Agency Code: 501 Project Code: PRP Site Code: 0432
Described by: Alan Payne Date: 17/09/1996

Observation type: auger boring Category: full description

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  379621 mE  7559765 mN Map sheet:  Wyloo 250K
Location notes: 
Site notes: Slope previously codes as 10.

Landform
Landform pattern:	Slope:  1 %
Relief/modal slope:
Landform element:
Morphological type:
Pattern Relief: 	Microrelief: 30 m

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop:  Very slightly rocky.  shale 
Surface coarse fragments: 
Mantle:  quartz, >90%, mixed, subangular
Physical properties: 

Vegetation
Veg unit: PHSG - Plain hard spinifex grassland

Species List
Tall Shrubs: Acacia victoriae
Perennial Grasses: Triodia wiseana
Annuals: Aristida contorta, Brachyachne prostrata, Calocephalus francisii, Calocephalus knappii, Calandrinia sp., Dysphania rhadinostachya, Enneapogon caerulescens, Lepidium pholidogynum, Ptilotus auriculifolius, Ptilotus exaltatus, Ptilotus sp., Salsola tragus, Sclerolaena densiflora, Senna notabilis, Streptoglossa odora, Swainsona stenodonta, Trianthema sp.
Undescribed: Abutilon lepidum, Acacia bivenosa, Acacia inaequilatera, Acacia victoriae, Bulbostylis burbidgeae, Corchorus sp., Cassytha capillaris, Cullen martinii, Maireana georgei, Maireana melanocoma, Paraneurachne muelleri, Pterocaulon sphacelatum, Ptilotus astrolasius, Sida echinocarpa, Sida rohlenae, Senna glutinosa, Senna glutinosa subsp. pruinosa, Solanum cleistogamum, Solanum diversiflorum, Solanum horridum, Triodia wiseana

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Red shallow loam
Australian Soil Classification: (2002) Red Kandosol, A thickness thin, A gravels very gravelly, A texture clay loamy, B texture clay loamy, Soil Depth shallow
ASC confidence: moderate
Map Unit: 296Ht

Other Classifications
Northcote PPF: Um5.51

Soil Profile Description

Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description
| 0-3 | Dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3 moist) clay loam; weak dry consistence; earthy fabric; apedal, massive structure; few angular siliceous quartz fine gravel sized coarse fragments and  few angular rocky shale fine gravel sized coarse fragments WEATHERING SHALE and  few angular rocky shale fine gravel sized coarse fragments; rapid dispersion, rapid slaking, non water repellent, slightly calcareous; pH 8.2 (1:5 water); EC 310 (mS/m (1:5)); sharp, wavy boundary.
| 3-15 | Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4 moist) clay loam; firm dry consistence; earthy fabric; apedal, massive structure; many angular rocky shale fine gravel sized coarse fragments WEATHERING SHALE and  many angular rocky shale medium gravel sized coarse fragments; slow dispersion, slow slaking, non water repellent, slightly calcareous; pH 8.4 (1:5 water); EC 220 (mS/m (1:5)); clear boundary.
| 15-25 | Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4 moist) clay loam; very firm dry consistence; earthy fabric; apedal, massive structure; abundant angular rocky shale coarse gravel sized coarse fragments WEATHERING SHALE and  abundant angular rocky shale cobble sized coarse fragments; slow dispersion, rapid slaking, non water repellent, highly calcareous; pH 8.4 (1:5 water); EC 120 (mS/m (1:5)); clear boundary.
C | 25+ | Notes: WEATHERING SHALE.