Soils in Triassic sandstone and sandstone-dolerite mixtures
Vegetation | Profile Characteristics | Soil name | Information source - see table below for abbreviations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Soils in sandstone | |||||
dry eucalypt forest | uniform soil with sandy texture, a bleached A2 layer >50 cm thick and an iron/humus pan | Sandbrook | |||
dry eucalypt forest | uniform sandy soils with a bleached A2 horizon <50 cm thick and no iron/humus pan | Catgut | |||
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with sandy loam and loamy sand texture in upper layers overlying silty clay loam texture in firm subsoil | Court | |||
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with sandy loam and sand texture in upper layers overlying clay texture in subsoil; subsoil mottling | Buckland | F S Tas Soil 14.1 | ||
wet eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with loamy sand and sand texture in upper layers overlying clay texture in subsoil | Sandspit | F S Tas Soil 14.2 | ||
wet eucalypt forest | gradational and uniform soils with sandy loam and sandy clay loam texture | Not described | |||
Soils in sandstone-dolerite mixtures | |||||
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with sandy loam texture overlying sandy clay and clay loam texture in subsoil; subsoil mottling | Dismal | Soils Bulletin 1* | ||
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with sandy loam and sandy upper layers overlying clay texture (with dolerite stones and boulders) in subsoil; subsoil mottling | Thumbs | |||
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with loamy sands or sandy loams overlying light medium clays or silty clays | Machin | |||
dry eucalypt forest near the coast | texture-contrast soil with sandy texture overlying iron pan, on sandy clay (dunesand over dolerite) | Taranna | |||
(* no laboratory analyses)
Abbreviations used for publications:
F S Tas | Grant, J.; Laffan, M.; Hill, R.; Neilsen, W. 1995. Forest Soils of Tasmania. Forestry Tasmania, Hobart. 189 p. |
Soils Bulletin 1 | Laffan, M.; Grant, J.; Hill, R. 1995. Soils of Tasmanian State Forests 1. Pipers Sheet. Soils Bulletin 1. Forestry Tasmania, Hobart. 271 p. |
Soils Bulletin 2 | Grant, J.; Laffan, M.; Hill, R. 1995. Soils of Tasmanian State Forests 2. Forester Sheet. Soils Bulletin 2. Forestry Tasmania, Hobart. 245 p. |
Soils Bulletin 3 | Hill, R.; Laffan, M.D.; Grant, J. 1995. Soils of Tasmanian State Forests 3. Forth Sheet. Soils Bulletin 3. Forestry Tasmania, Hobart. 317 p. |