Location 2

Location 2 was taken from a dryer area- closer to the grassier area, rather than the marsh. Refer to watershed photo. In this location there was 66% sand, 1% clay and 33% silt. After looking at the chart, I can to the conclusion that it was sandy loam.

 

1. Since this soil is sandy loam, the water, nutrients, and air are able to flow easily through it because there is more sand than anything else, which means that there are bigger particles, which indicates that water, nutrients, and air will not get trapped like in a clay based soil.

 

2. There were a lot of grasses, and vegetation. Not as much organic material as the other two locations.

 

3. These grasses affect the composition of the soil in the sense of pH, and chemical balances.

 

4. This soil would be more likely to erode because it is sandy loam. If the soil were to move, then the plant's roots in the area could become weak from exposure, from there not being enough soil. It could affect the location that it moves to in the sense that it could change the pH to other locations.

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