Dystrudept and landscape CN
Soil profile: A representative soil profile (Typic Dystrudept) in Xinxing County, Guangdong Province, China (PRC-11).
Landscape: These soil are on strongly sloping to steep sideslopes. They are used mostly for woodland; however, small areas are cleared and used for pasture and rarely as terraced cropland.
The central concept or Typic subgroup of Dystrudepts is fixed on soils that are moderately deep or deep to hard rock, are freely drained and acid, have an ochric epipedon. In addition, the percentage of organic carbon of Holocene age decreases regularly with increasing depth and is very low at a depth of 125 cm. They are widely distributed. The largest concentration is in the Northeast in the United States. The native vegetation consists mostly of mixed forest. Most of these soils are used as forest. Many of the less sloping soils have been cleared and are used as cropland or pasture.
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Dystrudept and landscape CN
Soil profile: A representative soil profile (Typic Dystrudept) in Xinxing County, Guangdong Province, China (PRC-11).
Landscape: These soil are on strongly sloping to steep sideslopes. They are used mostly for woodland; however, small areas are cleared and used for pasture and rarely as terraced cropland.
The central concept or Typic subgroup of Dystrudepts is fixed on soils that are moderately deep or deep to hard rock, are freely drained and acid, have an ochric epipedon. In addition, the percentage of organic carbon of Holocene age decreases regularly with increasing depth and is very low at a depth of 125 cm. They are widely distributed. The largest concentration is in the Northeast in the United States. The native vegetation consists mostly of mixed forest. Most of these soils are used as forest. Many of the less sloping soils have been cleared and are used as cropland or pasture.
For additional information about soil classification, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class...