Ordovician and Silurian greywackes and shales.
Greyish brown in subsoil, sometimes reddish brown.
Sandy silt loam within topsoil but finer textures e.g. clay loam at depth. Drift deposits are slightly coarser in texture. Slightly stony.
Permanent pasture, forestry and recreation.
Highly variable, drumlins and undulating terrainwithin lowland areas, hill or valley sides, with gentle or moderate slopes and upland hill summits.
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.
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 [2] (SW) | Poor | Till |
Altimeg | Brown forest soil [3] with gleying | Imperfect | Drift |
Auchrae | Peaty podzol [4] |
Imperfect below iron pan |
Drift |
Dochroyle | Peaty gley [2] (SW) | Poor and very poor | Drift |
Dod | Peaty podzol [4] | Free below iron pan | Drift |
Dunscore | Brown forest soil [3] | Free | Morainic deposits |
Ettrick | Noncalcareous gley [5] | Poor | Till |
Ettriskel | Skeletal soil [6] | Variable | Very shallow drift and residual |
Flemington | Brown forest soil [3] | Free | Drift with partially sorted upper layers |
Hardlee | Peaty gley [2] (SW) | Poor and very poor | Clayey till |
Kedslie | Brown forest soil [3] with gleying and Noncalcareous gley [5] | Imperfect | Clayey till |
Linhope | Brown forest soil [3] | Free | Drift and colluvium |
Littleshalloch | Noncalcareous gley [5] | Poor | Drift |
Merrick | Subalpine podzol | Free | Cryogenic |
Minchmoor | Humus iron podzol [7] | Free | Drift |
Peden | Noncalcareous gley [5] (SW) | Very poor | Till |
Links:
[1] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/images/explorescotland/es-soil-association-ettrick.jpg
[2] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/peatygleys
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/brownforestsoils
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/peatypodzols
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/noncalcareousgleys
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/rendzinas
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/humusironpodzols
[8] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/allan-lilly
[9] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/introduction
[10] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils
[11] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/learning/exploringscotland/soils/parentmaterial