Inceptisols that have a mean annual soil temperature of 8°C or more, and <5°C difference between mean summer and mean winter temperatures at a depth of 50 cm below the surface. Tropepts may have an ochric epipedon and a cambic horizon, or an umbric epipedon, or a mollic epipedon under certain conditions but no plaggen epipedon, and are not saturated with water for periods long enough to limit their use for most crops.