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Term: soil texture (soil_texture)

The relative proportion of different grain sizes of mineral particles in a soil, as described using a standard system; express as % sand (50 um to 2 mm), silt (2 um to 50 um), and clay (<2 um) with textural name (e.g., silty clay loam) optional

URI: MIXS:0000335

Applicable Checklists and Extensions

NOTE: does not include Combinations (of checklists and extensions) that use soil_texture.

Name Description Checklist/Extension
Soil A collection of terms appropriate when collecting samples and sequencing samp... Extension
Agriculture A collection of terms appropriate when sequencing samples obtained in an agri... Extension

Properties

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  • Cardinality: 0..1

  • Structured pattern: ^{scientific_float}( *- *{scientific_float})? *{text}$

  • Regex pattern: ^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?( *- *[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)? *([^\s-]{1,2}|[^\s-]+.+[^\s-]+)$

LinkML Source

name: soil_texture
description: The relative proportion of different grain sizes of mineral particles
  in a soil, as described using a standard system; express as % sand (50 um to 2 mm),
  silt (2 um to 50 um), and clay (<2 um) with textural name (e.g., silty clay loam)
  optional
title: soil texture
from_schema: https://w3id.org/mixs
keywords:
- soil
- texture
slot_uri: MIXS:0000335
alias: soil_texture
domain_of:
- Agriculture
- Soil
range: string
pattern: ^[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?( *- *[-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?)?
  *([^\s-]{1,2}|[^\s-]+.+[^\s-]+)$
structured_pattern:
  syntax: ^{scientific_float}( *- *{scientific_float})? *{text}$
  interpolated: true
  partial_match: true