Planteome: Term Details for "arenosol" (ENVO:00002229)

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Term Information

Accession: ENVO:00002229
Name: arenosol
Ontology
Synonyms: psamment, sandy soil
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Arenosols are sandy soils, including both soils developed in residual sands after in situ weathering of usually quartz-rich sediments or rock, and soils developed in recently deposited sands such as dunes in deserts and beach lands. Source: FAO:http://fao.org/ag/agl/agll/wrb/doc/wrb2006final.pdf
Comment: None
Subset: None
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