Klickson soil and landscape
Landscape--plateaus, mountains
Landform--north-facing side slopes of canyons, escarpments of hills, backslopes of basalt plateaus, structural benches, lower slopes of mountains
Slope--0 to 90 percent
Parent material--loess mixed with volcanic ash over colluvium and residuum derived from basalt
Mean annual precipitation--about 660 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 6 degrees C
Depth class--deep, very deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--frigid
Soil moisture subclass--typic
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
Thickness of mollic epipedon--25 to 50 cm
Estimated base saturation--less than 75 percent, by sum of cations, in one horizon or more between depths of 25 and 75 cm
Depth to bedrock--more than 100 cm
Soil moisture control section--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days
Mean annual soil temperature--5 to 8 degrees C
Mean summer soil temperature in areas that do not have an O horizon--15 to 17 degrees C
Thickness of layers influenced by volcanic ash--25 to 75 cm
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--timber production
Potential natural vegetation--dominantly Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, mallow ninebark, creambush oceanspray, and common snowberry
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: North-central Idaho, northeastern and central Oregon, eastern Washington; MLRAs 9 and 10; moderate extent
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Klickson soil and landscape
Landscape--plateaus, mountains
Landform--north-facing side slopes of canyons, escarpments of hills, backslopes of basalt plateaus, structural benches, lower slopes of mountains
Slope--0 to 90 percent
Parent material--loess mixed with volcanic ash over colluvium and residuum derived from basalt
Mean annual precipitation--about 660 mm
Mean annual air temperature--about 6 degrees C
Depth class--deep, very deep
Drainage class--well drained
Soil moisture regime--xeric
Soil temperature regime--frigid
Soil moisture subclass--typic
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Vitrandic Argixerolls
Thickness of mollic epipedon--25 to 50 cm
Estimated base saturation--less than 75 percent, by sum of cations, in one horizon or more between depths of 25 and 75 cm
Depth to bedrock--more than 100 cm
Soil moisture control section--dry 45 to 60 consecutive days
Mean annual soil temperature--5 to 8 degrees C
Mean summer soil temperature in areas that do not have an O horizon--15 to 17 degrees C
Thickness of layers influenced by volcanic ash--25 to 75 cm
USE AND VEGETATION:
Use--timber production
Potential natural vegetation--dominantly Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, mallow ninebark, creambush oceanspray, and common snowberry
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: North-central Idaho, northeastern and central Oregon, eastern Washington; MLRAs 9 and 10; moderate extent
For additional information about Idaho soils, please visit:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/97d01af9d4554b9097cb0a477e04...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/K/KLICKSON.html
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