Profile Number 61

Laboratory number:	0947	Profile Description
Site number:	394	A1	0-3 cm	Very greyish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine (3 mm) crumb structure; earthy fabric; soft when dry; common large and fine roots; pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary
Classification:	Northcote (1979) – Dy3.21 Stace et al (1972) - Soloth	A2	3-15 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; common faint yellowish brown (5-15 mm) mottles; apedal; earthy fabric; hard when dry; common large and fine roots; pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary
Location:	Stratford 8322, grid ref. 063051 Roadside verge, 8 km N of Stratford	B21	15-30 cm	Dark greyish brown (10YR 4/2) medium clay; abundant distinct yellowish brown (>15 mm) mottles; strong medium (10 mm) subangular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; very firm when moist; 2% fine quartz gravel up to 5 mm; common roots; clear smooth boundary
Land system, component:	Redgum 2, 1	B22	30-120 cm	Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) heavy clay; abundant prominent reddish brown and grey (>15 mm) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; smooth-ped fabric; firm when moist; 2% ferruginous nodules up to 10 mm; common roots; pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary
Topography:	Pleistocene alluvial terrace, 0% slope	C	120-150 cm	Brownish yellow (10YR 5/8) sandy clay; abundant prominent reddish brown (>15 mm) mottles; apedal; smooth-ped fabric; firm when moist; 80% quartz gravel up to 40 mm; pH 5.0
Elevation:	60 m
Drainage:	Poor
Parent material:	Pleistocene fine-textured alluvium
Vegetation:	Regenerating after clearing; grassy open forest II: Eucalyptus tereticornis
Remarks:	Monolith taken

LABORATORY ANALYSES 947
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	0-3	L	1	19	33	13	15					5.9	210	0.018	60-90	Mica 5; Kaolinite 60; Illite 35
A2	3-10		2					18	12	6	3
A2	10-15	L	3	29	39	18	12					5.3	38	0.004
B21	15-20	C	3	20	26	12	40					5.6	65	0.005
B22	60-90	C	1	23	27	6	42					4.7	270	0.031
B22	90-120	C	1	8	35	11	44	57	15	42	16	4.6	420	0.051

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	0-3	11.6	0.76	20	0.5	54	320	0.032	0.099	11.0	4.4	0.8	0.6	31.0	35	14	3	2	46
A2	3-10
A2	10-15	0.54	0.043	16	1.8	4	20	0.006	0.056	0.3	0.69	0.06	0.3	8.0	4	11	1	4	80
B21	15-20	0.58	0.063	12	3.5	5	40	0.006	0.16	0.2	4.8	0.2	1.5	19.2	1	25	1	8	65
B22	60-90				2.8			0.004	0.21	0.1	4.4	0.2	3.4	17.8	1	25	1	19	54
B22	90-120				2.7			0.004	0.33	0.1	5.9	0.2	4.6	20.1	<1	29	1	23	47

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