• Andisols – Gelisols
• Spodosols • Based on the absent or present
the organic materials
• Oxisols – Histosols
• Vertisols • Based on the degree of
• Ultisols decompositions
– Aridisols
• Mollisols • Based on the absent or present
• Alfisols of the diagnostic criteria
• Inceptisols – Entisols
• Based on the causing factors of
the absent of diagnostic criteria
Suborders
Note that these “pieces” can also be used at the great group
level . . .
Suborders also differentiated based on key
features:
3 pieces of information
• Example: Argiudoll
• Order = Mollisol
• Suborder = Udoll (moist)
• Great = Argiudoll the name tells you there is an argillic horizon
• Diagnostic horizons, here they come…
Pieces to know for Great Group