Location: Doctors Flat
Australian Soil Classification: Eutrophic, Subnatric, Red SODOSOL
Map Unit: Dargo (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG202
General Landscape Description: Rolling low hills
Site description: Mid north-west facing slope (8% slope)
Land Use: Grazing on annual pasture
Native Vegetation: Grassy woodland
Geology: Palaeozoic granite
Rolling low hills of the Dargo map unit in the foreground, steep hills of the Bloomfield map unit in the background
Surface soil | |||
A1 | 0 – 20 cm | Reddish brown (10YR4/3); sandy loam; weak fine (2 – 10 mm) granular structure; weak consistence dry; clear change to: | |
A2 | 20 – 35 cm | Yellowish red (10YR5/6); sandy loam (light); apedal; firm consistence dry; abrupt change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 35 – 60 cm | Red (2.5YR4/6); light medium clay; weak coarse (20 – 50 mm) polyhedral structure; strong consistence dry; gradual change to: | |
B22 | 60 – 90+ cm | Reddish brown (5YR5/4); medium clay; moderate coarse (20 – 50 mm) lenticular structure; strong consistence dry; very few (<2 %) fine manganiferous veins. |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Surface soil (A1 horizon) | Slightly Acid | Very Low | Non-sodic | None1 |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | Slightly Alkaline | Very Low | Strongly Aodic | Strong2 |
Deeper subsoil (60-90cm) | Slightly Alkaline | Very Low | Strongly Aodic | Strong2 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | EC dS/m | Organic Carbon % | Total Nitrogen % | Exchangeable Aluminium ppm | Exchangeable 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 Capacity % w/w | Wilting Point % w/w | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||||||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | 0-20 | 6.1 | 0.06 | 1.5 | 0.09 | <10 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 0.58 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 40 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 12.5 | 4.0 |
A2 | 20-35 | 6.1 | 0.05 | 0.54 | <0.05 | <10 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 39 | 44 | 9 | 5 | 9.4 | 3.2 |
B21 | 35-60 | 7.5 | 0.06 | 0.38 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.16 | 1.1 | 31 | 32 | 10 | 23 | 20.9 | 11.0 | ||
B22 | 60-90 | 7.9 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 43 | 33.9 | 18.6 |