GRES398

Location: Wy Yung

Australian Soil Classification: Haplic, Lithocalcic, Red DERMOSOL

Previous Site Name: AL13

General Landscape Description: Valley slopes up to 32%
Site Description: Midslope of a low hill, 14% slope
Native Vegetation: Dry valley forest
Geology: Complex of Neogene limestone (Miocene) and alluvial sediments (Pleistocene)

Soils and lanforms of the Bairnsdale Dargo region - a guide to the major agricultural soils of East Gippsland 2011 - Calulu landform

Soil Profile Morphology:

0 – 15 cm	Dark reddish brown; light clay; pH 6.3.	Roadside cutting on the Wy Yung Calulu Road near Calulu
15 – 40 cm	Red; heavy clay; pH 6.8;
40 – 90 cm	Red; medium clay; pH 7.5.

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon Depth (cm)	pH (water)	Organic Carbon %	Total Nitrogen %	Exchangeable Cations				Gravel %	Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) %	Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) %	Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) %	Clay (<0.002 mm) %
				Ca	Mg	K	Na
				meq/100g
0-10	6.3	4.8	0.37	15.9	2.3	1.3	0.2	2	7	37	14	38
30-60	6.8			27.3	1.8	0.5	0.5	4	2	8	3	86
80-90	7.5			29.7	1.3	0.4	0.4	6	7	10	9	72

Profile Described By: J.M. Aldrick, 1978.

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