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Spodic soil landscape

Soil scientists preparing to sample soils. Spodic soils refer to a diagnostic subsurface horizon defined by the illuvial accumulation of organic matter. Iron oxide can be present or absent, and the soil is generally derived from a sandy parent material. Spodic may also refer to the taxonomic soil order spodosols.

 

For more information about Describing and Sampling soils, visit;

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052523...

 

For more information about Soil Taxonomy, visit;

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Uploaded on November 12, 2010
Taken on September 21, 2006