Property: State Forest | Australian Soil Classification: Acidic-Sodic, Eutrophic (nearly Magnesic), Red DERMOSOL |
Northcote Factual Key: Um 2.21 | Geology: Cambrian marine sediments (shale, quartz). |
General Landscape Description: Upper slope of hillslope in State Forest. Vegetation includes Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon), Grey Box (E. microcarpa) and Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha). This site is located approximately 3 km south-west of St Arnaud. |
Site LP38 Landscape |
A1 | 0-5 cm | Brown (7.5YR4/4); sandy clay loam; weakly structured; hardsetting surface condition; firm consistence dry; contains many (25%) siltstone fragments and a few (5%) quartz fragments; pH 5.1; clear change to: | Site LP38 Profile |
A2 | 5-25 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6) conspicuously bleached; light fine sandy clay loam; structureless; strong consistence dry; contains a common (15%) amount of siltstone and few (10%) quartz gravels; strong consistence dry; pH 4.9; clear and wavy change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 25-45 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6); fine sandy clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; very strong consistence dry; contains few (10%) siltstone and very few (1%) quartz fragments; pH 5.3; wavy change to: | |
B22 | 45-55 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6); fine sandy clay loam; moderate medium blocky structure; strong consistence dry; pH 6.0; wavy change to: | |
C | 55 cm + | Weathering siltstone material; contains a 1 cm thick layer of yellowish red clay at 65 cm depth. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | strongly acid | very low | non-sodic | none |
Subsoil (25-45 horizon) | strongly acid | low-medium | non-sodic | moderate |
Deeper subsoil (45-55 cm) | moderately acid | medium | sodic | strong |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
Meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-5 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 0.17 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
A2 | 5-25 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 0.31 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | |
B21 | 25-45 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 0.43 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
B22 | 45-55 | 6 | 5.4 | 0.55 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | |
C | 55 |
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 | 0-5 | 66 | 15.8 | 27.1 | 11.5 | ||||
A2 | 5-25 | 51 | 7.6 | 22.5 | 10.2 | ||||
B21 | 25-45 | 11 | 5.8 | 26.6 | 11.9 | 3.1 | 32 | 43 | 23 |
B22 | 45-55 | 3.3 | 34.6 | 37.5 | 24.5 | ||||
C | 55 |