Lochinver
DERIVATION:
Gneisses and schists of Lewisian age, acid, basic and intermediate composition.
TYPES OF PARENT MATERIALS MAPPED:
- Glacial drift
- Shattered rock in situ
- Morainic deposits
COLOUR:
Yellowish brown in subsoil.
TEXTURE:
Generally coarse sandy texture with low silt content (around 10%), but basic parent materials are finer with up to 30% silt (sandy loam to sandy silt loam).
DOMINANT LAND USE:
Rough grazing with some permanent pasture.
LANDFORMS:
Rugged undulating to irregular rocky terrain with hummocky valley moraines in localised areas.
Slopes range from gentle to steep. Some mountainous terrain.
SOIL CHEMISTRY:
Variable acidity and base saturation, the more basic the rock type the higher the pH and base saturation.
SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
Potential rooting depth 30 to 50cm depending on depth to induration or to bedrock. Weak structural development in subsoil.
LOCHINVER ASSOCIATION : NO NAMED SERIES