Location: East Shepparton Landcare Group. | Australian Soil Classification: Haplic, 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). Pears are grown at this site. |
Site GN24 Landscape |
A1 | 0-23cm | Brown (7.5YR4/4) loamy sand; hardsetting surface condition; weakly structured; firm consistence dry; contains a few (5%) quartz gravel (2-5 mm size); pH 5.6; abrupt change to: | Site GN24 Profile |
A21 | 23-40cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8) sandy loam; structureless; firm consistence dry; contains a common (15%) amount of quartz gravel (4 mm size); pH 7.0; clear change to: | |
A22 | 40-50cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8); sandy loam; structureless; very firm consistence dry; contains a common (20%) amount of quartz and feldspar gravel (2-8 mm size); pH 7.0; abrupt and wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 50-60cm | Dark red (2.5YR4/8); coarse sandy clay loam; structureless; firm consistence moist; contains many (25%) quartz, slate and feldspar gravels (2-8 mm size); pH 7.0; clear and wavy change to: | |
2A1 | 60-90cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/8) sandy loam; structureless; weak consistence moist; contains a common (20%) amount of quartz and feldspar gravel (2-8 mm size); pH 7.2; clear change to: | |
2A2 | 90-110cm | Light reddish brown (5YR6/3) with yellowish red (5YR5/8) mottles; loamy sand; structureless; weak consistence moist; contains many (25%) quartz and feldspar gravels (2-8 mm size); pH 7.6; clear change to: | |
2B2 | 110-130cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6) with yellowish red (5YR5/8) mottles; sandy clay loam; structureless; contains a few (5-10 %) quartz gravels; firm consistence moist; pH 7.4; clear change to: | |
2B3 | 130 cm+ | Brown (7.5YR4/4) sandy loam; structureless; firm consistence moist; large manganese stains present; pH 6.2. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | moderately acid | very low | non-sodic | none |
Upper Subsoil (B21 horizon) | neutral | very low | non-sodic | none |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | slightly alkaline | very low | non-sodic | none |
Deep subsoil (at 130 cm+) | slightly acid | low | non-sodic | - |