Quote of the Moment:

“Good land-care like child-care or any sort of “care” cannot be achieved by legislation. Effective custodianship of our natural resource base can only take place by educating and empowering the people who make the actual day-to-day decisions that affect our landscapes.”
Uncommon good sense

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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