Landscape Management Workshop 2005
Profile No.1: "Workshop Camp"
Management Objectives
- Aesthetics
- Ease of walking
- Low fuel
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Site description / history:
- Vegetation: Forest opening with pruned grasses and mostly bloodwood trees
- Ground Cover: Covered with approx. 2cm deep leaf and dry grass litter, partly decomposed
- Soil Surface: Compacted gray dry soil, mostly sand and clay
- Last Rainfall: Rainfall on Kachana 2004/2005
- Fire: Burnt 2y previously for demonstration purposes, otherwise no recent fire history
- Biological: Treated with livestock for 24h the day before sampling
- Mechanical: slashing twice a year
- Chemical: No chemical treatment
Profile description:
- 0-7cm: Compact top layer with some humus and moisture, little chunks held together by grass roots; color: dark gray
- 7-14cm: Light compact soil, no moisture, some small tree roots, no chunks; color: light gray
- 14-40cm: Sandy soil with some clay, slightly moist, lesser grass roots, lots of insect tubes and holes, less compaction,
some compacted chunks; color: light brown to gray
- 40-50cm: More moisture, some grass roots, lesser insect activity; color: light brown
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Comments:
Due to different treatments with animals and machines (tractor) this soil is compact and dry. Its water intake and storage
capacity is limited. Still there is a lot of biological activity going on and you can find several insect tunnels and hollows.
Soil surface
Profile 1
Laid out profile
Insect hollow
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