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A representative soil profile of the Moosabec series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne, USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
The Moosabec series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils that formed mostly in slightly decomposed organic soil material from Sphagnum moss on raised bogs on glaciated terrain. Estimated saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high. Permeability is rapid. Slope ranges from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1190 mm (47 inches). Mean annual temperature is about 7 degrees C (44 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Dysic, frigid Typic Sphagnofibrists
The thickness of organic materials is 160 centimeters (63 inches) or more and ranges to over 6 meters (20 feet). The depth to bedrock is more than 160 centimeters (63 inches). The content of woody fragments is 0 to 20 percent in the surface tier and 0 to 10 percent in the subsurface and bottom tiers. Fibric material is dominant in most or all of the control section, and extends to as much as 3 meters (10 feet) deep in some places. Layers of hemic material are in the control section in some pedons, but occupy less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of aggregate thickness in the subsurface and bottom tiers. The hemic material is commonly in the bottom tier.
USE AND VEGETATION: Sphagnum peat from Moosabec soils is of considerable commercial value. These soils commonly have a sparse cover of slow growing black spruce and tamarack. Common heath family shrubs are Labrador tea, leatherleaf, rhodora, sheep laurel, bog laurel, and bog rosemary. Cloudberry and crowberry shrubs are found in some locations. Pitcher plant and sundew are common insectivorous plants. The moss cover is composed mostly of Sphagnum.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The eastern, central and southern portions of Maine. This series is of moderate extent. At least 10,000 acres are estimated to occur in Maine. The series will likely be recognized to replace Waskish where historically mapped in region R.
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The Quetico series consists of very shallow, well drained soils.(Soil Survey of Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota; by Peter Weikle, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
These soils formed in loamy noncalcareous glacial drift on uplands with relief controlled by the underlying bedrock. These soils have bedrock beginning at depths ranging from 4 to 10 inches. The saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderate in the loamy mantle. Slopes range from 2 to 90 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 28 inches and mean annual air temperature is about 37 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, isotic, acid, frigid Lithic Udorthents
Thickness of solum and depth to bedrock range from 4 to 10 inches. Texture of the material above the rock contact is loam, silt loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam or gravelly and cobbly analogues. Content of gravel by volume ranges from 3 to 35 percent. Stones and boulders within or on the soil range from 0 to 3 percent. The gravel is dominantly granite or gabbro, but sandstone is included in a few places. Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils mostly are in mixed deciduous and coniferous forest. Dominant trees are jack pine, red pine, white pine, quaking aspen, paper birch, balsam fir and mountain ash. Major resource uses are recreation, timber, watershed, and wildlife habitat.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA's 88, 90, 93 and 142. The Laurentian Shield region of northeastern Minnesota and in New York. Moderately extensive.
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Thankfully Davin showed just in time to carry 4 or 5 bags.
I pixelated cause I don't want to be an advertisement for a container soil brand. It's an all-right brand... the best I can find in these parts but certainly not the best I have seen. Toronto has been disappointing with the selection these days. And I can't go far considering I got all of this home by cab. If I had purchased even one more bag it would not have fit!
Considering the things I have tried to bring home in cabs I am surprised none of the companies have banned me. I think the trick is that I know I am a hassle so I tip well!
Collage of different images of clay and soil, blended together in photoshop. Just an experiment to see how easy it is to make it look natural, not quite convincing enough i dont think
The Hymas series consists of shallow, well drained soils that formed in residuum and colluvium from limestone. The Hymas soils are on mountainsides, ridges or uplands. Slopes are 10 to 75 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 13 inches and the mean annual temperature is about 44 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, frigid Lithic Haploxerolls
Soil moisture - Moist in late fall, winter and spring; dry from late June through September.
Soil temperature - 42 to 47 degrees F.
Average summer soil temperature - 59 to 66 degrees F.
Mollic epipedon thickness - 7 to 14 inches.
Depth to bedrock - 10 to 20 inches.
Control section
Clay content: 8 to 27 percent.
Rock fragments: 35 to 80 percent dominantly angular fragments of limestone.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; medium or rapid runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Rangeland and wildlife habitat. The present vegetation is mainly big sagebrush, cheatgrass, phlox, bluebunch wheatgrass, Sandberg bluegrass, rabbitbrush and bitterbrush.
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Mark Burnham inserting a soil pore water collector in the sorghum BNI trial in 2019.
Photo courtesy of CABBI Communications staff, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Royal Fern Osmunda regalis
Growing on periodite rock and soil
Tablelands, Gros Morne NP
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A representative of profile of the Songjeong soil (fine-loamy, Typic Hapludult) from the Oklahoma training area along the Civilian Control Zone in South Korea. The image is illustration 3.2 from the Planning Level Survey, 8th US Army Korea (1998). The primary purpose of planning level surveys are to ensure Army activities and natural resources conservation measures on mission land are integrated and consistent with federal stewardship requirements and host nation agreements.
Songjeong soils are on low undulating hills. Elevation ranges from about 5 to 50 meters. The native vegetation is mixed deciduous hardwood forest. The soils formed in material weathered from granite. The land is primarily forested or cultivated.
The central concept or Typic subgroup of Hapludults is fixed on freely drained soils that are moderately deep or deeper to hard rock. Typic Hapludults are of very large extent in the Eastern and Southeastern United States. The natural vegetation consisted of forest plants. Slopes range from nearly level to steep. Where slopes are suitable, many of these soils are used as cropland. Many of the soils, particularly those that are steep, are used as forest. Some are used as pasture or homesites.
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It's hard to mow this field when the cracks are as wide as the lawn mower tires. This is good ol' Dallas "clay" soil, in much need of moisture.
