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Primary Production Landscapes of Victoria | Dominant soil order (ASC) | Factual Key | Soil Distribution within AEL | Description | Management Issues | Other Management and related Issues | Representative sites Benchmark and demo sites. VRO examples | |||||||||
Acidity Surface | Acidity subsoil | Alkalinity surface | Alkalinity subsoil | Surface structure | Wind erosion | Water erosion | Water- logging | Sodicity surface | Sodicity subsoil | |||||||
Eastern Plains | Sodosols | Dy | 40% | Loamy (fine sandy) surface and bleached subsurface visibly over a mottled brown, yellow and grey clay subsoil. Occasionally calcareous at depth. Found on plains. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Plains | Chromosols | Dy | 30% | Loam (fine sandy) often with bleached subsurface visibly over brown, yellow or grey clay subsoil (often with red mottles). Found on terraces and alluvial plains. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing, pans and gravel. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Plains | Dermosols, Hydrosols | Gn | 10% | Fine deep structured black and grey clay loam to heavy clay soils. Found on alluvial plains. | Surface: Nutrient retention, occassional shrink-swell properties, compaction. Subsoil: high clay content,dense and coarse structure, compaction. | |||||||||||
Eastern Plains | Kurosols | Dy | 10% | Sandy loam surface and bleached subsurface containing buckshot (ironstone gravels) visibly over a heavy mottled brown, yellow and grey subsoils. Found on undulating slopes and plains. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Plains | Podosols | Uc, Gn | 8% | Sandy soils that may have a restrictive horizon (iron/organic pan) at depth below a bleached horizon. Found on dunefields and sandplains. | Surface: nutrient retention, water repellence. Subsoil: pans or dense soil at depth. | |||||||||||
Eastern Plains | Vertosols, Hydrosols | Ug | 2% | Black and grey cracking clay soil with a self-mulching to coarse structured surface. High shrink-swell soils causing local irregular ground surface (melonhole/gilgai). Found in depressions or alluvial plains. | Surface: compaction, high clay content and shrink-swell properties. Subsoil: compaction, coarse structure, high clay content and shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Northern valleys and plains | Kandosols, Kurosols | Gn, Db, Dy, Dg | 55% | Sand to loam surafces with a bleached subsurface visibly over a weakly structured brown, yellow or red clay loam to heavy clay subsoil. Found on alluvial plains, terraces and slopes. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Northern valleys and plains | Dermosols | Gn | 30% | Finely structured (friable in moist areas) deep red and brown loamy to clayey soils (hard-setting surafces in drier areas). Found on undulating to steep slopes. | Surface: stoniness, nutrient retention and variable soil depth. Subsoil: stoniness, compaction, variable soil depth, high clay content. | NE30 NE32 | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Northern valleys and plains | Chromosols | Dr | 15% | Loamy (fine sandy) surface and bleached subsurface visibly over a red clay subsoil. Found on lower slopes and moist areas of alluvial plains. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southwest valleys and plains | Chromosols | Dr, Db, Dy | 40% | Loamy (fine sandy) surface and bleached subsurface visibly over a red or brown clay subsoil. Occasionally calcareous. Found in valleys and undulating to rolling slopes. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing, pans and gravel. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | Shire of Cardinia S42 S41 | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southwest valleys and plains | Dermosols/ Kandosols | Gn | 30% | Finely structured (friable) red, brown, yellow and grey clay loam to heavy clay soils (some with hard-setting sandy surfaces). Found on terraces and undulating to rolling slopes. | Surface: stoniness and variable depth, nutrient retention, compaction. Subsoil: stoniness, compaction, variable soil depth, high clay content. | |||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southwest valleys and plains | Ferrosols, Dermosols | Gn | 10% | Fine strongly structured (friable) red clay loam to heavy clay soils with high iron content. Found on volcanic plateaux and associated slopes. | Surface: stoniness and variable soil depth. Subsoil: stoniness, compaction, variable soil depth, high clay content. | S of Cardinia Silvan Neerim | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southwest valleys and plains | Sodosols | Db, Dy, Dg | 10% | Loamy (fine sandy) surface and bleached subsurface visibly over a mottled brown, yellow and grey clay subsoil. Found on plains and slopes. