Songjeong soil and landscape KR
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the deep, well drained Songjeong soils in Korea.
Landscape: Songjeong soils are on footslopes and sideslopes, formed in residuum weathered from granitic materials. The area under the blue tarps are ginseng groves.
The Songjeong series are members of the fine loamy, mixed, mesic family of Typic Hapludults [Cutanic Alisols (Chromic) classified by WRB]. They are developed in rolling to hilly areas underlaid by very deeply weathered granitic rocks.
Songjeong soils have ochric epipedons and argillic horizons. Solum (A and B horizons). thickness typically ranges from 50 to 100 cm or more.
Depth to hard rock is more than 3 meters and ranges to more than 10 meters. Base saturation is less than 60 percent. Common fine and medium white and yellow micas are throughout the profiles. Reaction is very strongly acid. A horizons are brown to dark brown loam, silt loam, or fine sandy loam. Bt horizons are yellowish red, reddish brown, reddish yellow, or red clay loam or silty clay loam. C horizons are red, yellowish red, or strong brown loam, silt loam, or very fine sandy loam very deep and extremely weathered granitic saprolites (grus).
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Songjeong soil and landscape KR
Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the deep, well drained Songjeong soils in Korea.
Landscape: Songjeong soils are on footslopes and sideslopes, formed in residuum weathered from granitic materials. The area under the blue tarps are ginseng groves.
The Songjeong series are members of the fine loamy, mixed, mesic family of Typic Hapludults [Cutanic Alisols (Chromic) classified by WRB]. They are developed in rolling to hilly areas underlaid by very deeply weathered granitic rocks.
Songjeong soils have ochric epipedons and argillic horizons. Solum (A and B horizons). thickness typically ranges from 50 to 100 cm or more.
Depth to hard rock is more than 3 meters and ranges to more than 10 meters. Base saturation is less than 60 percent. Common fine and medium white and yellow micas are throughout the profiles. Reaction is very strongly acid. A horizons are brown to dark brown loam, silt loam, or fine sandy loam. Bt horizons are yellowish red, reddish brown, reddish yellow, or red clay loam or silty clay loam. C horizons are red, yellowish red, or strong brown loam, silt loam, or very fine sandy loam very deep and extremely weathered granitic saprolites (grus).
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