Soil Site Reporter

Soil Series

5.11 PANHOLES (pH) (1538)


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: 1 brown calcareous earths Non-alluvial, with calcareous loamy or clayey subsoils without significant clay enrichment.
Soil Subgroup: 1 typical brown calcareous earths (unmottled)
Soil Series: medium silty material over lithoskeletal chalk

Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
0342a    UPTON 1 Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
0343h    ANDOVER 1 Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
0511c    PANHOLES Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
0511f    COOMBE 1 Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
0511g    COOMBE 2 Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
0571j    FRILSHAM Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
0571m    CHARITY 2 Calcaric Endoleptic Cambisols
Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 51
Representative Profiles: 3
Auger Bores: 492
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