Soil Taxonomy

Soil Taxonomy

La taxonomía de suelos de USDA, (Soil Taxonomy, en inglés), fue desarrollada y coordinada internacionalmente por el Ministerio de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, acrónimo (en inglés) para el United States Department of Agriculture y su subsidiaria National Cooperative Soil Survey. Es una clasificación de suelos en función de varios parámetros (y propiedades) que se desarrolla en niveles: Orden, Suborden, Gran Grupo, Subgrupo, Familia, y Serie.

Contenido

Ejemplos de clasificación de un tipo de suelo

Orden: Entisoles

Suborden: Fluvents
Gran Grupo: Torrifluvents
Subgrupo: Torrifluvents Típico
Family: Torrifluvents Típico, limoso fino, mezclado, superactivo, calcáreo
Serie: Jocity, Youngston.

Otro ejemplo

Orden: Alfisoles

Suborden: Xeralfs
Gran Grupo: Durixeralfs
Subgrupo: Durixeralfs Abrúptico
Family: Durixeralfs Abrúptico, fino, mexclado, activo, térmico
Series: serie San Joaquín

Enlace a la descripción oficial de la serie: ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/StateSoil_Profiles/ca_soil.pdf

Órdenes

Véase también

Referencias

Enlaces externos


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