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EGG5

Location: Flaggy Creek

Australian Soil Classification: Melacic-mottled, Mesotrophic, Brown CHROMOSOL

Map Unit: Stockdale Munro complex
Previous Site Names: EG5, EG250

General Landscape Description: Undulating Low Hills.
Site description: North-west slope of low rise (7%).
Native Vegetation: Yellow stringy bark, Gippsland grey box, Black wattle.
Geology: Neogene sediments.

EG5 landscape
EG5 Landscape



Soil Profile Morphology:

Surface Soil


A10-25 cmVery dark grey (10YR3/1); loamy sand; weak medium sub-angular blocky structure; very weak consistence moderately moist; pH 5.5; clear and smooth change to:


EG5 profile
EG5 Profile
A2125-65 cmYellowish brown (10YR5/4); sand; single grain; very weak consistence moderately moist; pH 6.0; clear and smooth change to:


A2265-80 cmLight yellowish brown (10YR6/4); loamy sand; single grain; very weak consistence moist; contains many coarse ferruginous nodules; pH 6.5; abrupt change to:
Subsoil


B285-120 cmStrong brown (7.5YR5/6), with many coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR4/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR6/5) mottles; medium clay, sandy; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm consistence moderately moist; pH 6.0; gradual change to:


C120-150 cmYellow (10YR7/6), with many coarse prominent light olive brown (2.5YR5/8) mottles; clayey sand; massive structure; firm consistence moderately moist; pH 5.6.


Soil Profile Characteristics:
EG5 graphs

Chemical and Physical Analysis:

Horizon
Horizon Depth
(cm)
pH
(water)
pH
(CaCl2)
EC
dS/m
Exchangeable Aluminium
ppm
Exchangeable Acididty
meq/100g
Exchangeable Cations
Coarse Sand
(0.2-2.0 mm)
%
Fine Sand
(0.02-0.2 mm)
%
Silt
(0.002-0.02 mm)
%
Clay
(<0.002 mm)
%
Field Capacidty
% w/w
Wilting Point
% w/w
Ca
Mg
K
Na
meq/100g
A1
0-25
5.5
4.2
0.06
8.5
1.9
1.2
0.53
0.17
0.13
32
56
4
5
13.2
5.1
A21
25-65
6.0
5.0
<0.05
4.1
0.57
0.67
0.29
0.08
0.08
30
58
5
6
12.3
2.6
A22
65-85
6.5
5.4
<0.05
3.2
0.49
0.59
0.11
0.14
29
58
5
8
11.9
2.8
B2
85-120
6.0
4.6
0.06
8.7
0.18
4.9
0.09
0.68
14
32
3
48
30.0
17.2
C
120-150+
5.6
4.4
0.06
4.1
0.05
1.9
<0.05
0.55
20
51
9
18
19.9
9.0

Profile Described By: David Ress and Ian Sargeant, 22nd September 2005.

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