Appendix A. Local field- and place names and their significance in the Dutch Soil
Classification System2
Local field- or place name Meaning
Aar (in ‘‘aar’’veengronden’’) no special significance, occurs often as toponym in areas
where these soils are found and are used for horticulture;
aar-peatsoils
Akker (in ‘‘akkereerdgronden’’) local name for old arable complexes often on younger
reclamations, used here to name sandy soils with a moderate
thick Ah and deep groundwater table, without having the
podzol-B; akker-earthsoils
Beek (in brown and black
‘‘beekeerdgronden’’)
these soils occur often along brooks ( = beek) and have
hydromorphic properties; beek-earthsoils
Beemd (in ‘‘beemdbrikgronden’’) ‘‘beemd’’, in local dialect ‘‘bant’’ or ‘‘bent’’ ( = low, wet meadow or
pasture) a toponym for hydromorphic soils with a Bt; beemd-bricksoils
Berg (in ‘‘bergbrikgronden’’) indicative for eroded bricksoils in which the bricklayer (Bt) is at or
very near the surface; common in South Limburg on gently undulating
topography, 4 –8% slope; (berg = hill or mountain), where sheet erosion
has washed away the Ah horizon; berg-bricksoils
Bo (in ‘‘boveengronden’’) ‘‘bo’’ is often part of a local place or field name and these soils occur
in the oldest parts of the reclaimed areas, like in the environs of
the town Schoonebeek where many names with ‘‘bo’’ are found;
bo-peatsoils