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Landscape Management Workshop 2005

Profile No.5: "Left of Mound Spring"


Management objectives:
  • High level of succession
  • High biodiversity
  • Minimum management inputs
Site description / history / treatment:
  • Vegetation: Forest with melaleuca, eucalyptus, pandanus, grevillea, banksia
  • Ground Cover: Dense grass cover, dead wood and leaf litter;
  • Soil Surface: Humic soil, not compacted, moist
  • Last Rainfall: Rainfall on Kachana 2004/2005
  • Fire: Active fire exclusion 1996 and 2005
  • Biological: Medium density stocking for 5 days 4 months prior to sampling
  • Mechanical: None
  • Chemical: None
  • Whit in 5m distance from profile 6
Profile description:
  • 0-2cm: Partly decomposed litter, high insect activity, dense grass roots
  • 2-20cm: Thick humus layer, moist, lots of roots; color: black
  • 20-27cm: Moist sand with clay and humic compounds; color: grey to brown
  • 27-60cm: Wet sand, not many roots, forms chunks, ground water entry; color: brown to lighter brown
 

Soil surface

Laid out profile

Humus layer