PALEAQUULT, PLINTHIC
These soils have 5 to 50 percent (by volume) plinthite in some horizon within 150 cm of the mineral soil surface. They are of small extent in the Southern United States. These soils are used as forest or have been cleared and are used as cropland or pasture.
Left: A soil profile of a "Plinthic Paleaquult" (Guangdong Province of China).
Center: Typical landscape associated with the soil profile (low-lying foreground).
Right: Redoximorphic feature in the lower subsoil (plinthite nodules) starting at about 110 cm and exceeding 5 percent at 130 cm
For more information about describing, sampling, classifying, and/or mapping soils, please refer to the following references: "Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils", "Keys to Soil Taxonomy", and the "Soil Survey Manual".
PALEAQUULT, PLINTHIC
These soils have 5 to 50 percent (by volume) plinthite in some horizon within 150 cm of the mineral soil surface. They are of small extent in the Southern United States. These soils are used as forest or have been cleared and are used as cropland or pasture.
Left: A soil profile of a "Plinthic Paleaquult" (Guangdong Province of China).
Center: Typical landscape associated with the soil profile (low-lying foreground).
Right: Redoximorphic feature in the lower subsoil (plinthite nodules) starting at about 110 cm and exceeding 5 percent at 130 cm
For more information about describing, sampling, classifying, and/or mapping soils, please refer to the following references: "Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils", "Keys to Soil Taxonomy", and the "Soil Survey Manual".