Planosol

A planosol (PL) can be defined through :

• an eluvial horizon, the lower boundary of which is marked, within 100 cm from the soil surface, by an abrupt textural change associated with stagnic properties above that boundary

and :

• no albeluvic tonguing

Possible qualifiers

For each RSG, there are some possible prefix and suffix qualifiers :

Prefix qualifiers		Suffix qualifiers
Solodic Folic Histic Technic Vertic Endosalic Plinthic Endogleyic Mollic Gypsic Petrocalcic Calcic Alic Acric Luvic Lixic Umbric Haplic		Thionic Albic Manganiferric Ferric Geric Ruptic Calcaric Sodic Alcalic Alumic Dystric Eutric Gelic Greyic Arenic Siltic Clayic Chromic Drainic Transportic

Source

• The FAO website