Location: Butchers Ridge
Australian Soil Classification: Bleached, Eutrophic, Yellow DERMOSOL (Stony)
Map Unit: Carrabungla
Previous Site Name: EG38
General Landscape Description: Steep hills
Site Description: Road exposure on lower hill-slope, NNW aspect 42% slope, 40% rock outcrop
Land Use: Partially cleared
Geology: Devonian Volcanics (Snowy River Volcanics)
Road exposure near Seldom Seen, showing the rocky nature of the soils on the Carrabungla Map Unit.
Surface soil | Soil profile typical of the Carrabungla Map Unit | ||
A1 | 0 – 20 cm | Greyish brown; sandy loam; weak consistence moist; variable amounts of angular tabular rock mostly up to 200 mm; gradual change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B1 | 20 – 40 cm | Pale brown; sandy clay loam; firm consistence moist; increasing amounts of angular tabular parent rock; gradual change to: | |
B2 | 40 – 70 +cm | Light yellowish brown; light clay; firm consistence moist; abundant angular tabular stones passing to parent rock. | |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Subsoil (B1 horizon) | Slightly acid | Very low | Non sodic | None |
Deeper subsoil (40-70 cm) | Slightly acid | Very low | Non sodic | None |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC dS/m | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
B1 | 20-40 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 0.05 | <1 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.27 | 0.06 | 34 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 24.2 | 7.2 |
B2 | 40-70 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 0.05 | <1 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 0.43 | 0.1 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 33 | 25.4 | 10.2 |