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Usa Soil TaxonomySoil taxonomy developed by United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service provides an elaborate classification of soil types according to several parameters and in several levels: Order, Suborder, Great Group, Subgroup, Family, and Series. Example of classification of a soil type Order: Entisols - Suborder: Fluvents
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- Great Group: Torrifluvents
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- Subgroup: Typic Torrifluvents
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- Family: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, Typic Torrifluvents
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- Series: Jocity, Youngston.
Another Example Order: Alfisols - Suborder: Xeralfs
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- Great Group: Durixeralfs
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- Subgroup: Abruptic Durixeralfs
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- Family: Fine, Mixed, Active, thermic Abruptic Durixeralfs
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- Series: San Joaquin
Link to Official Series Description: http://ortho.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/osd/dat/S/SAN_JOAQUIN.html Orders Related articles External links
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