Stagnogley
Type of soil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A stagnogley soil is a typically non-alluvial, non-calcareous, loamy or clayey soil with a relatively impervious, subsurface horizon.[1] Stagnogley soils are related to the pseudogleys and are a type of gleyic soil. The name of this hygroscopic soil derives from its gley dynamics. The nutrient-poor, often heavily acidified soil is poorly aerated and is not suited to arable use on account of the poor growth performance of cultivated crops.[2] As a shallow topsoil with a moderately stony subsoil,[3] it is mainly used for woodland.[4] Because of its shallow nature it is only suitable for species of trees that thrive well in these conditions, such as the English Oak.