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Pallic Soils
Southern and eastern North Island and
eastern South Island
Areas of low summer rainfall: moisture
deficit
PALLIC SOILS
Photo 8.1
Pallic Soils
physical properties
Apg
ABgc
Bgt
Cxg
Photo 4.8
Pallic Soils
chemical properties
Photo 1.4
Photo 1.5
Pallic Soils
Drainage
Photo 8.2a
Pallic Soils
Drainage
Without drainage
Photo 8.2b
Photo 8.2c
With drainage
Photo 8.2d
Pallic Soils
Land use
South Island:
Soils weakly- moderately
weathered and imperfectly
drained.
Dairying, grain crops,
sheep and cattle, some
shallow rooted vegetables.
Prone to tunnel gully erosion
on hillsides, and rilling
under cultivation
Pallic Soils
Timaru silt loam
Downlands near Timaru
Photo 8.4
Photo 8.3
Pallic Soils
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Pallic Soils
Land use
North Island:
Soils moderately
weathered and mostly
poorly drained.
Grain crops, sheep and
cattle, dairying.
Prone to tunnel gully and
slip erosion on hillsides,
and rilling under
cultivation
Photo 8.7
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Pallic Soils
Land use
Marton silty
clay loam
Photo 8.8
Dannevirke silt
loam
NZSSS
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Pallic Soils
Arable farming
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Pallic Soils
Dairying
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Pallic Soils
Hill and steepland
Often called summer dry country
Usually poorly drained
Prone to landslip erosion events
Slips slow to heal
Prone to sheet erosion after summer droughts
Survival of poplars and willows poor
Pugging and compaction under cattle a major
problem
Suited to higher sheep: cattle ratio
Dams seldom last longdispersive soils
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Wairarapa Steepland
North facing
South facing
Photo 8.11b
Photo 8.11a
Photo 8.11c
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