vertisol
Sign in to saveAlso known as shrink-swell soil, swell-shrink soil, vertosol, turf soil
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Key facts
- Soil.name
- Vertisol
- Soil.image
- Vertisol.jpg
- Soil.image_size
- 250px
- Soil.image_caption
- A vertisol profile
- Soil.classification_system
- WRB, USDA soil taxonomy
- Soil.profile
- OAC
- Soil.code
- VR
- Soil.process
- clay pedoturbation
- Soil.climate
- tropical savanna, semi-arid, humid subtropical, Mediterranean
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Vertisol.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vertisols
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002254
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8 sectionsContents
- Composition
- Occurrence
- Utilization
- Classification
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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A vertisol is a Soil Order in the USDA soil taxonomy and a Reference Soil Group in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB). It is also defined in many other soil classification systems. In the Australian Soil Classification it is called vertosol. The natural vegetation of vertisols is grassland, savanna, or grassy woodland. The heavy texture and unstable behaviour of the soil makes it difficult for many tree species to grow, and forest is uncommon.