Location: East Shepparton Landcare Group. | Australian Soil Classification: Mottled, Eutrophic, Red KANDOSOL |
General Landscape Description: Level plain with prior stream activity. This site is associated with channel deposits of a prior stream and has been mapped as Broken Sand by Skene and Freedman (1944). Peaches are currently grown here. |
Site GN23 Landscape |
A1 | 0-8cm | Brown (7.5YR4/4) sandy loam; weakly structured; firm consistence dry; contains a few (10%) quartz gravels (4-8 mm size); pH 6.4: | Site GN23 profile |
B21 | 8-25cm | Dark red (2.5YR4/8) and red (2.5YR5/8) sandy clay loam; structureless; strong consistence dry; contains a common (20%) amount of quartz gravel (4-8 mm size); pH 6.4: | |
2A1 | 25-35cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8) sandy loam; structureless; firm consistence dry; contains a common (15%) amount of quartz gravel (4-8 mm size); pH 6.7: | |
2A2 | 35-50cm | Light brown (7.5YR6/4) and reddish yellow (5YR6/8) sandy loam; structureless; firm consistence dry; contains a common (20%) amount of quartz gravel (4-8 mm size); pH 6.8: | |
Subsoil | |||
2B1 | 50-85cm | Dark red (2.5YR4/8) with grey (10YR6/1) mottles coarse sandy clay loam; weakly structured; very firm consistence dry; contains a common (20%) amount of quartz gravel (4-8 mm size); pH 5.7: | |
2B2 | 85-95cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3) with yellowish red (5YR5/8) mottles; sandy clay loam; weakly structured; weak consistence moist; contains a few (10%) quartz gravels (4-8 mm size); pH 7.2: | |
2B3 | 95-130cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR5/8) fine sandy clay loam; weak coarse blocky, parting to moderate coarse blocky structure; weak consistence moist; contains pockets of very fine micaceous sand; pH 7.6: | |
2B4 | 130-140cm | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2) yellowish brown (10YR5/8); light medium clay (fine sandy) pH 7.6: | |
2B5 | 140cm+ | Yellowish brown (10YR5/4) with bright yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles fine sandy clay loam; weak consistence moist; weak coarse blocky, parting to moderate medium polyhedral structure; pH 7.7. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly acid | very low | non-sodic | none |
Upper subsoil (B21 horizon) | moderately acid | low | non-sodic | none |
Deeper subsoil (2B3 at 1 m) | slightly alkaline | very low | non-sodic | none |
Deep subsoil (at 140 cm) | slightly alkaline | very low | - | - |