It can only grow in metal-rich gabbro soil, a red weathered soil of volcanic origin, and requires fire for seed germination.

Plinthite is a redoximophic feature in highly weathered soil.

Highly weathered soils are often characterized by having high concentrations of Fe and Al oxides.

Primary productivity or wood production is highest in western Amazon and lowest in eastern Amazon which contains heavily weathered soils classified as oxisols.

The geology of the area has provided the site with weathered and impoverished acidic soils which has contributed to the unique flora able to grow on the site.

This holds especially true for highly weathered tropical soils.

The presence of weathered lateritic soil provided the red-orange colouring of the area that led to its name even before Raffles' founding of Singapore.

The soil requirement of the plant is generally well-drained weathered soil consisting of laterite, lateritic types, sedimentary types, nonlateritic red or alluvial soils.

The granite in the Steinwald has left behind mostly deep, weathered soils with medium levels of nutrients.

Oxisols, deeply weathered tropical soils, have a rich fossil record from the Paleoproterozoic onwards.