SILTY LOAM. soiltype allows for most effective water movement. organisms: ants, spiders, squirrels, insects mostly, etc. These animals can effect soil in ways that wouldn't hinder its ability to support water and nutrient movement. Soil potentially eroded due to precipitation. Otherwise, no reason to believe it's eroded. If eroded, it would erode into the river (Red Cedar) and potentially fill the river over many years of erosion, or it would widen the river and make it more shallow. This soils loss would cause the river to broaden and/or shallow. Soil texture important because it tells you how easily/readily water and nutrients are transported through the soil as well as allows the investigation of the range of organisms that enjoy this type of soil within their fundamental niche.

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Lumbricina also known as earthworm

I determined the soil to be a loam. The soil was collected near a ditch, so the soil was moist. There is grass and this large willow tree here. There is usually geese and ducks too. I think that the birds affect the soil qualities only by fertilizing it all the time. Sometimes turtles. There is often people over here with their dogs, relaxing in the shade of the willow tree. I don't think that the soil is likely to be eroded. I did tale the soil from a ditch, but the ditch is not very deep. You can see that in the picture. The slope of the ditch is not enough for erosion to occur. On a steeper part of the site, where water runs off from the road, some erosion occurs along the limestone path. There is a trench created, and the limestone is displaced towards the lake. This occurs on only one of the lake's four sides.

NRCS Area Agronomist Cody Garcia prepares to run a water infiltration test in a pasture at Highland Harmony Farm.; Park County; June 25, 2024

The clay & sand soil allows some drainage of water but not much. Clay is not water soluble so it is hard for water to pass through. This is great for the mossy plants who like moist environments. If water doesn't flow well then nutrients doesn't either.

There were trees, and mosquitoes near the soil. The plants and animals make up the humus or organic matter found in the soil and this provides nutrients. Yes sand is eroded from large rocks, it is just sediment. If it did down pour and sediments were loosened up the sediments would flow to the pond. The ground seemed pretty intact though.

Soil texture determines the amount of water, the nutrients, and the type of plants that live there. Also animals and small insects too.

This is the first 5 ft. section of auger drilling its way into the ground. It has just passed through the top soil and hit the first layer of clay - a dry red clay - it rode up the auger and spilled out as large marbles.

A) Water was found in lower lands.

B) Yes I thought that the water was going to flow to the depressions in the paper and on land.

C)There is a railroad track to the south and roads on all other sides.

D) Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorous enter the ecosystem by plants, organisms and by rock structures found in the area.

E) The area is covered with trees and other vegetation so there is a large amount of carbon found throughout the area.

F) They can be taken out by human interaction or by other organisms using them and taking them out.

G) Around the pools of water that is where the aquatic species is found like algae and large amounts of misquotes.

H) An organism may use more than what the ecosystem is able to give out.

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This is just a picture of the area from where I gathered the soil.

Soil testing is the first step in soil fertility management in new Christmas tree plantings. Photo by Erin Lizotte, MSU Extension.

Step 4. The feel and sound the soil made was gritty and silky, however it does not identify with silt loam, silty clay loam or silty clay. So I'm assuming its "sandy loam sand."

The soil aids in the flow of water by letting the water pass through it easily and even joining with it to flow faster.

There are all types of insects in the area surrounding the soil. There is also grass and a few types of small plants.

The insects should help the soil's quality by digging through it as well as adding to its ingredients when they die. The plants remove nutrients from the soil.

Yes, the soil is likely to erode. its loss would make the location bare and nutrient-poor. It would help the location it moves to by adding nutrients.

It is very important to think about soil texture, especially to an ecologist. Soil is where all plants and some other organisms get their nutrients. It also affects the flow of water and just the general health of a specific environment.

(c) I found some ants and other species of bugs while collecting the soil. There were also several birds around. (d) These organisms probably use some of the soils nutrients for their own survival lower the soils quality even more than is was.

When I bounced the ball it broke, suggesting a loamy sand.

Because the soil is a loamy sand, it allows water to flow through relatively freely, and thus the movement of nutrients is greater than say in a clay soil. There are many large trees, especially oaks and maples and black cherry trees in the area, and relatively little understory growth. The trees hold the soil together with their large roots, however, the lack of understory growth probably means the top soil is washed away more easily than if there were many shrubs holding down the soil. Likewise, the soil is definitely an easily eroded type, because it is not very dense and has little understory holding on to the surface layer. If there was a massive flood (would have to be HUGE as this location is on a hill) and the soil were washed away, none of the trees would stay standing, and the soil would erode down hill and down to the surrounding lowlands. It would cause a negative effect if it were to be relocated to the lower areas, as the places surrounding my location are all human occupied.

Soil texture is important because soil is the basis upon which a huge part of the worlds organisms resides, and without all of those organisms there would be a much less diverse biosphere.

A soil test kit easily available in the market will help you in identifying what all nutrients you need to improve the quality of the soil. Many soil testing labs are also available to help you do the work. A soil testing company has professional and skilled staff who understand the health of soil in detail.

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And it contains almost no nitrogen, which plants vitally need. Excellant!

A)Loamy Sand

B)I don’t believe it hinders nor aids in the flow of water and or nutrients at all seeing as how water would just flow through it essentially without trouble however the same can almost be said of nutrients except if the nutrient is larger than the loamy sand then it would probably get stuck there until something unhinges it.

C)Various waterfowl and a few members of the Bivalvia family.

D)The members of the Bivalvia family would add to the soil because their shells crush easily into the fine particles that would make up sand.

E)The soil I collected would be likely to eroded to even tiny specks of sand due to the nature of the soil itself.

F)It is important to think about soil texture because this affects how both nutrients and water is distributed amongst the organisms that inhabit the location that the ecologist is studying thereby affecting things as serious as reproduction rate as well as mortality rate.

Forficula auricularia also known as Earwigs

soil at fenner park location

(e) No I do not think the soil is eroded. I think if my site lost the current soil it would lose a lot of plant and animal species that depend on it. If the soil did erode it would probably erode along the lake and the rocks. As an ecologist it is important to think about soil texture because helps you understand what organisms can or can't live in an environment or if crops would be able to thrive in certain areas.