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Table 16.1
Key to the Soil Forms in Soil Classification: A Binomial System for South Africa*
UNDERLYING
DIAGNOSTIC
HORIZONS/
MATERIALS
DIAGNOSTIC TOPSOIL HORIZONS
Organic
Humic
Vertic
Melanic
Orthic
Gleyed material
Champagne (34)
G horizon
Rensburg (44)
Willowbrook(48)
Katspruit (60)
Pedocutanic B/
saprolite
Swartland (62)
Pedocutanic B/
unconsolidated
material
Valsrivier (64)
Pedocutanic B
Bonheim (50)
Prismacutanic B
Sterkspruit (66)
E horizon/
Prismacutanic B
Estcourt (68)
E horizon/
Gleycutanic B
Kroonstad (70)
E/Yellow-brown
apedal B
Constantia (72)
E/Red apedal B
Shepstone (74)
E/Neocutanic B
Vilafontes (76)
E/Ferrihumic B/
saprolite
Houwhoek (78)
E/Ferrihumic B/
unconsolidated
material
Lamotte (80)
E/Lithocutanic B
Cartref (82)
E horizon/Hard
plinthic B
Wasbank (84)
E horizon/Soft
plinthic B
Longlands (86)
Soft plinthic B
Tambankulu (52)
Westleigh (88)
Yellow-brown
apedal B/Soft
plinthic B
Avalon (90)
Yellow-brown
apedal B/Hard
plinthic B
Glencoe (92)
Yellow-brown
apedal B/
Gleycutanic B
Pinedene (94)
Yellow-brown
apedal B/Red
apedal B
Kranskop (36)
Griffen (96)
Yellow-brown
apedal B
Magwa (38)
Clovelly (98)
Red apedal B/Soft
plinthic B
Bainsvlei (100)
Red apedal B
Inanda (40)
Hutton (102)
Red structured B
Shortlands(104)
Neocutanic B
Inhoek (54)
Oakleaf (106)
Regic sand
Fernwood (108)
Stratified
alluvium
Inhoek (54)
Dundee (110)
Lithocutanic B
Nomanci (42)
Mayo (56)
Glenrosa (112)
Hard rock, etc.
Milkwood (58)
Mispah (114)
Not specified
Arcadia (46)
* Pages for matrix tables in brackets. Adapted from MacVicar et al., 1977.
