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# soil\_plant\_init

The pointer to the soil and plant initialization file is a foreign key referencing [name](/io-docs/introduction-1/initialization/soil_plant.ini/name-soil_plant.ini.md) in [**soil\_plant.ini**](/io-docs/introduction-1/initialization/soil_plant.ini.md).