Ettrick
DERIVATION:
Ordovician and Silurian greywackes and shales.
TYPES OF PARENT MATERIALS MAPPED:
- Glacial till
- Glacial drift
- Shallow drift onto rock
- Morainic deposits
- Cryogenic deposits
COLOUR:
Greyish brown in subsoil, sometimes reddish brown.
TEXTURE:
Sandy silt loam within topsoil but finer textures e.g. clay loam at depth. Drift deposits are slightly coarser in texture. Slightly stony.
DOMINANT LAND USE:
Permanent pasture, forestry and recreation.
LANDFORMS:
Highly variable, drumlins and undulating terrainwithin lowland areas, hill or valley sides, with gentle or moderate slopes and upland hill summits.
SOIL CHEMISTRY:
Moderate acidity (pH around 5 under semi-natural conditions and low to moderate percentage base saturation and phosphorus within the subsoil. Low available cobalt and copper in some soils.
SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
Potential rooting depth up to 50cm unless restricted by presence of rock or induration. Weak to moderate structural development within subsoil.
SERIES NAME | SOIL TYPE | DRAINAGE | PARENT MATERIAL |
---|---|---|---|
Alemoor | Peaty gley (SW) | Poor | Till |
Altimeg | Brown forest soil with gleying | Imperfect | Drift |
Auchrae | Peaty podzol |
Imperfect below iron pan |
Drift |
Dochroyle | Peaty gley (SW) | Poor and very poor | Drift |
Dod | Peaty podzol | Free below iron pan | Drift |
Dunscore | Brown forest soil | Free | Morainic deposits |
Ettrick | Noncalcareous gley | Poor | Till |
Ettriskel | Skeletal soil | Variable | Very shallow drift and residual |
Flemington | Brown forest soil | Free | Drift with partially sorted upper layers |
Hardlee | Peaty gley (SW) | Poor and very poor | Clayey till |
Kedslie | Brown forest soil with gleying and Noncalcareous gley | Imperfect | Clayey till |
Linhope | Brown forest soil | Free | Drift and colluvium |
Littleshalloch | Noncalcareous gley | Poor | Drift |
Merrick | Subalpine podzol | Free | Cryogenic |
Minchmoor | Humus iron podzol | Free | Drift |
Peden | Noncalcareous gley (SW) | Very poor | Till |