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Soils in granodiorite

Vegetation	Profile Characteristics	Soil name	Information source - see table below for abbreviations
dry eucalypt forest	Texture-contrast soil with strongly bleached coarse-sandy texture in A2 layer overlying yellowish-brown coarse sandy clay in subsoil	Mckay	F S Fact Sheet 15 (PDF 533.8 KB) Soils Bulletin 1* Soils Bulletin 2
dry eucalypt forest	gradational soil with a weakly bleached coarse sandy loam A2 layer overlying brownish-yellow silty clay loam in subsoil; many red mottles occur below 50 cm	Fraser	F S Fact Sheet 14 (PDF 153.5 KB)
wet eucalypt forest	texture-contrast soil with strongly bleached coarse-sandy texture in A2 layer overlying brown clay in subsoil	Arnon	Soils Bulletin 2*
wet eucalypt forest	gradational soil with sandy clay loam texture in upper layer overlying brown coarse sandy clay in subsoil; red mottles occur below 50 cm	Blumont	F S Fact Sheet 16 (PDF 523.4 KB) Soils Bulletin 1* Soils Bulletin 2
wet eucalypt forest	gradational soil with clay loam texture in upper layers overlying red clay in subsoil	Springfield	Soils Bulletin 1 Soils Bulletin 2*
wet eucalypt forest	gradational soil with loamy texture in upper layers overlying yellowish-brown and brown clay loam in subsoil; subsoil layers have weak strength	Diddleum	Soils Bulletin 1 Soils Bulletin 2*

(*= 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.