Soil Series
5.72 WHIMPLE (wM) (2222)
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: | 7 argillic brown earths | Loamy or clayey with an ordinary clay-enriched subsoil. |
| Soil Subgroup: | 2 stagnogleyic argillic brown earths | (faintly mottled with slowly permeable subsoil) |
| Soil Series: | medium loamy or medium silty drift over reddish clayey material passing to clay or soft mudstone |
Alert ! - slowly permeable soils with seasonal wetness read the alert
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 0431 WORCESTER | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
| 0572c HODNET | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
| 0572d Whimple 1 | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
| 0572e WHIMPLE 2 | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
| 0572f WHIMPLE 3 | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
| 0572g DUNNINGTON HEATH | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
| 0711b BROCKHURST 1 | Chromic Endostagnic Luvisols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 35Representative Profiles: 7Auger Bores: 2243 |
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Cranfield University 2024. The Soils Guide. Available: www.landis.org.uk. Cranfield University, UK. Last accessed 10/10/2024
