Comparison

• Vegetation - coniferous

  Podzol
• Vegetation - diciduous

  Brown earth
• Vegetation - mosses

  Gley
• Landscape - Plateau moorland or foot of slope

  Gley
• Landscape - higher altitudes

  Podzol
• Landscape - lower altitudes

  Brown earth
• Roots - shallow

  Podzol
• Roots - plenty

  Brown earth
• Roots - limited

  Gley
• Recycling - limited

  • Gley
  • podzol
• Recycling - plenty

  Brown earth
• Litter -some

  Podzol
• Litter - abundant

  Brown earth
• Litter - limited

  Gley
• Climate - cold

  • podzol
  • gley
• climate - warm

  • Brown earth
• Precipitation - Heavy

  Podzol
• Precipitation - Wet conditions

  Gley
• Precipitation - moderate rainfall

  Brown earth
• Decompoition - rapid

  Brown earth
• Decomposition - very slow

  Gley
• Decomposition - slow

  Podzol
• Humus - acidic black mor

  • Podzol
  • gley
• Humus - less acidic black mul

  Brown earth
• Biota - none

  • podzol
  • gley
• Biota - plenty

  Brown earth
• A-horizon - dark red/brown

  Brown earth
• A-horizon- Black

  Gley
• A-horizon - Ash-grey

  Podzol
• Aeration - Aerated

  Brown earth
• Aeration - not aerated

  • podzol
  • gley
• Horizons - indistinct

  • Brown earth
  • gley
• Horizons - distinct

  Podzol
• Waterlogging - waterlogged

  • podzol
  • gley
• Waterlogging - free draining

  Brown earth
• Leaching - less

  Brown earth
• Leaching - strong

  Podzol
• Iron pan and gleying - present

  Podzol
• Iron pan and gleying - possible iron pan

  Brown earth
• B-horizon colour - light colour

  Brown earth