Soil subgroup

Udipsament lamélico

The subsoil is not a continuous horizon but rather thin sheets of clay interspersed in sand.

What the name says

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

Taxonomic orderEntisolSoil without diagnostic horizons, or almost: recently deposited material (sand, alluvium) or on which the climate did not have time to act.
SuborderPsamentEntisol sandy throughout the profile: dunes, sand sheets.
Great groupUdipsamentWithin the Psament suborder, it It is a humid climate (udic moisture regime).
SubgrouplamélicoThe subsoil is not a continuous horizon but rather thin sheets of clay interspersed in sand.

What it means for farming

Very variable. The sandy ones (Psamentes) retain little water and blow away; alluvial ones (Fluventes) can be good but they flood; the shallow ones on rock (lithic) are barely useful for grazing.

Where it is found

It does not appear on the national map; on the detailed maps it adds up to about 2.336 ha, across 1 districts.

ProvinceArea
Corrientes2.336 ha

Districts where it is most common

It also appears on the detailed maps of: Corrientes.

How productive it is

Land capability

III

class III: 100%

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 Udipsament subgroups

Soil series

Series are the specific soils, named after places, that detailed maps describe under this name. Two properties with the same series have the same soil.

Corrientes

Estancia Madre

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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