Acrisol

Acrisol

A gleyic acrisol profile from Malaysia

Used in:	WRB
WRB code:	AC
Profile:	AEBtC
Parent material:	various
Climate:	tropical, humid subtropical

An acrisol is a type of soil as classified by the Food and Agriculture Organization. It is clay-rich, and is associated with humid, tropical climates, such as those found in Brazil, and often supports forested areas.^[1] It is one of the 30 major soil groups of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources.^[2] Acrisols correspond to the aquult, humults, udults and ustults sub-orders of ultisols in the USDA soil taxonomy and also to oxisols with a candic horizons and some alfisols.^[3] The acrisols low fertility and toxic amounts of aluminium pose limitations to its agricultural use, favouring in many places its use for silviculture, low intensity pasture and protected areas. Crops that can be successfully cultivated, if climate allows, include tea, rubber tree, oil palm, coffee and sugar cane.^[3]

The types of acrisol are:

ACf Ferric Acrisols
ACg Gleyic Acrisols
ACh Haplic Acrisols
ACp Plinthic Acrisols
ACu Humic Acrisols

References

↑ T. R. Yu (1997). Chemistry of Variable Charge Soils. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 0-19-509745-9.
↑ World reference base for soil resources
1 2 CHESWORTH, WARD. Encyclopedia of Soil Science. 2001. pp. 22-24

Acrisols

Soil classification

USDA soil taxonomy	Alfisols Andisols Aridisols Entisols Gelisols Histosols Inceptisols Mollisols Oxisols Spodosols Ultisols Vertisols

World Reference Base for Soil Resources	Acrisols Albeluvisols Alisols Andosols Anthrosols Arenosols Calcisols Cambisols Chernozem Cryosols Durisols Ferralsols Fluvisols Gleysols Gypsisols Histosol Kastanozems Leptosols Lixisols Luvisols Nitisols Phaeozems Planosols Plinthosols Podzols Regosols Solonchaks Solonetz Stagnosol Technosols Umbrisols Vertisols

Other systems	Unified Soil Classification System AASHTO Soil Classification System Référentiel pédologique (French classification system) Canadian system of soil classification Australian Soil Classification 1938 USDA soil taxonomy List of U.S. state soils List of vineyard soil types

Types of soil

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Acrisol

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References