Klasifikasi Tanah
Usaha membeda-bedakan
mengelompokkan
tanah berdasarkan sifat-sifatnya
Tujuan
mengetahui sifat dan ciri tanah pada
masing-masing kelompok tanah (kelas tanah) sehingga
memudahkan pengguna tanah untuk mengelola
tanah tersebut agar dapat berproduksi secara
optimal
Alami/taksonomi:berdasarkan
sifat2 alami tanah tanpa dihub. dgn
pengunaannya
- Taksonomi Tanah (USDA)
Teknikal: berdasarkan tujuan khusus dgn memilih ciri2 ttt yg pgrhi
kemampuan dan penggunaannya
- - Klasifikasi Kemampuan Lahan USDA
- - Klasifikasi Kesesuaian Lahan FAO
Mengapa tanah diklasifikasikan?
• Menata atau mengorganisasi pengetahuan
tentang tanah
• Mengetahui hubungan antara individu tanah
(ilmiah)
• Mengelompokkan tanah untuk tujuan lebih
praktis
– Penggunaan optimal
– Hazard/Pembatasan/Penilaian remidiasi – Produktivitas potensial
– Penyampaian informasi yang efisien di dalam komunikasi ilmiah
Sejak th 1988 hanya gunakan
sistem Taksonomi Tanah.
Sebelum 1988 ada 3
:
-
Pusat Penelitian Tanah (PPT)
-
FAO/UNESCO
dikembangkan oleh Soil Survey Staff (USDA),
tahun 1975
Terus direvisi
2ed, 1999
ada 6 kategori yaitu
Order, Suborder, Great
Categories in ST:
Order – key soil properties resulting from major
soil-forming processes (epipedons, subsurface horizons, materials, characteristics)
Suborder – key soil properties that are major controls on
soil-forming processes, e.g., soil climate (most orders); kinds of salts (Aridisols); kinds of soil parent materials
(Entisols); degree of decomposition (Histosols); presence or absence of cryoturbation (Gelisols)
Great Group – key soil properties that are additional
controls on soil genesis (diagnostic horizons)
Subgroup – central concept (Typic), intergrades,
extragrades
Family – properties important to plant growth (texture,
mineralogy, soil temperature regime, etc.)
1.
Orders (
12
)
(surface and subsurface diagnostic horizons)2.
Suborders (
55
)
(Soil temperature. and moistureregimes)
3.
Great group (
238
)
(subsurface diagnostic horizon)4.
Subgroup (
1243
)
(drainage, lithic contact, PM, claytype)
5.
Family (
7504
)
(Texture of diagnostic surface horizon)6.
Series
(about 19,000) in U.S.Kategori Nama Kategori Nama
Phylum Pteridophyta Order Alfisol
Kelas Angiospermae Sub-order Udalf
Sub-kelas Dicotyledoneae Greatgroup Hapludalf
Order Rosales Sub-group Aquic Hapludalf
Family Leguminoseae Family Aquic Hapludalf, berlempung
halus, Campuran, Aktif, Isohipertermik
Genus Trifolium Seri Lape
Species T. repens (Phase) Berbatu
Differentiating Characteristics in ST
:
Diagnostic epipedons
Diagnostic subsurface horizons
Other diagnostic soil characteristics
Soil moisture and temperature
horison penciri yg terbentuk di
permukaan tanah.
tidak sinonim dg horizon A
dapat mencakup sebagian
Surface horizons
Influenced strongly by
biochemical and
geochemical processes
Correspond with A, E, and
sometimes upper B
horizons
Histik: Bahan organik (BO) tinggi (>75%), tebal 20-40cm. Mollik: BO >1%, warna gelap dg value dan kroma <3
(lembab) dan value < 5 (kering), tebal >18cm, KB >50%.
Umbrik: seperti molik tetapi KB <50%.
Anthropik: seperti molik, tetapi mengandung >1500 ppm P2O5
larut dalam 1% as sitrat.
Ochrik: warna terang (value dan kroma lembab >3), BO
<1% atau keras-sangat keras dan masif.
Plaggen: horizon buatan, akibat penggunaan pupuk kandang yg
terus menerus, tebal >50cm, berwarna hitam.
