Soil Types
Soil Types and Related Map Samples Contained Within BONAP's Floristic Synthesis.

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pH

Soil pH ©BONAP

Acid

Acid soils with pH < 6 ©BONAP

Neutral
Neutral soils with pH 6-7. ©BONAP
 Basic
Basic soils with pH > 7. ©BONAP

Serpentine2011
Serpentine and ultramafic soils and/or possible outcrops ©BONAP

WaterConcentration of wetlands and open water areas ©BONAP

Aqualfs
Wetland soils with nutrient-rich clays ©BONAP
Aquands
Volcanic wetland soils ©BONAP
Aquents
Undeveloped wetland soils ©BONAP
Aquepts
Weakly developed wetland soils ©BONAP
Aquerts
Shrink/swell clay wetland soils ©BONAP
Aquods
Pine forest wetland soils ©BONAP
Aquolls
Prairie wetland soils ©BONAP
Aquults
Wetland soils with nutrient poor clays ©BONAP
Entisols
Undeveloped soils (excluding wetlands, fluvents, and psamnents) ©BONAP
Wao
Acidic organic wetland soil ©BONAP
Wno
Non-acidic organic wetland soil ©BONAP
 Uac
Upland acidic sands ©BONAP
 Uaf
Upland acidic clays ©BONAP
 Uam
Upland acidic silts/loams ©BONAP
 Uas
Upland acidic shallow ©BONAP
 Unf
Upland non-acidic clays ©BONAP
 Uns
Upland non-acidic shallow soils
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 dr1
Excessively drained soils ©BONAP
dr3
Well-drained soils ©BONAP

dr7
Very poorly-drained soils ©BONAP

Alfisols
Soils with nutrient-rich clays (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP
Andisols
Volcanic soils (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP
Gypsids
Gypsum soils ©BONAP
 Histosols
Organic soils (excluding uplands) ©BONAP
Humic
Mineral soils with high organic contect (excluding prairie soils) ©BONAP
organic_rich_upland
Mineral soils with high organic content ©BONAP

 Psamments
Deep sandy soil ©BONAP

Rendollic
Limestone praire soils ©BONAP
Saline
Salty soils (high electric conductivity) ©BONAP

Ultisols
Soils with nutrient-poor clays (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP

 vertisolsShrink/swell clay soils (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP

 aridsolsDesert soils (excluding salt flats and gypsum) ©BONAP

 fluvents
Non-wetland floodplain soils ©BONAP

 fluvialVarious soils with elements of a floodplain soil ©BONAP

 FolistsUpland organic soils ©BONAP

 Mollisols
Prairie soils (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP

Salids
Salt flats ©BONAP
spodisols
Pine forest soils (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP

Outcrop
Rock outcrops ©BONAP

 InceptisolsWeakly developed soils (excluding wetlands) ©BONAP

 LithicShallow soils (bedrock within a half meter of the surface) ©BONAP

 Arents
Man-made/modified soils ©BONAP

 soilmoisture

Relative soil moisture based on average drainage and climate ©BONAP

 LTA20080214a
Soils of the lower 48 US states, based on dominant soil pH, textures, and wetland status (data from NRCS) ©BONAP

 Soil Taxa
Soil orders and selected suborders of the United States, based on Soil Taxonomy of the USDA NRCS ©BONAP

 


   

Last updated April 15, 2011.

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