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WLRA54

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    Site Code
WLRA54
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Basic, Lithic Bleached-Leptic, Tenosol

    Location

Mount Stapylton, western Victoria

    Landform

Mountains

    Geology

Silurian-Devonian Grampians Group: quartz sandstone and red siltstone

    Element

Hillslope

    Slope

50%

    Aspect

North
Horizon
Depth (cm)
Description

A11

0–5

Light brownish grey (10YR 5/2); loamy sand;) to weak medium polyhedral structure parting to single grain (structureless); very weak consistence, pH 5.5; clear boundary to:

A12

5–15

Brownish yellow (10YR 5/3); loamy sand; weak polyhedral structure; weak consistence; pH 6.0; clear boundary to:

A2

15–30

Yellow (10YR6/4); silty loam; moderate medium polyhedral structure; rough ped-fabric; firm consistence; pH 6.0; gradual boundary to:

B2

30–60/70

Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); sand; angular blocky parting to single grain (structureless); loose consistence.

B2

60/70–70

Brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); loamy sand; angular blocky parting to single grain (structureless); loose consistence; abundant sandstone.

C

70+

Weathering sandstone.
Management considerations
  • Deep, sandy soil, slightly acid, becoming neutral at depth.
  • Leached soil, very little nutrient available, apart from thin surface soil.
  • Possible thin organic accumulation in subsurface horizon, possible Podosol.
  • Surface soil maintaining stability, susceptible to sheet and rill erosion. Subsurface soil has loose to weak consistence (no binding).
  • Footslopes/sand plain; site drainage varying from poor to moderately well drained; receiving and distributing moisture.
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