Correlation Note:
These soils are marginal in taxonomic placement. They typically have fragic soil properties starting at 64 cm. This layer (64 to 91 cm) is described as 60 percent 2Btx material. Soils with 60 percent or more fragic soil properties qualify as a fragipan if 15 cm or more thick. The typical pedon meets this requirement within a depth of 100cm, indicating a "Fragiudult" great group placement.
They are moderately well drained and thought to have aquic properties (episaturation), however, the depth requirements to 2 chroma depletions are not met with the required occurrence (within the upper 25 cm of the argillic horizon) to be in an aquic subgroup for Fragiudults. This requirement is met in the upper 44 cm of the argillic (at 64 cm). The depth to aquic features are too deep for Typic or Aeric Fragiaquults (within 50 cm of the mineral soil surface) and to shallow for the central concept of well drained Typic Fragiudults.
The pedon best fits the concept of a "Oxyaquic" subgroup. However, the "Oxyaquic" subgroup is not currently established in the Fragiudults greatgroup. Oxyaquic soils in Udults are in normal years--saturated with water in one or more layers within 100 cm of the mineral soil surface for either or both 20 or more consecutive days; or 30 or more cumulative days. Depth and months of the highest perched seasonal high water table in Muscatatuck soils is about 50 cm in the months of January, February, March, April, and December. Fragiaquic Paleudults have aquic conditions within 75 cm of the mineral soil surface.
If the taxonomic placement is correct--and range for the depth to the 2Btx layer and depth to aquic conditions are accurate; the quantity of fragic soil properties should be limited to a range of 30 to "less" than 60 percent to meet the current classification.
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The Muscatatuck series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in loess, pedisediment, drift and the underlying residuum from limestone. These soils are on dissected till plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1067 mm (42 inches) and mean annual temperature is about 13 degrees C (55 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fragiaquic Paleudults
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of nearly level and gently sloping. Muscatatuck soils are used for growing corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay. The steeper slopes generally are in pasture or forest. Native vegetation is deciduous mixed hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRA 114A in Indiana. The series is of small extent.
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: more than 203 cm (80 inches)
Depth to a layer with fragic soil properties: 51 to 91 cm (20 to 36 inches)
Thickness of the loess: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to a lithic contact: more than 203 cm (80 inches)
Depth and months of the highest perched seasonal high water table: 1.7 feet (January,
February, March, April, December)
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I expect after the Winter 2010/Spring 2011 rain & wind season, the exact SLFCS site won't stand-out so much, due to the soil leveling out like the rest of the area, but someone in the right spot will still notice the various concrete chunks & less vegetation.
By: The Global Soil Partnership of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Official Photostream
Photo courtesy of Faculty of Food and Agriculture, Trinidad and Tobago
A representative soil profile of the Still series in California. (Soil Survey of Pinnacles National Monument, California; by Ken Oster, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Still series consists of deep, well drained soils that formed in alluvial material from sedimentary rocks. Still soils are on flood plains and alluvial fans and have slopes of 0 to 30 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 18 inches and the mean annual air temperature is about 60 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Cumulic Haploxerolls
Note: A Still taxadjunct pedon was sampled in Pinnacles National Monument in 2006 - Pedon No 06N0207. The pedon was a taxadjunct due to silty clay loam textures below 40 inches that was strongly to violently effervescent.
USE AND VEGETATION: The soil is used for cultivated alfalfa, sugar beets and dry farmed grain. Natural vegetation is mainly annual grasses with scattered oaks.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Valleys of the south half of the Coast Range in California. The soils are inextensive.
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Field and laboratory data are critical to the understanding of the properties and genesis of a single pedon, as well as to the understanding of fundamental soil relationships based on many observations of a large number of soils. Key to the advancement of this body of knowledge has been the cumulative effort of several generations of scientists in developing methods, designing and developing analytical databases, and investigating soil relationships based on these data.
Methods development result from a broad knowledge of soils, encompassing topical areas of pedology, geomorphology, micromorphology, physics, chemistry, mineralogy, biology, and field and laboratory sample collection and preparation. The purpose of this manual, the “Soil Survey Field and Laboratory Methods Manual, Soil Survey Investigations Report (SSIR) No. 51,” is to (1) serve as a standard reference in the description of site and soils sampling strategies and assessment techniques and (2) provide detailed method descriptions for the collection and analysis of soil, biological, water, and plant samples in the field or field-office setting. This manual is intended to be a tool in the development of a long-term analytical database by which research and other investigative studies can be more directionally applied to onsite technologies and thus improve and enhance land productivity and sustainability.
Citation: Soil Survey Staff. 2014. Soil Survey Field and Laboratory Methods Manual. Soil Survey Investigations Report No. 51, Version 2.0. R. Burt and Soil Survey Staff (ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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A representative soil profile of the Dickson soil series. (Soil Survey of Cannon County, Tennessee; by By Jerry L. Prater, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Dickson series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that have a slowly permeable fragipan in the subsoil. These soils formed in a silty mantle 2 to 4 feet thick and the underlying residuum of limestone. They are on nearly level to sloping uplands. Slopes range from 0 to 12 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossic Fragiudults
Depth to the fragipan ranges from 18 to 36 inches. Reaction is strongly acid or very strongly acid except where lime has been added. Fragments of gravel range from none to 10 percent in the lower Btx horizon and up to 35 percent in the 2Bt horizon. Depth to hard bedrock is greater than 5 feet.Some pedons have a paralithic contact below 60 inches. Transition horizons have color and textures similar to adjacent horizons.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cleared and used for growing hay, pasture, small grains, corn, soybeans, and tobacco. Some areas are in forest chiefly of oaks, yellow-poplar, hickories, gums, and maples.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Highland Rim in Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and the Pennyroyal of Kentucky. The series is of large extent.
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