U.S. Soil Taxonomy

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Soil regions of the United States, showing areas covered by soil orders of the U.S. Soil Taxonomy. Click on a soil order for a descriptive entry on properties and uses.

U.S. Soil Taxonomy

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U.S. Soil Taxonomy
The U.S. Soil Taxonomy classifies soils within a hierarchy of six categories. Only the highest-level category, order, is discussed here. Soil orders are named by adding the suffix -sol to a root word, as shown in the table of the U.S. Soil…
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The U.S. Soil Taxonomy classifies soils within a hierarchy of six categories. Only the highest-level category, order, is discussed here. Soil orders are named by adding the suffix -sol to a root word, as shown in the table of the U.S. Soil…
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