Vegetation | Profile Characteristics | Soil name | Information source - see table below for abbreviations |
Soils in Quaternary sediments derived from granite |
scrub and sedgeland-heathland | texture-contrast soil with peaty topsoils overlying bleached coarse sand that in turn overlie grey clay. | Hurst | Soils Bulletin 1* Soils Bulletin 2 |
open dry eucalypt forest | uniform coarse sandy soil with many quartz gravels | Albion | F S Tas Soil 18.1 |
wet eucalypt forest | gradational soil with silty clay loam texture in upper layers overlying yellowish-brown clay in subsoil | Wombat | Soils Bulletin 2* |
Soils in Tertiary sediments derived from granite |
heathy dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with thick, strongly bleached coarse sandy A2 layer with many quartz gravels overlying humic/iron pans and clay | Duncraggen | F S Tas Soil 11.1 Soils Bulletin 1 Soils Bulletin 2 |
dry eucalypt forest | gradational soil with loamy texture in topsoil overlying yellowish-red clay loam and clay in subsoil | Lauderdale | F S Fact Sheet 23 Soils Bulletin 1* Soils Bulletin 2* |
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with strongly bleached coarse sandy A2 overlying clay loam in subsoil | Tonganah | F S Fact Sheet 24 Soils Bulletin 2* |
dry eucalypt forest | uniform coarse-sandy textured soil with strongly bleached coarse sandy A2 layer overlying thick, cemented pa | Tebrakunna | F S Fact Sheet 29 |
wet eucalypt forest | uniform coarse-sandy textured soil with strongly bleached A2 layer overlying thick, cemented pan | Cascade | F S Fact Sheet 17 |
Soils in in-situ granite or local colluvium |
dry eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with strongly bleached coarse sandy A2 layer overlying clay subsoil | Jensen | F S Tas Soil 11.2 Soils Bulletin 2 |
dry eucalypt forest | Similar to Jensen, but no hardpan in A2 layer | Jensen variant | F S Fact Sheet 18 |
dry eucalypt forest | gradational soil with loamy texture in upper layers overlying yellowish-brown and brown clay in subsoil | Wurrawa | F S Fact Sheet 19 |
dry eucalypt forest at medium altitude | gradational soil with weakly bleached loamy coarse sand A2 layer overlying yellowish-brown coarse sandy loam | Rossarden | F S Fact Sheet 25 |
dry forest at low altitude | Thin organic layer and bleached sandy A2 horizon overlying mottled clayey subsoils with coarse blocky peds | Oxberry | F S Fact Sheet 33 |
wet eucalypt forest | gradational soil with dark grey loamy coarse sand texture in upper layers overlying black gravelly coarse sandy loam | Crystal | F S Fact Sheet 22 |
wet eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with weakly bleached loamy texture in A2 overlying brown clay loam hardpan | Trewalla | F S Fact Sheet 26 |
wet eucalypt forest | uniform soil with thin humic silt loam texture in topsoil overlying brown clay loam and loam | Panic | F S Fact Sheet 21 |
wet eucalypt forest | gradational soil with sandy loam texture in upper layers overlying red clay loam in subsoil | Hogarth | Soils Bulletin 2* |
wet eucalypt forest | gradational soil with coarse sandy loam or coarse sandy clay loam texture in upper layers overlying yellowish-brown clay in subsoil | Stronach | F S Tas Soil 11.3 Soils Bulletin 2 F S Fact Sheet 34 |
wet eucalypt forest | texture-contrast soil with strongly bleached coarse-sandy texture in A2 layer overlying yellowish-brown sandy clay in subsoil | Paris/Dolcoath | F S Fact Sheet 20 Soils Bulletin 2 |
wet eucalypt forest | similar to Paris soil, but has a hardpan in lower A2 layer | Paris pan variant | Not available |
wet eucalypt forest | gradational soil with coarse sandy loam texture in upper layers overlying yellowish-brown to brown coarse sandy clay in subsoil; all layers have weak strength | Cuckoo | Soils Bulletin 2 F S Tasmania 11.4 |
open wet eucalypt forest and mixed forest | gradational soil with coarse sandy loam texture in upper layers overlying brown coarse sandy clay loam with abundant gravels | Memory | Soils Bulletin 2 |
rainforest and scrub at high altitude | gradational soil with humic loam texture in upper layers overlying coarse sandy clay loam and thin humic and iron pans in subsoil | Jessop | Soils Bulletin 2* |
rainforest and scrub at high altitude | uniform soil with peaty loam texture in upper layers overlying dark yellowish-brown loam with very weak strength in subsoil | Jessop variant | contact FPA |