Characteristics of Soil Texture Groups
Here is a listing of the characteristics of soil texture groups and their corresponding soil texture classes.
| Characteristics soil texture group | Corresponding soil texture classes from the Soil Texture Triangle | ||
| Coarse | Sand | Coarse sand | Fine sand |
| Coarse | Loamy coarse sand | Loamy fine sand | Loamy very fine sand |
| Coarse | Very fine sand | Loamy sand | |
| Medium | Silt | Sandy clay loam | Very fine sandy loam |
| Medium | Silty clay loam | Silt loam | Loam |
| Medium | Fine sandy loam | Sandy loam | Coarse sandy loam |
| Medium | Clay loam | ||
| Fine | Sandy clay | Silty clay | Clay |
Source: The soil texture classes are from the Soil Science Society of America,
http://www.soils.org/. An NRCS team partitioned the soil textures into the three groups.