Appendix B
Correlation of Orders of New Zealand Soil
Classification with the Nearest Equivalent Taxa
of Soil Taxonomy and World Reference Base
NZ Soil
Classification
Soil order
Soil Taxonomy
Equivalent soil order (or
suborder/great group)
World Reference
Base
Equivalent
reference soil
group
Allophanic
Soils
Andisols (except Vitrands)
Andosols
Anthropic
Soils
Entisols or unclassified
Anthrosols or
Technosols
Brown Soils
Inceptisols (also Entisols)
Cambisols
Gley Soils
Aquic suborders of
Inceptisols, Entisols,
Oxisols, etc.
Gleysols
Granular
Soils
Ultisols
Nitisols
Melanic Soils
Mollisols, Vertisols
Vertisols,
Calcisols,
Chernozems or
Phaeozems
Organic Soils
Histosols
Histosols
Oxidic Soils
Oxisols
Ferralsols
Pallic Soils
Alfisols, Inceptisols
Cambisols,
Luvisols, or
Planosols
Podzol Soils
Spodosols
Podzols
Pumice Soils
Andisols: mainly
Vitrands (also Vitricryands,
Vitraquands)
Andosols
(continued)
NZ Soil
Classification
Soil order
Soil Taxonomy
Equivalent soil order (or
suborder/great group)
World Reference
Base
Equivalent
reference soil
group
Raw Soils
Not-soil or Entisols
Regosols,
Arenosols or
unclassified
Recent Soils
Entisols (also Inceptisols)
Fluvisols,
Arenosols,
Leptosols,
Cambisols,
Regosols, or
Umbrisols
Semiarid
Soils
Aridisols
Luvisols,
Cambisols, or
Solonetz
Ultic Soils
Ultisols
Planosols
a After Hewitt (2010), Soil Survey Staff (2014) and World Reference
Base (2015). The correlations given here are a guide only—for accurate
classifications of a specific soil the soil properties and details of the
particular classification documents should be consulted
Hewitt AE (2010) New Zealand Soil Classification. 3rd edn. Landcare
Research Science Series No. 1. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press 136 p
Soil Survey Staff (2014) Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th ed. USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC 362 p
World Reference Base (2015) http://www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.
pdf accessed on 2 March 2020
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Correlation of Orders of New Zealand Soil
Classification with the Nearest Equivalent Taxa
of Soil Taxonomy and World Reference Base
NZ Soil
Classification
Soil order
Soil Taxonomy
Equivalent soil order (or
suborder/great group)
World Reference
Base
Equivalent
reference soil
group
Allophanic
Soils
Andisols (except Vitrands)
Andosols
Anthropic
Soils
Entisols or unclassified
Anthrosols or
Technosols
Brown Soils
Inceptisols (also Entisols)
Cambisols
Gley Soils
Aquic suborders of
Inceptisols, Entisols,
Oxisols, etc.
Gleysols
Granular
Soils
Ultisols
Nitisols
Melanic Soils
Mollisols, Vertisols
Vertisols,
Calcisols,
Chernozems or
Phaeozems
Organic Soils
Histosols
Histosols
Oxidic Soils
Oxisols
Ferralsols
Pallic Soils
Alfisols, Inceptisols
Cambisols,
Luvisols, or
Planosols
Podzol Soils
Spodosols
Podzols
Pumice Soils
Andisols: mainly
Vitrands (also Vitricryands,
Vitraquands)
Andosols
(continued)
NZ Soil
Classification
Soil order
Soil Taxonomy
Equivalent soil order (or
suborder/great group)
World Reference
Base
Equivalent
reference soil
group
Raw Soils
Not-soil or Entisols
Regosols,
Arenosols or
unclassified
Recent Soils
Entisols (also Inceptisols)
Fluvisols,
Arenosols,
Leptosols,
Cambisols,
Regosols, or
Umbrisols
Semiarid
Soils
Aridisols
Luvisols,
Cambisols, or
Solonetz
Ultic Soils
Ultisols
Planosols
a After Hewitt (2010), Soil Survey Staff (2014) and World Reference
Base (2015). The correlations given here are a guide only—for accurate
classifications of a specific soil the soil properties and details of the
particular classification documents should be consulted
Hewitt AE (2010) New Zealand Soil Classification. 3rd edn. Landcare
Research Science Series No. 1. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press 136 p
Soil Survey Staff (2014) Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th ed. USDA
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC 362 p
World Reference Base (2015) http://www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.
pdf accessed on 2 March 2020
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
A. E. Hewitt et al., The Soils of Aotearoa New Zealand, World Soils Book Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64763-6
317