Soil Types

There are 12 soil types found throughout the world.

1. Gelisols
2. Histosols
3. Spodosols
4. Andisols
5. Oxisols
6. Vertisols
7. Aridisols
8. Ultisols
9. Mollisols
10. Alfisols
11. Inceptisols
12. Entisols

A description of each type can be found here: http://soils.cals.uidaho.edu/soilorders/orders.htm


Soil spotlight: Oxisols
These soils are characteristically highly weathered soils. It is mainly found in inter tropical regions. It is often rich in Fe and Al oxide materials. Naturally this soil has very low fertility unless fertilizers and foreign minerals are added.