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Spodosol, Spodosols
1. Acid forest soils with a subsurface accumulation of metal-humus complexes.
3. Etymology: from Greek spodos, "wood ashes" + -sol, Latin solum, "soil".
Spodosols often occur under coniferous forest in cool, moist climates and are divided into five suborders: Aquods, Gelods, Cryods, Humods, and Orthods which are defined in this unit.
2. From the U.S. Soil Taxonomy soil-order classification system.3. Etymology: from Greek spodos, "wood ashes" + -sol, Latin solum, "soil".
This entry is located in the following unit:
sol-, -sol +
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