Location: East Shepparton Landcare Group. | Australian Soil Classification: Vertic (and Calcic), Mottled-Mesonatric, Red SODOSOL. |
Northcote Factual Key: Dy 3.33 | Great Soil Group: red-brown earth |
General Landscape Description: Level plain. This site has been mapped as Orrvale Sandy Loam by Skene and Freedman (1944). |
Site GN22 Landscape |
A1 | 0-40cm | Brown (7.5YR44); fine sandy loam; hardsetting surface condition; weakly structured; weak consistence dry; contains very few (2%) quartz gravels (2-5 mm size); pH 6.3; sharp change to: | Site GN22 Profile |
A2 | 40-45cm | Reddish yellow (7.5YR6/6), sporadically bleached; fine sandy loam; massive; firm consistence dry; contains very few (2%) quartz gravels (2-5 mm size); pH 6.6; sharp and discontinuous change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 45-70cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6) with yellowish brown (10YR5/4) mottles; medium clay; strong coarse blocky structure; firm consistence moist; contains few (5%) manganese stains and very few (2 %) quartz gravels; pH 6.6; clear change to: | |
B31 | 70-90cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3) with brownish yellow (10YR6/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong coarse blocky structure; some slickensides present; firm consistence moist; contains few (2-5%) soft and hard carbonate and a few (5%) manganese flecks; pH 8; gradual change to: | |
B32 | 90-120cm | Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) with reddish brown (5YR5/4), yellowish red (5YR5/6)and brown (10YR5/3) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; firm consistence moist; contains very few (1%) carbonate nodules and a few (2-5%) manganese flecks; pH 8.2; gradual change to: | |
B33 | 120-150cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3) with brownish yellow (10YR6/6) mottles; light medium clay; strong fine polyhedral structure; firm consistence moist; contains pockets of fine sand; pH 8.4; gradual change to: | |
B34 | 150-200cm | Light reddish brown (5YR6/3) with yellowish brown (10YR5/6) and light brownish grey (10YR6/2) mottles; light medium clay; weak consistence moist; micaceous; contains a few (5-10%) manganese nodules and stains; pH 8.3. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly acid | medium-high | sodic | none1 |
Upper subsoil (45 - 70 cm) | slightly acid | low-medium | strongly sodic | moderate |
Deeper subsoil (90 - 120 cm) | moderately alkaline | high-very high | strongly sodic | - |
Deep subsoil (150-200 cm) | moderately alkaline | low-medium | - | - |