PhilRice

Soil Series

Information System

0-13
13-26
26-48
48-61
Ilagan Series
Soil Fertility
Soil pH Low to high
Organic Matter Medium
Phosphorus (P) Low
Potassium (K) Medium
Nutrient Retention High
Base Saturation High
Salinity Hazard
Physical Soil Quality
Relief undulating to hilly
Water Retention
Drainage Good
Permeability
Workability/Tilth
Stoniness None
Rooting Depth Moderately deep (soil depth)
Flooding None
Erosion
Surface Soil Type: Clay
Family name: Fine, mixed, isohyperthermic, Typic Haplustalfs
Fine textured soil with 35 60 clay content with no particular mineral of any kind dominates in the soil mixed The soil temperature is isohyperthermic 22C The soil is atypical typicrepresentative of great group haplustalfs It is an Alfisol alfs found in areas with pronounced wet and dry season Ust from the word Ustic with minimum complexity of horizonation Halp Alfisol soils have an alluvial accumulation of clay in the subsoil horizons from the underlying horizons The natural soil fertility is moderate to high moderately high OM low P medium K with low to high pH This soil is moderately deep and well drained and has moderate permeability Crops common in the area maybe cultivated but is best for pasture and forest