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Ramsdell soil series

The Ramsdell series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils on level or nearly level low stream terraces and depressions on floodplains and valley floors. They formed in silty alluvium. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Aquandic Endoaquepts

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Used mostly for non-irrigated oats, pasture, hay, and grass seed production. Natural vegetation is Pacific willow, black cottonwood, western river alder, and western redcedar, with an understory of grass, and sedge, and forbs.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Idaho. This soil is not extensive.

 

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/R/RAMSDELL.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#ramsdell

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Uploaded on January 3, 2011
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