Soil Site Reporter

Soil Series

5.41 TRUSHAM (Tu) (1924)


Definition
Major soil group: 05 brown soils With dominantly brownish or reddish subsoils and no prominent mottling or greyish colours (gleying) above 40 cm depth. They are developed mainly on permeable materials at elevations below about 300 m.0.D. Most are in agricultural use.
Soil Group: 4 brown earths Non-alluvial, with non-calcareous loamy or clayey subsoils without significant clay enrichment.
Soil Subgroup: 1 typical brown earths (unmottled)
Soil Series: medium loamy material over lithoskeletal basic crystalline rock

Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
0541n    Trusham Eutric Endoleptic Cambisols
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 3
Representative Profiles: 7
Auger Bores: 75
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