Caguabo soil series
Profile of Caguabo clay loam, 20 to 60 percent slopes. Caguabo soils are characterized by a surface layer of clay loam and a subsurface layer of paragravelly silty clay loam over basalt bedrock. (Soil Survey of San Germán Area, Puerto Rico by Jorge L. Lugo-Camacho, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Caguabo series consists of shallow, well drained, moderately permeable soils on side slopes of strongly dissected uplands. They formed in material that weathered from basalt. Near the type location, the mean annual precipitation is about 80 inches and the mean annual temperature is 76 degrees F. Slopes range from 12 to 60 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Eutrudepts
Solum thickness ranges from 6 to 20 inches and depth to bedrock ranges from 10 to 20 inches. Content of pebbles range from 2 to 20 percent, by volume and cobbles from 0 to 5 percent, by volume in the A or Ap horizon and from 2 to 70 percent, by volume, pebbles or occasionally from 20 to 75 percent, by volume, paragravels in the Bw and BC horizons Reaction is moderately acid to slightly acid throughout.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are used for pasture. A few small areas are planted to woodland. Vegetation consists of native and introduced grasses, shrubs, and trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Humid uplands of Puerto Rico. The series is of large extent. These soils were formerly included in the Mucara series.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/puerto_rico/PR...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CAGUABO.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#caguabo
Caguabo soil series
Profile of Caguabo clay loam, 20 to 60 percent slopes. Caguabo soils are characterized by a surface layer of clay loam and a subsurface layer of paragravelly silty clay loam over basalt bedrock. (Soil Survey of San Germán Area, Puerto Rico by Jorge L. Lugo-Camacho, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Caguabo series consists of shallow, well drained, moderately permeable soils on side slopes of strongly dissected uplands. They formed in material that weathered from basalt. Near the type location, the mean annual precipitation is about 80 inches and the mean annual temperature is 76 degrees F. Slopes range from 12 to 60 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, active, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Eutrudepts
Solum thickness ranges from 6 to 20 inches and depth to bedrock ranges from 10 to 20 inches. Content of pebbles range from 2 to 20 percent, by volume and cobbles from 0 to 5 percent, by volume in the A or Ap horizon and from 2 to 70 percent, by volume, pebbles or occasionally from 20 to 75 percent, by volume, paragravels in the Bw and BC horizons Reaction is moderately acid to slightly acid throughout.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are used for pasture. A few small areas are planted to woodland. Vegetation consists of native and introduced grasses, shrubs, and trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Humid uplands of Puerto Rico. The series is of large extent. These soils were formerly included in the Mucara series.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/puerto_rico/PR...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CAGUABO.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#caguabo