Location: Wulgulmerang
Australian Soil Classification: Bleached, Magnesic, Grey KUROSOL
Map Unit: Wulgulmerang (Component 1)
Previous Site Name: EG87w
General Landscape Description: Rolling hills
Site Description: Upper slope, ENE aspect, 10 % slope
Land Use: Grazing
Geology: Devonian acid volcanics (Snowy River Volcanics)
Surface soil | |||
A1 | 0 – 5 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); loam; weak crumb structure; very weak consistence dry; pH 5.2; clear change to: | |
A21 | 5 – 30 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3) conspicuously bleached (7.5YR8/2d); silty loam; massive; firm consistence dry; few subangular gravel fragments; pH 5.0; gradual transition to: | |
A22 | 30 – 60 cm | Very pale brown (10YR7/4); silty loam; massive; very firm consistence moderately moist; many subangular fine to coarse gravel fragments; pH 5.0 clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B2 | 60 – 90+ cm | Distinctly mottled pale brown (10YR6/3) and red (2.5YR5/6); medium clay; moderate to strong coarse polyhedral structure; very firm consistence moderately moist; pH 5.2. |
- | pH | Salinity | ||
Surface soil (A1 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-sodic | None |
Subsoil (A21 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-sodic | None |
Deep subsoil (B2 horizon) | Strongly Acid | Very Low | Non-sodic | None |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | 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 | 0-5 | 5.2 | 4.5 | <0.05 | 3.5 | 0.11 | 58 | 9.7 | 2.0 | 0.79 | 0.42 | 0.07 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 9 | 22.0 | 5.6 |
A21 | 5-30 | 5.0 | 4.3 | <0.05 | 140 | 5.6 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.25 | <0.05 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 19.6 | 5.5 | ||
A22 | 30-60 | 5.0 | 4.3 | <0.05 | 160 | 5.3 | 0.13 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 34 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 19.4 | 6.8 | ||
B2 | 60-90 | 5.2 | 4.1 | <0.05 | 640 | 13.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.41 | 0.22 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 37.7 | 21.9 |