Group: Springhurst-Byawatha Hills Landcare Group | Australian Soil Classification: Bleached, Eutrophic, Grey KANDOSOL (sandy / loamy) |
Northcote Factual Key: | Great Soil Group: no suitable group |
General Landscape Description: Old alluvial plain with prior stream activity. This site occurs on a prior stream channel. Original vegetation included Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and Blakely's Red Gum (E. blakelyi). |
NE14 landscape |
A1 | 0-10 cm | Dark brown (10YR3/3); loamy sand; firm consistence moist; quartz gravel (4mm); pH 6.3; abrupt change to: | NE14 profile |
A21 | 10-35 cm | Light yellowish brown (10YR6/4) conspicuously bleached (10YR8/3d); coarse sand; structureless; weak consistence dry; pH 6.3; clear change to: | |
A22 | 35-55 cm | Coarse sand; very weak consistence dry; contains many (25%) quartz gravel fragments (4mm average size) and ferromanganiferrous nodules (up to 20mm size); pH 6.8; sharp change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B2 | 55-65 cm | Light grey (10YR7/2) with yellowish brown (10YR6/8) mottles; sandy loam; cemented in patches; very firm consistence moist; contains a few (2%) ferruginous nodules (< 8mm size); pH 6.5; sharp change to: | |
B3 | 65-75 cm | Brown (10YR5/3); silty loam; weakly structured; firm consistence dry; pH 6.1; abrupt change to: | |
2A1 | 75-80 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3); clayey sand; weak consistence moist; contains a few (10%) quartz gravel (4mm average size); clear change to: | |
2B21 | 80-85 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3); light sandy clay loam; weak consistence moist; clear change to: | |
2B22 | 85-100 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3); silty clay loam; weakly structured; weak consistence moist; contains dark stains (5YR3/2); clear change to: | |
2B23 | 100 cm+ | Pale brown (10YR6/3) with yellowish brown (10YR5/8) mottles; silty clay; weakly structured; firm consistence moist; pH 6.1. |
Horizon | pH | Salinity Rating | ||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly acid | very low | non sodic | none |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | slightly acid | very low | non sodic | slight |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | slightly acid | very low | sodic | none1 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | pH (water) | pH (CaCl2) | EC 1:5 | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 0.05 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | <0.1 |
A21 | 10-35 | 6.3 | 5 | <0.05 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | <0.1 |
A22 | 35-55 | 6.8 | 5.8 | <0.05 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | <0.1 |
B2 | 55-65 | 6.5 | 5.4 | <0.05 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
B3 | 65-75 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 0.07 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
2B23 | 100+ | 6.1 | 5 | 0.11 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Horizon | Horizon Depth (cm) | Field Capacity pF 2.5 | Wilting Point pF 4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0 mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2 mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02 mm) | Clay (<0.002 mm) |
A1 | 0-10 | 11 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 7 | 5 |
A21 | 10-35 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 53 | 33 | 10 | 4 |
A22 | 35-55 | 6.4 | 1.7 | ||||
B2 | 55-65 | 15.3 | 6.1 | 59 | 16 | 6 | 17 |
B3 | 65-75 | 25.7 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 13 |
2B23 | 100+ |