webscience.chicogordo.com Soil Taxonomy

Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil Taxonomy, A Basic System of Soil Classification for Making and Interpreting Soil Surveys, Agriculture Handbook Number 436, Second Edition. USDA, NRCS, Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washingtion, DC 20402.

Soil Taxonomy Names
from
*Order* through *Subgroup*

Select values from each of the drop-down lists and cycle through all possible soil taxonomic names.
Sub Group names are formed by *pre-fixing* one of the Subgroup Modifiers to the Great Group name.
Example: **Arenic Albaqualfs**
Order	Suborder	Great Group	Subgroup Modifiers

description: Alfisols: "... soils that have an ochric epipedon, an argillic horizon, and moderate to high base saturation ..."	prefix: Aqu: water - Presence of aquic conditions	prefix: Alb: white - Presence of an albic horizon	description: Arenic: sand - Sandy material between 50 and 100 cm thick

Thanks to H. Mueller for helping with the extensive data entry required for this page!

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