thin soil
Poor growing medium
Thin soil is a shallow layer of earth over bedrock or hardpan, offering limited depth for plant roots.
Such soil drains quickly, holds little moisture, and supports only vegetation adapted to sparse growing conditions: The thin soil on the hillside could barely sustain scrub grass.
Gardeners and farmers work to build up thin soil with organic matter over time.
- shallowWithout much depth
- shallow rootsUnderground growth lacking depth
- rockyCovered with stones
- bare rockExposed stone surface
- barrenUnable to produce
eroded · wind erosion · dusty · bedrock · scrubby · parched · infertile · hardpan · gravel · roots · sparse · drought · growing season · clay · sandy · poor drainage · nutrients · depleted
soil fertility and richness
thin soilfertile soil
Nutrient-rich growing medium
loam · black earth · topsoil · garden soil · clay loam
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