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table 2.2.3: Soil physical properties of Trinidad > 2.2 > 2. > menu

SOIL CODE	SOIL SERIES	Bulk Density (mg m)^-3	Field Capacity % MC by WT	Permanent Wilting Point % MC by WT	Available Water m m^-1	Total Pore Space		Infiltration cm/hr (mg m)^-3	Area (ha)
SOIL CODE	SOIL SERIES	Bulk Density (mg m)^-3	Field Capacity % MC by WT	Permanent Wilting Point % MC by WT	Available Water m m^-1	AIR DRY	AT FC	Infiltration cm/hr (mg m)^-3	Area (ha)
331	Orange Grove	1.28	29	13	0.2	0.46	0.53		400
33	Cunupia	1.38	30	22	0.156	0.47	0.51	0.42	8049
333	Pasea	1.26	34	20	0.172	0.44	0.53		1338
575	Moruga	1.12	37	21	0.156	0.55	0.59		42644
81	Maracas	1.46	28	19	0.131	0.46	0.46		44668
181	Matelot	1.55	27	19	0.123	0.43	0.43		29549
281	Spring Hill	1.35	35	14	0.262	0.46	0.5		2340
82/L	Diego Martin	1.44	27	9	0.24	0.44	0.47		1200
182/L	La Pastora	1.27	28	19	0.189	0.51	0.53		910
135	Waterloo	1.38	27	15	0.185	0.47			2251
335	Sevilla	1.33	37	20	0.197	0.46	0.51		3496
37	Aranguez	1.25	33	14	0.206	0.49	0.54
241	Las Lomas	1.25	28	13	0.148	0.49	0.44	2.16	568
143	St Augustine	1.28	27	11	0.197	0.47	0.53		3556
243	Santa Cruz	1.35	25	12	0.156	0.44	0.5		430
261	Arena	1.62	13	6	0.107	0.39	0.4	32.9	6342
68/L	Monsterrat	1.28	30	17	0.139	0.47	0.53		906
674/L	Brasso	1.15	35	17	0.148	0.4	0.57		15196
77	Ecclesville	1.15	36	18	0.107	0.38	0.58	0.67 ± 18	30366
409	Frederick	1.01	60	32	0.144	0.48	0.63		1640
309	Cacandee	1.08	49	29	0.144	0.52	0.6		780
9	Bejucal	1.12	45	27	0.131	0.5	0.59		2055
221	Washington	1.44	23	7	0.221	0.43	0.47		2029
23	Golden Grove	1.38	22	10	0.164	0.48	0.49		379
123	Guanapo	1.4	28	14	0.18	0.4	0.48		2132
223	River Estate	1.3	30	10	0.26	0.47	0.52		3126
323	St Joseph	1.26	24	9	0.189	0.53	0.53		401
423	Tacarigua	1.4	28	15	0.164	0.46	0.48		304
55	Piarco	1.24	21	6	0.18	0.5	0.54	1.83	11415
153	Cleaver	1.81	15	8	0.123	0.31	0.33		3707
53	Anglais	1.32	29	13	0.213	0.48	0.51		4903
253	Streatham	1.25	26	12	0.148	0.46	0.54		1128
59	Long Stretch	1.54	29	6	0.344	0.42	0.43	2.28 ± 0.59	5440
255	Valencia	1.74	25	5	0.344	0.36	0.36		5016
231	Couva	1.36	24	12	0.187	0.47	0.53		1386
474/L	Princes Town	1.21	46	25	0.24	0.56	0.58	1.08 ± 0.6	7292
278	Tarouba	1.25	43	26	0.227	0.55	0.58	1.28 ± 0.5	12109
177	Talparo	1.15	36	17	0.212			0.85 ± 0.8	57400

Source: S. Persad, Central Experiment Station - Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources (2003).