Soil great group

Medisaprist

Of the Saprist suborder; it It is a temperate climate.

Medisaprist is a name from the 1975 taxonomy, which many INTA soil survey maps were made with. The current edition no longer has this group: today it would be classified as Haplosaprist.

What the name says

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

Taxonomic orderHistosolSoil organic: peat or plant material accumulated where water does not allow it to decompose. More than half of the top profile is organic matter.
SuborderSapristHistosol of highly decomposed plant material, without recognizable fibers.
Great groupMedisapristWithin the Saprist suborder, it It is a temperate climate.

What it means for farming

Peatlands and wet meadows. They have no agricultural use; they have value as a reserve of water and carbon.

Where it is found

According to the 1:500.000 national map, it covers about 60.093 ha, spread over 2 districts.

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National map units that list it. The scale is 1:500.000: good for seeing the region, not a single property.

ProvinceArea
Corrientes60.093 ha

Districts where it is most common

Subgroups on the maps

  • Medisaprist fíbrico

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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