PhilRice

Soil Series

Information System

0-13
13-38
38-66
Sara Series
Soil Fertility Moderate
Soil pH Slightly acid (5.0
Organic Matter Low
Phosphorus (P) Moderate
Potassium (K) Low
Nutrient Retention Moderate to high
Base Saturation High
Salinity Hazard Low
Physical Soil Quality
Relief Level to gently rolling
Water Retention Moderate
Drainage Moderate
Permeability Slow
Workability/Tilth Moderate
Stoniness Occasional gravels
Rooting Depth Deep (>1m)
Flooding None to seasonal
Erosion None
Surface Soil Type: Clay loam/Sandy loam
Family name: Fine, smectitic, isohyperthermic, Typic Epiaquept
A fine textured soil having 35 60 clay dominated by minerals with high shrink and swell capacity smectitic creating wide cracks very sticky when wet and compacted when dry It is in the incipient development toward a mature soil ept Inceptisol This soil is saturated with water for repeated periods of time aqu aquic and has an annual soil temperature higher than 22C isohyperthermic