0-8
8-19
19-67
La Castellana Series
| Soil Fertility | Low to moderate |
|---|---|
| Soil pH | Acidic (5 .0 |
| Organic Matter | Moderate |
| Phosphorus (P) | Low fixed |
| Potassium (K) | Moderate |
| Nutrient Retention | Moderate |
| Base Saturation | Moderate |
| Salinity Hazard | None |
| Physical Soil Quality | |
|---|---|
| Relief | Rolling to hilly |
| Water Retention | Low |
| Drainage | Good to excessive |
| Permeability | Moderate to rapid |
| Workability/Tilth | Easy (without outcrops) |
| Stoniness | Boulder outcrops |
| Rooting Depth | Shallow (0.5 m) |
| Flooding | None |
| Erosion | Severe |
Surface Soil Type: Clay loam
Family name: Clayey-skeletal, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic, Oxic Dystropepts
Soils developed from andesites and basalts and partly from volcanic tuff breccia and other igneous rocks This soil has 35 or more rock fragments clayey skeletal composed mainly of non expanding 11 kaolinite minerals It is an inceptisol ept a young soil in its incipient development stage toward mature soil but has not yet fully developed its diagnostic horizons It has a subsurface horizon that is coarse textured with less than 10 clay and consists of weatherable minerals The mean annual soil temperature is higher than 22C isohyperthermic