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Alfisols are a soil order in USA soil taxonomy . Alfisols form in semiarid to humid areas, typically under a hardwood forest cover. They have a clay and nutrient-enriched subsoil. Because of their productivity and abundance, the Alfisols represent one of the more important soil orders.
Suborders Aqualfs — wet soils; aquic soil moisture regime Boralfs — cold climate; frigid or cryic soil temperature regime Udalfs — humid climate; udic moisture regime Ustalfs — subhumid climate; ustic moisture regime Xeralfs — Mediteranaean climate; xeric moisture regime
See also Pedogenesis Pedology (soil study) Soil classification Soil science Soil type
External Links SSSA glossary - alfisols (http://www.soils.org/cgi-bin/gloss_search.cgi?QUERY=Alfisols ) (http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/alfisols.html ) alfisols (http://soils.ag.uidaho.edu/soilorders/alfisols.htm ) alfisols (http://grunwald.ifas.ufl.edu/Nat_resources/soil_orders/alfisols.htm )
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Alfisols (3694 words)
The suborders of Alfisols are distinguished by soil temperature and soil moisture (Figure 1.). Ustalfs are the Alfisols of subhumid to semiarid regions. Alfisols with wet soil moisture conditions and redox depletions with a chroma of 2 or less (e.g.
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Alfisols are a soil order in USA soil taxonomy . Alfisols form in semiarid to humid areas, typically under a hardwood forest cover. Because of their productivity and abundance, the Alfisols represent one of the more important soil orders.
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