Example 3
A map unit dominated by a soil with a thick layer of strongly decomposed acidic
organic material, 70 cm thick, with continuous rock at 80 cm and in an environment
with a large excess of precipitation will be named as follows:
• at the first map scale level: > Histosols
• at the second map scale level: > Sapric Histosols
• at the third map scale level: > Leptic Sapric Histosols
• at the fourth map scale level: > Ombric Leptic Sapric Histosols