Property: LP55 Wanurp | Group: Pine Grove Farm Advance |
Australian Soil Classification: Episodic-Epicalcareous, Epipedal, Red VERTOSOL | Northcote Factual Key: Ug 5.3 |
Great Soil Group: brown clay | Geology: Quaternary (Shepparton Formation) alluvial and aeolian deposits. |
General Landscape Description: Old alluvial plain (slightly rising) which originally supported "plains grass" (Stipa) as well as occasional River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis), Black Box (E. largiflorens) and Grey Box (E. microcarpa). |
LP55 Landscape |
A1 | 0-10 cm | Brown (7.5YR4/4); light medium clay; surface flake present as well as 3-4 cm wide surface cracks which extend into the upper B horizon; moderate fine to medium polyhedral structure; firm consistence dry; pH 7.9; clear change to: | LP55 Profile |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 10-35 cm | Reddish brown (5YR4/4); medium heavy clay; moderate coarse blocky, parting to strong fine to medium polyhedral structure; strong consistence dry; pH 8.6; clear and wavy change to: | |
B22k | 35-50 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6); medium clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; firm consistence dry; contains a common (10%) amount of mainly fine-earth carbonates and very few (2%) gypsum segregations; pH 8.2; clear and wavy change to: | |
B23 | 50-80 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); medium clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; very firm consistence moist; contains a common (10-15%) amount of gypsum segregations in the 50-60 cm zone; pH 8.3; diffuse change to: | |
B24 | 80 cm+ | Strong brown (7.5YR5/6); light medium clay with small slickensides; very firm consistence moist; contains very few (2%) fine-earth carbonates; pH 8.6. | |
NOTE: This soil corresponds with the Restdown Clay soil ("puff profile") of Skene and Harford (1964). |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly alkaline | low | sodic | slight1 |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | strongly alkaline | low | strongly sodic | strong |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | strongly alkaline | high-very high | strongly sodic | none2 |
1 Strong dispersion after remoulding. 2 Lack of dispersion due to high level of soluble salts. |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 7.9 | 0.15 | 10 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | |
B21 | 10-35 | 8.6 | 0.25 | 10 | 10 | 1.4 | 3.7 | |
B22k | 35-50 | 8.2 | 2.64 | 10 | 10 | 1.2 | 7.2 | |
B23 | 50-80 | 8.3 | 2.62 | 6.6 | 15 | 1.3 | 10 | |
B24 | 80+ | 8.6 | 2.17 | 6.1 | 14 | 1.2 | 10 |
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 | 0-10 | 30.8 | 18.6 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 49 | ||
B21 | 10-35 | 4.5 | 27.5 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 66 | ||
B22k | 35-50 | 40.3 | 25.4 | ||||||
B23 | 50-80 | ||||||||
B24 | 80+ |