wet soil
Rain-soaked ground matter
Wet soil is ground saturated or heavy with moisture.
The term appears in gardening, agriculture, and construction contexts where water content affects what can grow or be built: These ferns thrive in wet soil.
Some plants tolerate wet soil; others develop root rot.
In construction, wet soil may require drainage or stabilization before building.
- mudWet soil mixture
- dampSlightly wet
- moistSlightly wet
- earthSoil or electrical grounding
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
loam · puddle · squelch · rain · spring thaw · bog · marsh · swamp · muck · squishy · worms · roots · petrichor · garden · digging · saturated · footprints · dirt road
- moisture needsxeric, mesic, hydric, arid, humid
- soil propertiesmoisture content, water content, porosity, permeability, plasticity
- Growing Conditionssunlight, moisture, drainage, climate, shade
- soil typesloam, clay, silt, peat, topsoil
- wetland matterpeat, sphagnum, muck, mud, sedge
- plant physiologyphotosynthesis, transpiration, germination, stomata, respiration