Letter Code Lookup Table for Position of Taxa within the Keys to Soil Taxonomy (12th Edition)

A lookup table mapping unique taxonomic Order, Suborder, Great Group and Subgroups to letter codes that denote their logical position within the Keys.

data(ST_higher_taxa_codes_12th)

Format

An object of class data.frame with 3082 rows and 2 columns.

Details

The lookup table has been corrected to reflect errata that were posted after the print publication of the 12th Edition Keys, as well as typos in the Spanish language edition.

References

Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 12th ed. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/keys-to-soil-taxonomy

Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Claves para la Taxonomía de Suelos, 12th ed. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/keys-to-soil-taxonomy