Abstract

This study examines the extent of interplot (10X10 m) variation in soil properties in a forest in the Peechi Range of Thrissur Forest Division, Kerala. Soil properties, in ascending order of variation, were: pH, sand + silt + clay, exchangeable bases, organic carbon, gravel and exchange acidity. The variations in all properties except for pH, and sand + silt + clay, were statistically significant. The percentile distribution of all properties except for exchange acidity was higher at the medium range and started decreasing towards the extremities