Soil Series
10.11 WINTER HILL (WH) (2242)
Definition
| Major soil group: | 10 peat soils | With more than 40 cm of organic material in the upper 80 cm or with more than 30 cm of organic material over bedrock or very stony rock rubble. |
| Soil Group: | 1 raw peat soils | In undrained organic material that has remained wet to within 20 cm of the surface. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 1 raw oligo-fibrous peat soils | (mainly fibrous or semi-fibrous with pH less than 4.0 throughout) |
| Soil Series: | mixed eriophorum and sphagnum peat |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0311a REVIDGE | Ombric Fibric Histosols |
| 0311b SKIDDAW | Ombric Fibric Histosols |
| 0311e BANGOR | Ombric Fibric Histosols |
| 0721d WILCOCKS 2 | Ombric Fibric Histosols |
| 1011b WINTER HILL | Ombric Fibric Histosols |
| 1013b CROWDY 2 | Ombric Fibric Histosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 99Representative Profiles: 2Auger Bores: 1535 |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 08/12/2024