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | Shire of Cardinia TSE ;C4 , NoM: Whittlesea | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southwest valleys and plains | Vertosols, Dermosols | Ug | 10% | Black and grey cracking clay soil with self-mulching to coarse structured surfaces. High shrink-swell soils causing local irregular ground surface (melonhole/gilgai). Found in depressions or on undulating slopes and plains. | Surface: compaction, high clay content and shrink-swell properties. Subsoil: compaction, coarse structure, high clay content and shrink-swell properties. | S of Cardinia Yarra Valley (Yaf) | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southeast valleys and plains | Chromosols. Sodosols | Dy, Db, Dg | 40% | Loamy (fine sandy) often with a bleached subsurface visibly over brown, yellow or grey clay subsoil (often with red mottles). Found on lower slopes, terraces and alluvial plains. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing, pans and gravel. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | |||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southeast valleys and plains | Chromosols | Dr, Db | 35% | Loamy (fine sandy) surface and bleached subsurface visibly over a red or brown clay subsoil. Occasionally calcareous. Found on mid and lower hillslopesand upper terraces. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing, pans and gravel. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | FEG: site 197 | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Southeast valleys and plains | Kandosols, Dermosols | Um, Uc | 20% | Weakly structured brown, grey and red loam to clay soils. Found on alluvial flats, terraces and slopes. | Surface: nutrient retention, water repellence. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | GL: Tambo 45, 46 | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Highlands | Dermosols | Gn | 75% | Shallow (generally stony) finely structured red and brown loam to clay soils with high organic matter content (hard-setting in drier areas). Found on undulating to steep slopes. | Surface: stoniness, nutrient retention and variable soil depth. Subsoil: stoniness, compaction, variable soil depth, high clay content. | Brown Dermosol, FEG:red Dermosol, Brown Dermosol | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Highlands | Kandosols | Gn | 10% | Weakly structured brown, grey and red loam to clay soils. Found on alluvial flats, terraces and slopes. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | Granitic Kandosols | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Highlands | Kurosols | Db, Dy | 10% | Sandy loam surface often with a bleached subsurface contianing buckshot (ironstone gravels) visibly over a heavy mottled brown, yellow and grey subsoil. Found on undulating to rolling slopes. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention. Subsoil: compaction, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | GB survey? FEG: Brown Kurosol | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Highlands | Rudosols | Um | 5% | Shallow and stony weakly structured acidic brown and red loam to clay loam soils. Found on plateaux, mountains and hills. | Surface: nutrient retention, stoniness and shallow depth. Subsoil: shallow, occasional high fine earth (clayey) subsoil. | |||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Eastern Hills and Valleys | Dermosols, Kandosols | Gn | 60% | Finely structured (friable) red and brown loam to clay soils (hard-setting in drier areas). Found on undulating to steep slopes. | Surface: variable soil depth, stoniness. Subsoil: high clay content, stoniness. | FEG:123 | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Eastern Hills and Valleys | Chromosols | Db, Dr?, Dy | 25% | Loamy (fine sandy) often with a bleached subsurface visibly over brown, yellow and grey subsoil (often with red mottles). Occasionally subsoils are red in well-drained positions. Found on lower slopes, terraces and alluvial plains. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing, pans and gravel. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | FEG::197 | ||||||||||
Eastern Uplands: Eastern Hills and Valleys | Kurosols | Db, Dy | 15% | Sandy loam surface often with a bleached subsurface containing buckshot (ironstone gravels) visibly over a heavy mottled brown, yellow and grey subsoil. Found on undulating to rolling slopes. | Surface: water repellence, nutrient retention, potential surface sealing. Subsoil: compaction, dense and coarse structure, high clay content, shrink-swell properties. | FEG:211 |