Sampling sites
Texture category
Mechanical composition (%)
Mechanical composition (%)
Mechanical composition (%)
MWD (mm) OM (g·Kg-1
Clay <0.002mm
silt 0.002-0.02mm
Sand 0.02-2mm
Suide Sandy loam (SL) 12.1 19.4 68.5 6.6 5.9
Ansai Light loam (LL) 15.7 26.8 57.5 20.7 7.4
Changwu Medium loam (ML) 21.2 38.0 40.8 51.8 12.3
Yangling Heavy loam (HL) 26.3 38.1 35.6 76.4 18.3