Identification of the Taxonomic Class of a Soil

Abstract

In this chapter, key to soil taxonomy hierarchy of UAE, from order-suborder-great group-subgroups are described. Within the soil order Aridisols, the soil taxa have been described as suborders, great groups and subgroups, such as, Suborders (Salids, Gypsids, Calcids, Cambids), Great Groups (Petrocalcids, Haplocalcids, Petrogypsids, Haplocambids, Calcigypsids, Haplogypsids, Aquisalids, Haplosalids), and Subgroups (Salidic Lithic Haplocalcids, Lithic Haplocalcids, Salidic Haplocalcids, Sodic Haplocalcids, Typic Haplocalcids, Calcic Petrocalcids, Typic Petrocalcids, Sodic Haplocambids, Fluventic Haplocambids, Typic Haplocambids, Lithic Calcigypsids, Salidic Calcigypsids, Typic Calcigypsids, Salidic Lithic Haplogypsids, Lithic Haplogypsids, Salidic Leptic Haplogypsids, Leptic Haplogypsids, Salidic Haplogypsids, Typic Haplogypsids, Salidic Lithic Petrogypsids, Lithic Petrogypsids, Salidic Calcic Petrogypsids, Calcic Petrogypsids, Salidic Petrogypsids, Typic Petrogypsids, Gypsic Lithic Aquisalids, Lithic Aquisalids, Petrogypsic Aquisalids, Anhydritic Aquisalids, Gypsic Aquisalids, Typic Aquisalids, Petrogypsic Lithic Haplosalids, Gypsic Lithic Haplosalids, Calcic Lithic Haplosalids, Lithic Haplosalids, Petrogypsic Haplosalids, Anhydritic Haplosalids, Leptic Gypsic Haplosalids, Gypsic Haplosalids, Calcic Haplosalids, and Typic Haplosalids). Within the order Entisols, the soil taxa have been described as Suborders (Aquents, Psamments, Orthents), Great Groups (Psammaquents, Torriorthents, Torripsamments), Subgroups (Salidic Psammaquents, Salidic Lithic Torriorthents, Lithic Torriorthents, Salidic Torriorthents, Sodic Torriorthents, Typic Torriorthents, Salidic Lithic Torripsamments, Lithic Torripsamments, Oxyaquic Torripsamments, Salidic Torripsamments, Sodic Torripsamments, and Typic Torripsamments).