Soil Site Reporter

Soil Series

6.31 ANGLEZARKE (Ah) (17)


Definition
Major soil group: 06 podzolic soils With black, dark brown or ochreous humus and iron-enriched subsoils formed as a result of acid weathering conditions. Under natural or semi-natural vegetation, they have an unincorporated acid organic layer at the surface.
Soil Group: 3 podzols Well drained, with a bleached subsurface horizon and no thin ironpan.
Soil Subgroup: 1 humo-ferric podzols (with black or dark brown humus and iron-enriched)
Soil Series: light loamy material over lithoskeletal sandstone

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Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
0631a    ANGLEZARKE Endoleptic Albic Podzols
0651a    BELMONT Endoleptic Albic Podzols
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 9
Representative Profiles: 2
Auger Bores: 159
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