PhilRice

Soil Series

Information System

0-20
20-40
40-50
50-89
Tarlac Series
Soil Fertility Moderate
Soil pH Slightly acid to neutral (6.5-7.0)
Organic Matter Low
Phosphorus (P) High
Potassium (K) Low
Nutrient Retention Moderate
Base Saturation
Salinity Hazard
Physical Soil Quality
Relief Roughly rolling to hilly / mountainous
Water Retention Moderate
Drainage Good
Permeability Moderate
Workability/Tilth Moderate
Stoniness Quartz; reddish-brown concretions
Rooting Depth Deep (1m)
Flooding
Erosion Surface soil extremely susceptible to erosion
Surface Soil Type: Clay laom
Family name: Fine loamy, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic, Vertic Epiaquept
A soil that is in the incipient development towards a mature soil ept Inceptisol formed from older alluvial deposits It is a representative of the great group Epiaquept which has vertic properties that shrink and swell repeatedly vertic It is saturated with water repeatedly aqu manifested by its gray color with or without mottles It has an annual soil temperature higher than 22C isohyperthermic