MySoil: Calcareous loamy earths (Salmon Gums)

Fine, often calcareous sandy loam to clay loam grading to calcareous sandy clay loam to light clay. Often found in complex associations downwind of salt lakes and at margins of, and interspersed through, clayey gilgai (crabhole) plains. Boron, salinity, crusting and hardsetting are the dominant production issues.

Broadscale map (1:250 000) of the Salmon Gums Agzone showing the distribution of calcareous loamy earths. The majority of the region shows them occupying 10-25% from Cascade to Salmon Gums with some areas of 25-50% and 3-10%.
A stylised diagram of the soil profile showing the topsoil and subsoil layers for calcareous loamy earth for soil group 542. The soil profile consists of calcareous loam throughout and may grade to calcareous clay from 30cm.
Soil pit showing the profile of calcareous loamy earth (soil group 542) in the Salmon Gums region. The soil profile shows loamy soil.

Further information

Soils [1]

Links
[1] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/climate-land-water/soils

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