Profile Number 54

Laboratory number:	0960	Profile Description
Site number:	478	A1	0-10 cm	Dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak crumb structure; earthy fabric; soft when dry; pH 6.0; diffuse boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dr2.22 Stace et al (1972) – Red Podzolic Soil	A2	10-25 cm	Brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; apedal; hard when dry; porous; pH 6.5; clear boundary
Location:	Stratford 8322, grid ref. 176432 12 km SW of Dargo and 2 KM NE of Castleburn	B2	25-50 cm	Dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay; weak fine (5 mm) angular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; common weathered feldspar and mica; pH 6.5; clear boundary
Land system, component:	Dargo, 2	C	50-120+ cm	Yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; apedal; earthy fabric; firm when moist; pH 7.0
Topography:	5% slope facing NE on broad crest of spur
Elevation:	290 m
Drainage:	Excessively drained
Parent material:	Palaeozoic granite
Vegetation:	Grassy open forest II: Eucalyptus bridgesiana.Ground layer with Medicago spp., Bromus sp. and Danthonia sp

LABORATORY ANALYSES 960
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Particle size distribution					Atterberg limits				1:5 soil water suspension			Clay mineralogy by x-ray diffraction
Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Lab. texture	Gravel %	Coarse sand % f.e.	fine sand % f.e.	Silt % f.e.	Clay % f.e.	liquid limit %	plastic limit %	plasticity index %	linear shrinkage %	pH	EC 25°C µS/cm	Cl- %	Depth cm	Composition %
A1	0-10	LS	9	43	36	13	7					6.1	36	0.002
A2	20-25	L	12	37	32	17	13	31	18	13	8.0	6.2	20	0.002
B2	30-50	CL	13	31	25	15	29	52	19	33	13	6.6	23	0.002
C	60-90	SL	14	40	31	9	19					7.2	2.2	0.002

Horizon	Sample Depth cm	Org. C %	Total N %	1.3C N	Free Fe₂O₃ %	Available		HCl extract		Exchangeable cations
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Ca	Mg	K	Na	CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
						P ppm	K ppm	P %	K %	Milliequivalents/100g				CEC	Ca % of CEC	Mg	K	Na	H
A1	0-10	1.8	0.15	16	1.0	2	180	0.013	0.19	4.2	0.8	0.4	<0.01	10.7	39	8	4	<1	49
A2	20-25	0.19	0.025	10	1.9	<1	80	0.008	0.27	3.6	1.7	0.2	0.2	9.4	38	18	2	2	50
B2	30-50				3.3			0.008	0.40	7.5	3.3	0.3	0.5	16.5	45	20	2	3	30
C	60-90				2.7			0.005	0.32	8.9	3.1	0.2	0.6	13.7	65	23	2	4	6

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