Soil Orders Flashcards
1
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Entisols
A
ENT, Young, A over Cr or R
2
Q
Histosols
A
IST, Outlier, Organic soil, drained wetlands
3
Q
Gelisols
A
EL, Outlier, permafrost, Af Bf or Cf designate frozen
4
Q
Inceptisols
A
EPT, Young, Bw or Cambic epipedon
5
Q
Andisols
A
AND, Outlier, volcanic ash soil, melanic epipedon
6
Q
Aridisols
A
ID, Mature, Arid, thin A, salty, Bk, high pH
7
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Mollisols
A
OLL, Mature, Grasslands, thick A, fertile
8
Q
Vertisols
A
ERT, Mature, Shrink-swell clay, prismatic
9
Q
Spodosols
A
OD, Mature, Coniferous Forest, spodic endopedon, Bh/Bs
10
Q
Alfisols
A
ALF, Mature, Deciduous Forest, argillic Bt
11
Q
Ultisols
A
ULT, Old, Tropics, high weathering, kandic Bt
12
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Oxisols
A
OX, Old, Tropics, oxic, low pH, Bo, more weathering than Ultisols
