Group: Middle Creek Landcare Group | Australian Soil Classification: Vertic (and Hypocalcic), Mottled-Subnatric, Grey SODOSOL/ intermixed with Brown SODOSOL |
Northcote Factual Key:Dg 2.43 | Great Soil Group: solodic |
General Landscape Description: Upper slope of a slight rise on a gently undulating volcanic plain. In its original state it is likely that this country displayed gilgai microrelief (i.e. "crabholey country") which has since been levelled out by cultivation. |
LP11 Landscape |
A1 | 0-15 cm | Dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4); fine sandy clay loam; massive; very strong consistence dry; pH 5.4; sharp change to: | Lp11 Profile |
A2 | 15-50 cm | Dark yellowish brown (10YR4/4) conspicuously bleached; fine sandy clay loam; massive; very firm consistence dry; contains a few (2-10%) soft iron and hard dark (manganese) segregations; pH 6.0; clear and irregular change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B1 | 50-75 cm | Very pale brown (10YR7/3) and reddish yellow (7.5YR6/8) mottles; light clay; strong consistence dry; pH 6.5; clear change to: | |
B21 | 75-90 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3) with (10YR4/8) and brownish yellow (10YR6/6) mottles; medium heavy clay; strong coarse blocky, breaking down to strong fine blocky structure; firm consistence moist; pH 7.3; sharp change to: | |
B31 | 90-110 cm | Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4) and brownish yellow (10YR6/8) diffuse mottles; heavy clay; moderate coarse prismatic, breaking down to strong coarse blocky structure; contains a common (10-15%) amount of soft dark (manganese) segregations; sharp change to: | |
B32 | 110+ cm | Light olive brown (2.5Y5/4); heavy clay; strong consistence moist. | |
Note: In areas where the deep irregular bleached horizon does not occur, the A2 horizon is about 5 cm deep and underlain by a 40 cm deep B21 horizon. The B21 is a yellowish brown (10YR5/6); medium clay; coarse prismatic, breaking down to fine polyhedral structure; very firm consistence dry; contains some dark segregations; pH 6.5. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | strongly acid | very low | non-sodic | none |
Subsoil (B1 horizon) | slightly acid | very low | sodic | none |
Deeper subsoil (at 85 cm) | slightly alkaline | very low | strongly sodic | strong |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-15 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 0.05 | 3.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | |
A2 | 15-50 | 6 | 4.6 | <0.05 | 2.6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
B1 | 50-75 | 6.5 | 5.1 | <0.05 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
B21 | 75-90 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 0.06 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 0.4 | 3.1 | |
B31 | 90-110 | ||||||||
B32 | 110+ |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | Ex Al mg/kg | Ex Ac meq/100g | Field pF2.5 | Wilting Point pF4.2 | Coarse Sand (0.2-2.0mm) | Fine Sand (0.02-0.2mm) | Silt (0.002-0.02mm) | Clay (<0.002mm) |
A1 | 0-15 | 107 | 29.8 | 15.7 | |||||
A2 | 15-50 | 26.9 | 13.6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 27 | ||
B1 | 50-75 | 25.5 | 14.8 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 36 | ||
B21 | 75-90 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 63 | ||||
B31 | 90-110 | ||||||||
B32 | 110+ |