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| 5.51 CUCKNEY (Cck) (282) |
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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: |
5 brown sands |
Non-calcareous sandy or sandy gravelly. |
| Soil Subgroup: |
1 typical brown sands |
(unmottled with no clay-enriched subsoil) |
| Soil Series: |
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medium or coarse sandy material passing to sand or soft sandstone |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0551a BRIDGNORTH |
Eutric Rubic Arenosols |
| 0551b CUCKNEY 1 |
Eutric Rubic Arenosols |
| 0551c CUCKNEY 2 |
Eutric Lamellic Arenosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 17
Representative Profiles: 3
Auger Bores: 77
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