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Soils in Permian sediments

Soils in Permian sediments

Vegetation	Profile Characteristics		Soil name		Information source - see table below for abbreviations
Soils in fine sandstone, siltstone and mudstone
dry eucalypt forest	texture-contrast soil with silty loam texture in surface layers overlying silty clay texture in subsoil; weakly bleached A2 horizon		Lake		F S Fact Sheet 8 (PDF 203.4 KB)
dry eucalypt forest	texture-contrast soil with sandy loam texture in upper horizons overlying clay texture in subsoil; subsoil mottling		Bacala		Soils Bulletin 1*
dry eucalypt forest	gradational or uniform soil with silty loam and silty clay texture; subsoil mottling		O'Connor		F S Fact Sheet 7 (PDF 266.4 KB)
wet eucalypt forest	texture-contrast soil with loamy texture in surface layer overlying clay texture in subsoil; grey subsoil mottling		Blackwell		F S Tas Soil 13.1
wet eucalypt forest	gradational soil with clay loam texture in surface layer overlying clay texture in subsoil; at medium altitude		McGowan		Soils Bulletin 1*
wet eucalypt forest at medium to high altitude	gradational soil with silty clay loam texture in upper layers overlying clay texture in subsoil; subsoil mottling (imperfect drainage)		Starlight		Soils Bulletin 2*
Soils in conglomerate and tillite
dry eucalypt forest		texture-contrast soil with sandy loam in upper layers overlying silty clay textures in subsoil; in conglomerate		China	Soils Bulletin 3
dry eucalypt forest		gradational soil with sandy clay loam texture in upper layers overlying clay texture in subsoil; subsoil mottling; in conglomerate and tillite		Roebuck	Soils Bulletin 3
wet eucalypt forest		gradational soil with clay loam texture in surface layer overlying clay texture in subsoils; in tillite		Oldina	F S Tas Soil 12.1
wet eucalypt forest		gradational red weathered soil with clay loam texture in upper layers overlying clay in subsoils; in conglomerate		Dynan	Soils Bulletin 3*
Soils in peat and alluvium derived from Permian sediments
sedgeland/ heathland at low altitude		very poorly drained soil with a peaty surface layer overlying layers with a sandy loam and sandy clay loam texture; mottled		Tiger	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.