Inceptisol

Inceptisol
Inceptisol
	Inceptisol profile
Used in	USDA soil taxonomy

Inceptisols are a soil order in USDA soil taxonomy. They form quickly through alteration of parent material. They are more developed than Entisols.^[1] They have no accumulation of clays, iron oxide, aluminium oxide or organic matter. They have an ochric or umbric horizon and a cambic subsurface horizon.

In the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB), most Inceptisols are Cambisols or Umbrisols. Some may be Nitisols. Many Aquepts belong to Gleysols and Stagnosols.^[2]

Suborders

Aquepts – with a water table close to the surface
Gelepts – in very cold climates
Cryepts – in cold climates
Udepts – in humid climates
Ustepts – in semiarid and sub-humid climates'
Xerepts – in areas with very dry summers and moist winters

References

^ "Inceptisols". Michigan State University.
^ IUSS Working Group WRB (2015). "World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015" (PDF). World Soil Resources Reports 106, FAO, Rome.

"Inceptisols" (PDF). USDA-NRCS. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
"Inceptisols". University of Florida. Archived from the original on September 18, 2004. Retrieved 2006-05-14.
"Inceptisols". University of Idaho. Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2006-05-14.

[1] "Inceptisols". Michigan State University.

[2] IUSS Working Group WRB (2015). "World Reference Base for Soil Resources 2014, Update 2015" (PDF). World Soil Resources Reports 106, FAO, Rome.

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