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| 3.13 POWYS (Ph) (1523) |
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Definition
| Major soil group: |
03 lithomorphic soils |
Shallow, with a distinct, humose or peaty topsoil, but no subsurface horizons more than 5 cm thick (other than a bleached horizon). Normally over bedrock, very stony rock rubble or little altered soft unconsolidated deposits within 30 cm depth. |
| Soil Group: |
1 rankers |
Loamy or clayey, with non-calcareous topsoil over bedrock (including massive limestone), non-calcareous rock rubble or soft non-calcareous deposits. |
| Soil Subgroup: |
3 brown rankers |
(distinct topsoil and unmottled subsoil-if present) |
| Soil Series: |
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loamy lithoskeletal mudstone and sandstone or slate |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0313b POWYS |
Umbric Leptosols |
| 0541j DENBIGH 1 |
Umbric Leptosols |
| 0611c MANOD |
Umbric Leptosols |
Photos
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 45
Representative Profiles: 4
Auger Bores: 1126
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