Group: Raywood Farm Advance Group | Australian Soil Classification: Eutrophic, Subnatric, Grey SODOSOL |
Northcote Factual Key:Dg/Dy | Great Soil Group: no suitable group |
General Landscape Description: Old alluvial plain with prior stream activity. This soil occurs on north-south trending strips throughout the area which probably relate to prior stream channel deposits. Original vegetation included Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) and Buloke (Casuarina luehmannii). |
LP84 Landscape |
A1 | 0-10 cm | Dark reddish brown (5YR3/4); heavy sandy loam; moderate medium blocky structure; firm consistence dry; pH 5.9; sharp change to: | LP84 Profile |
A2 | 10-30 cm | Yellowish red (5YR5/6); coarse loamy sand; firm consistence dry; structureless; pH 7.1; clear change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B1 | 30-40 cm | inkish grey (7.5YR7/2) conspicuously bleached; light sandy clay loam; structureless; pH 7.7; clear change to: | |
B2 | 40-50 cm | Pinkish grey (7.5YR7/2) (with patches of light grey (2.5Y7/2); light medium clay (sandy); breaks down to moderate very fine polyhedral structure; strong consistence dry; contains very few (<2%) ferruginous (ironstone) nodules; pH 7.6; abrupt change to: | |
2A1 | 50-52 cm | Pale brown (10YR6/3); fine sandy loam; structureless; strong consistence dry; discontinuous across pit face; contains many (20%) mainly quartz gravels (2-5 mm size); pH 7.6; abrupt change to: | |
2B21 | 52-70 cm | Yellowish brown (10YR5/6) with reddish brown (5YR5/4) mottles; medium clay (sandy); moderate coarse blocky, breaking down to strong very fine polyhedral structure; contains very few (<2%) ironstone nodules (1-2 cm diameter) and many (20%) quartz fragments (4-5 mm diameter); pH 7.7; sharp change to: | |
2B22 | 70+ cm | Brownish yellow (10YR6/6), yellowish brown (10YR5/4) and yellowish red (5YR5/8); light clay (sandy); indurated; strong medium polyhedral structure; contains few (5%) quartz gravels (2-5 mm diameter); pH 8.5. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | moderately acid | very low | non-sodic | none |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | slightly alkaline | very low | sodic | moderate-strong |
Deeper subsoil (at 70+ cm) | moderately alkaline | very low-low | sodic | none1 |
1 Moderate dispersion after remoulding. |
Horizon | Horizon Depth | pH (water) | pH CaCl2 | EC 1:5 | NaCl | Exchangeable Cations | |||
Ca | Mg | K | Na | ||||||
meq/100g | |||||||||
A1 | 0-10 | 5.9 | 5 | 0.07 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |
A2 | 10-30 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 0.09 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
B1 | 30-40 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 0.09 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | |
B2 | 40-50 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 0.06 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | |
2A1 | 50-52 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 0.07 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | |
2B21 | 52-70 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 0.12 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | |
2B22 | 70+ | 8.5 | 7.3 | 0.17 | 5.9 | 11 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
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 | 11.9 | 3.9 | 37 | 40 | 11 | 10 | ||
A2 | 10-30 | 9.3 | 1.9 | 41 | 44 | 10 | 5 | ||
B1 | 30-40 | 12.7 | 4.7 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 16 | ||
B2 | 40-50 | 24.1 | 12.8 | 26 | 27 | 9 | 37 | ||
2A1 | 50-52 | 19 | 41 | 17 | 14 | ||||
2B21 | 52-70 | ||||||||
2B22 | 70+ |