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Soils in Cambrian sediments and volcanics

Soils in Cambrian sediments and volcanics

Vegetation	Profile Characteristics	Soil name		Information source - see table below for abbreviations
Soils in interlayered mudstone, siltstone and sandstone
wet eucalypt forest at low altitude	texture-contrast soil with fine sandy/loamy textures loam textures in upper layers overlying clay textures in subsoil; prominent bleached A2 horizon	Fagan		F S Tas Soil 6.1
wet eucalypt forest at medium altitude	texture-contrast soil with sandy loam texture in upper layers overlying clay textures in subsoil; prominent A2 horizon	White		Soils Bulletin 3*
wet eucalypt forest at low altitude	gradational soil with clay loam textures in upper horizons overlying clay texture in subsoil; humus coatings in subsoil	Farnham		F S Tas Soil 6.2
wet eucalypt forest at low altitude	gradational soil with clay loam texture in surface horizon overlying clay texture in subsoil; red weathered	Castra		Soils Bulletin 3
wet eucalypt forest at medium altitude	gradational soil with clay loam texture in surface layers overlying clayey texture in subsoil	Gaunt		Soils Bulletin 3*
moist eucalypt forest and swamp vegetation	texture-contrast soil with sandy clay loam texture in upper horizons overlying clay texture in subsoil; weakly bleached A2 horizon; mottled subsoil (poorly drained)	Gregory		Soils Bulletin 3*
mixed wet eucalypt and rainforest at medium altitude	texture-contrast soil with sandy loam/sandy clay loam textures in upper layers overlying clay textures in subsoil	Wedge		F S Fact Sheet 11 (PDF 363.0 KB)
mixed wet eucalypt and rainforest at medium altitude	gradational soil with silty loam/silty clay loam textures	Clearhill		F S Fact Sheet 9 (PDF 321.6 KB)
Soils in chert and derived deposits
Moist eucalypt forest	Texture-contrast soil with sandy clay loam and sandy texture in upper layers overlying clayey texture in deep subsoil; prominent A2 horizon and humus pan (podosol)	Barren	Soils Bulletin 3*
Moist eucalypt forest	Uniform soil with very gravelly sand textures throughout; (may overlie buried soils of different texture)	Gordon	F S Fact Sheet 10 (PDF 359.1 KB)
moist to wet eucalypt forest	Uniform soil with clayey textures; subsoil mottling (moderately well drained)	Jetty	Soils Bulletin 3*
Soils in volcanic rocks including keratophyre and spillite
wet eucalypt forest	gradational soil with clay loam texture in upper layers overlying clay texture in subsoil; red weathered; in keratophyre	Minnow		F S Tas Soil 6.2 Soils Bulletin 3
wet eucalypt forest	gradational soil with clay loam texture in upper layers overlying clay texture in subsoil; red weathered; in spillite	Gawler		Soils Bulletin 3

(* = 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.