Property: LP59 Sylvaterre | Group: Pyramid Hill Farm Advance |
Australian Soil Classification: Endohypersodic, Self-mulching, Grey VERTOSOL | Northcote Factual Key: Ug 3.2 |
Great Soil Group: grey clay | |
General Landscape Description: General Landscape Description:Level plain with Black Box (Ecalyptus largiflorens) and Lignum Bush (Muehlenbeckia cunninghamii) occurring in undisturbed areas. This area originally displayed gilgai microrelief. |
LP59 Landscape |
A1 | 0-10 cm | Dark greyish brown (10YR4/2); medium clay; surface flake and surface cracking (with some cracks extending to 1 metre depth); self-mulching surface layer; moderate coarse blocky structure; firm consistence dry; pH 6.3; abrupt change to: | LP59 Profile |
A2 | 10-20 cm | Dark grey (10YR4/1) sporadically bleached; light medium clay; moderate coarse platy structure; strong consistence dry; pH 6.1; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 20-60 cm | Grey (10YR5/1); light clay; moderate coarse blocky, parting to strong medium polyhedral structure; very strong consistence dry; contains very few (2%) calcareous nodules; pH 8.3; gradual change to: | |
B22 | 60-100 cm | Grey (10YR6/1); medium clay; strong medium polyhedral structure; very strong consistence dry; contains very few (3%) calcareous nodules; pH 9.1; gradual change to: | |
B23 | 100 cm+ | Light brownish grey (10YR6/2) with diffuse brownish yellow (10YR6/6) mottles; medium clay; strong medium to coarse polyhedral structure; very strong consistence dry; pH 9.3. | |
NOTE: This soil corresponds partly to Kinypanial Friable Clay as described by Skene (1971). |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | slightly acid | low | non-sodic | very slight1 |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | moderately alkaline | very low | sodic | complete |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | very strongly alkaline | low | strongly sodic | complete |
1 Strong dispersion after remoulding |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | |||||
meq/100g | ||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 6.3 | 0.21 | 12 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 1 | |
A2 | 10-20 | 6.1 | 0.11 | 12 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 1 | |
21 | 20-60 | 8.3 | 0.12 | 11 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 8 | |
B22 | 60-100 | 9.1 | 0.44 | 0.06 | 7.1 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
B23 | 100+ | 9.3 | 0.31 | 0.11 | 4.3 | 10 | 7.4 | 32 |
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 | 32.4 | 18.7 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 58 | ||
A2 | 10-20 | 33.3 | 17.6 | ||||||
21 | 20-60 | 35.7 | 20.3 | ||||||
B22 | 60-100 | ||||||||
B23 | 100+ |