Loam Soil Class

A soil that is a medium textured soil with a relatively balanced blend of sand, silt and clay particles, but there can actually be a fairly wide difference between some of the particle percentages. An example of a loam soil is one that contains the following: 45% sand, 35% silt, 20% clay. This soil class is usually quite suitable for general lawns, parks and playing fields, due to its moisture holding ability and retention of nutrients, as well as fairly good drainage capabilities when well maintained. There is not a stand-alone loam textural class in the UK Soil Textural Triangle as this is mostly overlaps part of the clay loam and sandy silt loam classes.