Agrik: horizon iluviasi yg terbentuk krn pengaruh
pengolahan tanah shg terjadi akumulasi sejumlah debu, liat, dan humus.
Albik: horison berwarna pucat (E) dg value lembab >5. Argillik: horison penimbunan liat; minimal mengandung liat
>1.2 kali lebih banyak daripada kandungan liat di atasnya.Terdapat selaput liat.
Kalsik: horizon yg mengandung karbonat sekunder
(CaCO3 atau MgCO3) tinggi, tebal >15cm.
Petrokalsik: horizon kalsik yang mengeras.
Kambik: indikasi lemah adanya argillik atau spodik, tapi tidak
Gipsik : banyak mengandung gipsum (CaSO4) sekunder. Petrogipsik: horizon gipsik yg mengeras.
Natrik : horizon argillik yg banyak mengandung Na
Oksik : horizon bertekstur agak kasar, KTK <16 me/100g liat,
tebal >30cm.
Salik: banyak mengandung garam sekunder mudah larut,
tebal >15cm.
Sombrik : seperti umbrik, gelap, terjadi iluviasi humus tanpa Al,
tidak terletak di bawah horizon albik.
Spodik : horizon iluviasi seskuioksida bebas dan BO.
Sulfurik : horizon yg mengandung sulfat, pH ,3.5, tdpt karatan
jarosit.
“
Soil Taxonomy
"
Degree of Weathering and B Horizon Development
Little Slight Moderate Large Extreme
Entisols Aridisols
Inceptisols Alfisols
Spodosols Ultisols
Mollisols Oxisols
Soils Defined by Special Constituent Materials
Andisols Volcanic Ash
Histosols Peat, Organic Matter Vertisols “Self-Mixing” Clay Soils Gelisols Soils on Permafrost
The central concept of Alfisols is
that of soils that have an argillic,
a kandic, or a natric horizon and
a base saturation of 35% (180
cm) or greater.
They typically have an ochric
epipedon, but may have an
umbric epipedon. They may also
have a petrocalcic horizon, a
The central concept of Andisols
is that of soils dominated by short-range-order minerals.
They include weakly weathered
soils with much volcanic glass as well as more strongly weathered soils.
Hence the content of volcanic
glass is one of the characteristics used in defining andic soil
properties
Soil have size horizon < 36 cm
ARIDISOL
regim kelembaban tanaharidik (sangat kering)
Epipedon orchic
Kadang-kandang memeiliki horizon penciri lainnya
Tanah yang masih sangat
muda (Tingkat permulaan)
Tidak ada horison penciri
lain kecuali epipedon ochrik
atau histik (tanah sangat
lembek)
The central concept of Gelisols is
that of soils that have permafrost within 100 cm of the soil surface and/or have gelic materials within 100 cm of the soil surface and have permafrost within 200 cm.
Gelic materials are mineral or
organic soil materials that have evidence of cryoturbation (frost churning) and/or ice segeration in the active layer (seasonal thaw layer) and/or the upper part of the permafrost.
The central concept of Histosols is
that of soils that are dominantly
organic (BO> 20%, C-organic
>12% (sand), BO>30%, C-organic
>18% (clay)) . They are mostly
soils that are commonly called
bogs, moors, or peats and mucks.
A soil is classified as Histosols if it
does not have permafrost and is
dominated by organic soil
Tanah muda, tetapi lebih
berkembang daripada Entisol
Horison kambik Cukup subur
Tanah ini dulu termasuk tanah
Aluvial, Regosol, Gleihumus, latosol
The central concept of Mollisols
is that of soils that have a dark
colored surface horizon and are
base rich. Nearly all have a mollic
epipedon.
Many also have an argillic or
natric horizon or a calcic horizon.
A few have an albic horizon.
Some also have a duripan or a
petrocalic horizon
.
The central concept of Oxisols is
that of soils of the tropical and
subtropical regions. They have
gentle slopes on surfaces of great
age. They are mixtures of quartz,
kaolin, free oxides, and organic
matter.
For the most part they are nearly
featureless soils without clearly
marked horizons. Differences in
properties with depth are so
gradual that horizon boundaries are
generally arbitrary.
Horison bawah terjadi penimbunan
Fe dan Al oksida dan humus (horison spodik)
Lapisan atas terdapat horison
eluviasi (pucat)