Location: Teesdale.
Australian Soil Classification: Ferric, Eutrophic, Brown CHROMOSOL
General Landscape Description: Level plain within a gently undulating plain tending to gently undulating rises
Site Description: Southern Farming Systems (SFS) raised bed site.
Geology: Moorabool Viaduct Formation
Native Vegetation: Remnant Red gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis).
Land Use: Wheat.
SFS19b Landscape. |
Ap | 0-18 cm | Loam: | SFS19b Profile. |
A2c | 18-30/35 | Abundant coarse gravel with slight alluvial quartz; abrupt and wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 30/35-65 cm | Brown (10YR4/3) with red (10R4/8) mottles; light clay; coarse ferruginised sand, bleached margins of fractures which contain illuviated clay; strong consistence dry; pH 6.0. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Moderately Acid | Low | Non-Sodic | None1 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
B21 | 30-65 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 0.20 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Exchangeable Aluminium mg/kg | Exchangeable Acidity meq/100g | Field Capacity pF2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
B21 | 30-65 | <10 | 11.0 | 40.5 | 28.5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 88 |