Updated Taxonomic Classification of the Soils of the U.S. Virgin Islands
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Lugo-López, M. A., & Rivera, L. H. (1980). Updated Taxonomic Classification of the Soils of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 64(2), 131–137. https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v64i2.10226

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.
https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v64i2.10226
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