Major soil group: | 06 podzolic soils | With black, dark brown or ochreous humus and iron-enriched subsoils formed as a result of acid weathering conditions. Under natural or semi-natural vegetation, they have an unincorporated acid organic layer at the surface. |
Soil Group: | 3 podzols | Well drained, with a bleached subsurface horizon and no thin ironpan. |
Soil Subgroup: | 4 paleo-argillic podzols | (with ancient, reddish clay-enriched subsoil) |
Soil Series: | sandy gravelly very hard siliceous stones |
0582b Hornbeam 1 | Episkeletic Ruptic Umbric Albic Podzols |
0634 SOUTHAMPTON | Episkeletic Ruptic Umbric Albic Podzols |
0643c Bolderwood | Episkeletic Ruptic Umbric Albic Podzols |
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National Soil Inventory Sites: 0Representative Profiles: 1Auger Bores: 15 |
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