Broadax soil series
Note: The left side of the photo exhibits natural soil structure. The right side has been smoothed.
The Broadax series consists of very deep and deep, well drained soils formed in loess on hills. Slopes are 0 to 40 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 16 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 49 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Argixerolls
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used mostly for cropland but other minor uses include livestock grazing and timber production. Dryland small grains are common crops. Native vegetation is Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, balsamroot, and scattered big sagebrush on the low precipitation phase and ponderosa pine with an understory of Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, common snowberry and rose on the high precipitation phase.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Washington and northern Idaho. MLRA 8. The series is of moderate extent.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BROADAX.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Broadax soil series
Note: The left side of the photo exhibits natural soil structure. The right side has been smoothed.
The Broadax series consists of very deep and deep, well drained soils formed in loess on hills. Slopes are 0 to 40 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 16 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 49 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Argixerolls
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used mostly for cropland but other minor uses include livestock grazing and timber production. Dryland small grains are common crops. Native vegetation is Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, balsamroot, and scattered big sagebrush on the low precipitation phase and ponderosa pine with an understory of Idaho fescue, bluebunch wheatgrass, common snowberry and rose on the high precipitation phase.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Washington and northern Idaho. MLRA 8. The series is of moderate extent.
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BROADAX.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: