Calculate Soil Texture Class — get

This function calculates the soil texture class based on the percentages of sand and clay using the specified soil classification system (default is USDA).

Usage

get_STC(S, C, sysclass = "USDA")

Arguments

S: Numeric vector indicating the percentage of sand in the soil.
C: Numeric vector indicating the percentage of clay in the soil.
sysclass: Character string specifying the soil classification system to use. Default is "USDA", but can be changed if other systems are supported by the soiltexture package.

Value

String with the calculated soil texture class name, based on the input percentages of sand, clay, and silt.

Note

This function requires the soiltexture package to calculate the soil texture class. Ensure that the soiltexture package is installed and loaded into your R session.

References

Soil Texture, The Soil Texture Wizard:

Examples

# Calculate the soil texture class for a soil with 30% sand and 20% clay using USDA system
get_STC(30, 20)
#> [1] "Lo, SiLo"