Driscoll soil and landscape
Soil profile: Driscoll series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils. (Photo taken during dry conditions.)
Landscape: Driscoll soils formed on structural benches above the Clearwater River drainageway. (Soil Survey of Clearwater Area, Idaho; by Glenn Hoffman, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Driscoll soils are mostly on ridges and hills on plateaus and benches in canyons. They formed in material weathered from loess of two ages and may have basalt residuum in the lower subsoil. Slope ranges from 0 to 40 percent. The mean annual temperature is about 46 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is about 23 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Palexerolls
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for cropland, some areas are used for timber production, livestock grazing, and wildlife habitat. Potential natural vegetation is mainly ponderosa pine, with an understory of bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue, pine reedgrass, lupine, common snowberry, sticky geranium, rose, cinquefoil, and white spirea.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Washington and northern Idaho, MLRA 9. This soil is moderately extensive.
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Driscoll soil and landscape
Soil profile: Driscoll series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils. (Photo taken during dry conditions.)
Landscape: Driscoll soils formed on structural benches above the Clearwater River drainageway. (Soil Survey of Clearwater Area, Idaho; by Glenn Hoffman, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Driscoll soils are mostly on ridges and hills on plateaus and benches in canyons. They formed in material weathered from loess of two ages and may have basalt residuum in the lower subsoil. Slope ranges from 0 to 40 percent. The mean annual temperature is about 46 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is about 23 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Ultic Palexerolls
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for cropland, some areas are used for timber production, livestock grazing, and wildlife habitat. Potential natural vegetation is mainly ponderosa pine, with an understory of bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue, pine reedgrass, lupine, common snowberry, sticky geranium, rose, cinquefoil, and white spirea.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Washington and northern Idaho, MLRA 9. This soil is moderately extensive.
For additional information about Idaho soils, please visit:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/97d01af9d4554b9097cb0a477e04...
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DRISCOLL.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: