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
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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: