Boquet soil series

The Boquet series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils that formed in residual material from herbaceous material overlying mixed alluvium. These soils form in marshes, swales, and flood plains of narrow streams on slopes 0 to 1 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 406 millimeters and the mean annual air temperature is about 5 degrees C.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive Histic Cryaquolls

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major uses: Range and wildlife habitat

Range/ecological site: R013XY038ID

Dominant native vegetation: Baltic rush, Nebraska sedge, elk sedge, bulbous bluegrass, tufted hair

grass, redtop, shrubby cinquefoil, and willow

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Eastern Idaho, MLRA 13

Extent: The series is not extensive

 

SERIES PROPOSED: Teton County, Idaho, 2006; Teton Area, Idaho-Wyoming Soil Survey

 

REMARKS: Boquet soils were previously mapped as Furniss and Tepete.

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BOQUET.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

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