Major Soil Groups

Vertosols | Calcarosols | Hardsetting Sodosols | Non-hardsetting Sodosols

Thirteen major soil groups have been described in the Eastern Wimmera region by Nabil Badawy (1984).


Three soil groups are recognised within the Vertosol Order:

• Group 1. Black and Grey Self-Mulching Vertosols

• Group 2. Brown and Red Self-Mulching Vertosols

• Group 3. Vertosols with Bleached Subsurface Horizons

One soil group is recognised within the Calcarosol Order:

• Group 4. Calcareous earths

Six soil groups are recognised within the Hardsetting Sodosols Order:

• Group 6. Hardsetting Red Sodosols

• Group 7. Hardsetting Mottled Red Sodosols

• Group 8. Hardsetting Brown Sodosols

• Group 9. Hardsetting Mottled Brown Sodosols

• Group 10. Hardsetting Yellow Sodosols

• Group 11. Hardsetting Mottled Yellow Sodosols

Two soil groups are recognised within the Non-hardsetting Sodosols Order:

• Group 12. Non-hardsetting (friable) Mottled Red Sodosols

• Group 13. Non-hardsetting (friable) Mottled Yellow Sodosols

References:

Badawy N. Soils of the Eastern Wimmera. Department of Agriculture, 1984.

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