Cambisol

An cambisol (CM) can be defined through :

• a cambic horizon

or :

• a mollic horizon overlying a subsoil which has a base saturation (by 1 M NH₄OAc) of less than 50 percent in some part within 100 cm from the soil surface

or :

• one of the following diagnostic horizons within the specified depth from the soil surface :
  • an andic, vertic or vitric horizon starting between 25 and 100 cm
  • a plinthic, petroplinthic or salic horizon starting between 50 and 100 cm, in the absence of loamy sand or coarser textures above these horizons

Possible qualifiers

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

Prefix qualifiers		Suffix qualifiers
Folic Anthraquic Hortic Irragric Plaggic Terric Technic Leptic Vertic Thionic Fluvic Endosalic Endogleyic Vitric Andic Fractiplinthic Petroplinthic Pisoplinthic Plinthic Ferralic Fragic Gelistagnic Stagnic Haplic		Manganiferric Ferric Ornithic Colluvic Gypsiric Calcaric Tephric Alumic Sodic Alcalic Humic Dystric Eutric Laxic Turbic Gelic Oxyaquic Greyic Ruptic Pisocalcic Hyperochric Takyric Yermic Aridic Densic Skeletic Siltic Clayic Rhodic Chromic Escalic Transportic Novic

Source

• The FAO website