6 | 13.2 |
B2 | 30-50 | 5 | 4.4 | <0.05 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 240 | 15 | <0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 44 | 34.1 | 10.4 |
C | 50-70 | 5.1 | 4.7 | <0.05 | 92 | 5.3 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 40 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 21.7 | 7.1 |