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Soils in Triassic sandstone and sandstone-dolerite mixtures

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		F S Fact Sheet 3 (PDF 140.2 KB)
dry eucalypt forest	uniform sandy soils with a bleached A2 horizon <50 cm thick and no iron/humus pan		Catgut		F S Fact Sheet 2 (PDF 182.0 KB)
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		F S Fact Sheet 12 (PDF 375.0 KB)
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		F S Fact Sheet 4 (PDF 188.3 KB)
dry eucalypt forest	texture-contrast soil with loamy sands or sandy loams overlying light medium clays or silty clays		Machin		F S Fact Sheet 28 (PDF 254.9 KB)
dry eucalypt forest near the coast	texture-contrast soil with sandy texture overlying iron pan, on sandy clay (dunesand over dolerite)		Taranna		F S Fact Sheet 27 (PDF 247.8 KB)

(* 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.