Alfisols!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Develop in semiarid to moist areas• Primarily forested soils• They have clay and nutrient rich sub-soils that

hold and supply moisture and nutrients very efficiently for plants

• Can be very productive • Easily eroded

Diagnostic Features

• Orchric Epipedon• Contains Argillic Horizon• Typical horizon: A, E, Bt, C• Alfisols typically form in hardwood forests or

mixed vegetative cover• Alfisols are productive for most crops

• Alfisols Make up 10% of the earth ice free land surface!

• Alfisols Support about 17% of the Worlds Population!!!!!