1 Land Capability Groups Class I Soils have few limitations for very intensive cultivation Land Capability Groups Class II Soils have moderate conservation practices 2 Land Capability Groups Class III Soils with severe limitations that reduce the choice of plants or require special conservation practices 3 Land Capability Groups con t Class IV Soils with very severe limitations that restrict the choice of plants or require very careful management 4 Land Capability Groups con t Class V Soils with little or no erosion hazards but with other limitations that restricts their use largely to pasture rangeland woodland or wildlife food and cover Land Capability Groups con t Class VI Soils that have severe limitations that make them generally unsuited to cultivation and limit their use to pasture grasses range grasses woodland wildlife or aesthetics 5 6 Land Capability Groups con t Class VII Soils that have very severe limitations that make them unsuited to cultivation and restrict their use largely to grazing woodland or wildlife Land Capability Groups con t Class VIII Soils with limitations that preclude their use for commercial plant production and restrict their use to recreation wildlife water supply or to aesthetics 7 Subclasses Land Capability Classes e hazards of accelerated erosion and Land Capability Intensity of Use I Very intensive cultivation II Intensive cultivation III Moderate cultivation IV Limited cultivation V Intensive grazing VI Moderate grazing sedimentation w hazards of excessive wetness s hazards of plant root restrictions including excessive shallowness doughtiness stoniness salinity or sodicity c climatic hazards of excessive coldness or dryness for the normal growth of crop Land Capability Classes Land Capability Intensity of Use VII Limited grazing and forestry VIII Wildlife and aesthetics Let drainage and irrigation improve land capability class Do not let erosion control measure improve land capability class Based on limitations and not on productivity 8 9
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