Soil Texture Triangle

10% sand, 30% silt, 60% clay

• sandy clay

• Clay Loam

• Silty Clay

• Clay

10% sand, 50% silt, 40% clay

• Silty clay

• Silty clay loam

• Clay

• Clay loam

40% sand, 50% silt, 10% clay

• Loam

• Silt loam

• Sandy loam

• Clay loam

What is soil texture?

• the percentage of sand, silt, and clay

• the layers that soil makes as it forms

• the shape of the soil ped or chunks

• how easy it is to work and move around

If you have 20% sand and 20% clay, what is the soil texture?

• silt loam

• sandy clay loam

• loam

• sandy loam

If you have 30% clay and 30% silt, what is the soil texture?

• clay loam

• loam

• sandy clay loam

• clay

What soil texture occurs when you have 33% of sand, silt, clay?

• loam

• silty loam

• clay loam

• sandy clay loam

If a soil sample is 40% clay and 32% silt what is the percentage of sand?

• 72%

• 28%

• 30%

• 18%

What is the soil texture if it is 45% silt and 45% sand

• loam

• clay loam

• silt loam

• silty clay

What is the texture of a sample that is 35% clay and 20% silt?

• silty clay loam

• sandy clay loam

• loam

• sandy loam