Group: Middle Creek Landcare Group | Australian Soil Classification: Hypercalcic, Subnatric, Red SODOSOL |
Northcote Factual Key:Dy 2.43 | Great Soil Group: solodized solonetz |
General Landscape Description: Upper slope on western side of a sedimentary (lower Ordovician) hillslope. Yellow Gum (E. leucoxylon) and Grey Box (E. microcarpa) association is the typical native vegetation. |
LP9 Landscape |
A1 | 0-5 cm | Dark brown (10YR3/3) light fine sandy clay loam; weakly structured; firm consistence dry; contains occasional shale fragments; pH 5.5; sharp and irregular change to: | LP9 Profile |
A2 | 5-10 cm | Light brown (7.5YR6/4) conspicuously bleached fine sandy clay loam; weakly structured; strong consistence dry; contains a slight (10%) amount of ferruginous nodules (buckshot); pH 6.5; sharp and irregular change to: | |
Subsoil | |||
B21 | 10-25 cm | Yellowish Red (5YR5/8) heavy clay; moderate coarse columnar, breaking down to strong coarse blocky structure (with smooth faced peds); very strong consistence moist; contains occasional shale fragments; pH 7.1; sharp and wavy change to: | |
B22 | 25-40 cm | Red (2.5YR4/8) heavy clay; strong medium blocky structure; very strong consistence moist; contains occasional shale fragments; pH 8.6 : | |
B3k | 40-100 cm | Strong brown (7.5YR4/6) medium clay; with a heavy (>50%) amount of soft carbonate together with weathered shale; pH 9.3; gradual change to: | |
C | 100+ cm | Laminated soft shale. |
pH | Salinity Rating | |||
Surface (A1 horizon) | strongly acid | very low | non-sodic | water-stable |
Subsoil (B21 horizon) | slightly alkaline | very low | sodic | strong |
Deeper subsoil (at 1 m) | very strongly alkaline | low | strongly sodic | strong |
Management Considerations:
Surface (A) horizons