Soil subgroup

Halacuept fluvéntico

The organic matter does not go down little by little with depth but rather goes up and down: it is made up of layers of alluvium.

What the name says

Soil Taxonomy names are built from parts, and each part says something about the soil. From general to specific:

Taxonomic orderInceptisolSoil young, with some development below the surface (a cambic horizon) but without the clay accumulation or dark surface that would define other orders.
SuborderAcueptInceptisol with excess water and redox depletions near the surface.
Great groupHalacueptWithin the Acuept suborder, it is it saline or sodic.
SubgroupfluvénticoThe organic matter does not go down little by little with depth but rather goes up and down: it is made up of layers of alluvium.

What it means for farming

Intermediate aptitude and very dependent on location. In Argentina there are many Acueptes: Inceptisoles with excess water, often saline or sodic.

Where it is found

It does not appear on the national map; on the detailed maps it adds up to about 7.383 ha, across 2 districts.

ProvinceArea
Entre Ríos7.383 ha

Districts where it is most common

It also appears on the detailed maps of: Entre Ríos.

How productive it is

Where it is the main soil of the map unit, the productivity index has a median of 5 (very low); half of the units fall between 5 and 5.

Taken from the maps that include this data. A map unit with several soils has a single index, and it is only attributed to the dominant soil.

Other Halacuept subgroups

Soils it shares map units with

Several soils share each map unit. These are the ones most often found alongside this one: on a property, you will likely find them in the nearby low ground or on the next rise.

The definitions are a plain-language summary of the USDA Keys to Soil Taxonomy. The formal definition includes thickness, color and percentage thresholds that are left out here.

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