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PMTEX1,2,3 - Parent Material Texture
| Code | PMTEX1,2,3 Name | USDA Texture Classes |
| VC | Very Coarse | VCS,CS,S,GS,CBS |
| C | Coarse | FS,LCS,LS,LFS,GLS,CBLS |
| MC | Moderately Coarse | VFS,LVFS,CSL,SL,FSL,GSL,CBSL,GFSL |
| M | Medium | VFSL,L,SIL,SI,GL,GSIL |
| MF | Moderately Fine | SCL,FSCL,VFSCL,CL,SICL,GSCL,GL,CBCL |
| F | Fine | SC,SIC,C,GSIC |
| VF | Very Fine | HC (>60% clay) |
| CS | Coarse Skeletal | VGS,VGLS |
| MS | Medium Skeletal | VGSL,VGL |
| FS | Fine Skeletal | VGC |
| FR | Fragmental | |
| SM | Stratified (Mineral) | |
| SU | Stratified (Mineral and Organic) | |
| FI | Fibric | |
| ME | Mesic | |
| HU | Humic | |
| UD | Undifferenctiated | |
| - | Not Applicable |
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