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Table 2 Selected soil properties of topsoil (15 cm) from each site

From: Modelling soil nitrogen mineralisation in semi-mature pine stands of South Africa to identify nutritional limitations and to predict potential responses to fertilisation

Site

Plantation and compartment number

pH (KCl)

C %

Total N %

Clay %

Silt %

Sand %

Textural classification

Soil depth m

A

Witelsbos (H6)

4.0

1.6

0.04

14.0

21.0

65.0

SaLm

4.0

B

Witelsbos (B57b)

3.9

1.1

0.04

12.0

13.0

75.0

SaLm

1.2

C

Lottering (D8b)

3.8

2.6

0.07

20.0

39.0

41.0

SaLm

2.2

D

Lottering (L67)

3.8

2.3

0.08

18.0

39.0

43.0

SaLm

2.6

E

Lottering (R28)

3.7

2.7

0.07

18

35.0

47.0

SaLm

2.0

F

Lottering (L22a)

3.4

2.6

0.04

18.0

40.0

42.0

SaLm

1.2

G

Lottering (C33d)

3.4

3.1

0.12

16.0

44.0

40.0

SaLm

1.6

H

Lottering (L46b)

3.3

2.6

0.07

19

40.0

41.0

SaLm

3.2

S1

Grabouw (J27)

4.3

1.2

0.03

0.8

3.0

96.2

Sa

0.5

S2

Grabouw (D12)

3.4

7.0

0.36

0.8

0.8

98.4

Sa

0.6

S3

Grabouw (E14)

3.1

5.9

0.23

0.8

0.8

98.4

Sa

2.0

S4

Kluitjieskraal (B7)

4.2

5.3

0.20

2.4

0.4

97.2

Sa

2.0

L2

Grabouw (M13a)

4.1

1.6

0.05

1.2

4.4

94.4

Sa

0.6

L4

Grabouw (G36a)

3.7

5.9

0.31

8.0

26.0

66.0

LmSa

1.0