Soil

Soil

By looking at the UK Soil Observatory's it is possible to get an idea of the make up of our soil.

Soil Group: Heavy

Soil Texture: Clayey Loam, Locally Chalky

Parent material carbonate content: CaCO3 Content VARIABLE(LOW)
Calcium Carbonate which is defined as :
(Elements & Compounds) a white crystalline salt occurring in limestone, chalk, marble, calcite, coral, and pearl: used in the production of lime and cement. Formula: CaCO3

European Soil Bureau description: Glacial Till

Cadmium Sesquioxide Metal Binding Capacity: Value 4.5 - 5.0

Topsoil Carbon Stock: Value 6.33 (I think %)

Soilscapes: Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils

Native Woodland Model: Lowland mixed broadleaves with dog's mercury

Soil layer thickness: Deep

Nearby Soil depth (points) Base: 1m

Parent material grain size (Grain Size): MIXED (ARGILLIC-RUDACEOUS)
(I think this means course clay?)

Drainage: Impeded drainage

Fertility: Moderate

Habitat: Seasonally wet pastures and woodlands

Landcover: Grassland and arable some woodland

Carbon: low

Drains to: Stream network

Water Protection: Main risks are associated with overland flow from compacted or poached fields. Organic slurry, dirty water, fertiliser, pathogens and fine sediment can all move in suspension or solution with overland flow or drain water

General Cropping: Mostly suited to grass production for dairying or beef; some cereal production often for feed. Timeliness of stocking and fieldwork is important, and wet ground conditions should be avoided at the beginning and end of the growing season to avoid damage to soil structure. Land is tile drained and periodic moling or subsoiling will assist drainage

Texture: Loamy and clayey

This soil type Coverage: England: 19.9%    Wales: 2.4%

England & Wales: 17.5%

Make Up:

NSI Topsoil Silicon: 29.56%
NSI Topsoil Aluminium: 6.1%
NSI Topsoil Iron: 3.23%
NSI Topsoil Calcium: 1.93%
NSI Topsoil Potassium: 1.4%

NSI Topsoil Sodium: 0.41%
NSI Topsoil Titanium: 0.33%

NSI Topsoil Phosphorus: 0.07%

NSI Topsoil Manganese: 0.05%

NSI Topsoil Sulphur: 648.21 mg/kg
NSI Topsoil Barium: 344.38 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Zirconium: 285.88 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Chlorine: 105.09 mg/Kg

NSI Topsoil Iodine: 4.32 mg/Kg

NSI Topsoil Magnesium: 0.71%

NSI Topsoil Cerium: 60.74 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Caesium: 4.3 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Cadmium: 0.2 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Bromine: 7.41 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Bismuth: 0.26 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Arsenic: 18.61 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Antimony: 0.99 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Lead: 50.64 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Lanthanum: 31.04 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Indium: 0.25 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Hafnium: 6.99 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Germanium: 0.84 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Gallium: 10.67 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Copper: 21.96 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Cobalt: 11.18 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Strontium: 116.70 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Silver: 0.24 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Selenium: 0.33 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Scandium: 10.45 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Samarium: 2.49 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Rubidium: 67.34 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Palladium: 0.23 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Niobium: 11.5 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Nickel: 26.7 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Neodymium: 22.98 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Molybdenum: 1.57 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Zinc: 71.75 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Yttrium: 22.87 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Ytterbium: 2.61 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Vanadium: 82.99 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Uranium: 2.33 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Tungsten: 1.13 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Tin: 10.14 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Thorium: 8.68 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Thallium: 0.38 mg/kg

NSI Topsoil Tantalum: 0.75 mg/kg