Variability of hydromorphic soils in the floodplain of the Sava river in Serbia

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a research of properties of hydromorphic soils in different forest communities in the Sava River floodplain in the area of Upper Srem. The soil cover of the investigated area consists of a number of soil units. On the basis of detailed field and laboratory examinations of the physical and chemical properties of the soil, five soil types have been studied and described, including the riparian black soil (humogley), wetland gley soil (eugley), pseudogley-gley, fluvial meadow soil (humofluvisol) and illimerized soil (luvisol).