Which soil layer change limits plant growth when acid rain promotes leaching?

💡 Explanation

Leaching removes essential minerals from upper layers due to acid rain via eluviation, because acidification accelerates the solubility. This leads to nutrient depletion causing stunted growth, therefore limiting nutrient acquisition, rather than altering clay/organic matter/precipitation processes uniformly.

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