Updated Taxonomic Classification of the Soils of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Abstract

Updated information on the classification of the soils of the U.S. Virgin Islands is discussed. The U.S. Soil Taxonomy System is followed. A complete picture is given that facilitates the location of each series within the different categories of the system: order, sub-order, great group, sub-group, and family. An alphabetical list of series, with their classification, is provided. The following orders are present: Alfisols, Entisols, Inceptisols, Mollisols, Ultisols, and Vertisols. There are 23 established classified series. Of these, nine also occur in Puerto Rico. The type location of the remaining 14 occur in the Virgin Islands.