Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than Entisols.[1] They have no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.
In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), most Inceptisols are Cambisols or Umbrisols. Some may be Nitisols. Many Aquepts belong to Gleysols and Stagnosols.[2]
Suborders
- Aquepts – with a water table close to the surface
- Anthrepts – with a plaggen or anthropic epipedon, a sign of intense and prolonged human activity
- Gelepts – in very cold climates
- Cryepts – in cold climates
- Udepts – in humid climates
- Ustepts – in semiarid and sub-humid climates'
- Xerepts – in areas with very dry summers and moist winters
References
- ^ "Inceptisols". Michigan State University.
- ^ IUSS Working Group WRB (2015). "World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015" (PDF). World Soil Resources Reports 106, FAO, Rome.
- "Inceptisols" (PDF). USDA-NRCS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- "Inceptisols". University of Florida. Archived from the original on September 18, 2004. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
- "Inceptisols". University of Idaho. Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
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