| Indicators | Fabric (immature) peat | Hemic (medium maturity) peat | Sapric (mature) peat |
| Decomposition stage | Peat at early decomposition stage, | Half-decomposed peats, | Degraded |
| Colour | Brown-light brown | Brown | Dark-brown-black |
| When squeezed in the palm, the amount of fiber remaining | More than two-thirds of the initial amount. | One-to-two-thirds of the initial amount. | Less than one-third of the initial amount. |