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Mollisols Alfisols Inceptisols Entisols Example of an Udipsamment, which is an Entisol – A young poorly developed soil in a sandy glacial outwash plain.
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Mollisols - grassland soils with high base status Albolls, Aquolls, Rendolls, Gelolls, Cryolls, Xerolls, Ustolls, andUdolls. Alfisols - moderately leached soils with a subsurface zone of clay accumulation and >35% base saturation Aqualfs, Cryalfs, Udalfs, Ustalfs, and Xeralfs. Inceptisols - soils with weakly developed subsurface horizons Aquepts, Anthrepts, Gelepts, Cryepts, Ustepts, Xerepts, and Udepts. Entisols - soils with little or no morphological development Wassents, Aquents, Arents, Psamments, Fluvents, andOrthents.
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Grassland soils with high base status Albolls - wet Mollisols with a light- colored horizon formed through Fe reduction Aquolls - Mollisols with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year Rendolls - shallow Mollisols over calcareous parent material Gelolls - Mollisols of very cold cimates (mean annual soil temperature <0°C) Cryolls - Mollisols of cold climates Xerolls - temperate Mollisols with very dry summers and moist winters Ustolls - Mollisols of semiarid and subhumid climates Udolls - Mollisols of humid climates
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Southeastern Minnesota Shallow soil Very dark A horizons overlying calcareous sedimentary PM Humid Regions: Mean annual precipitation is approximately 35 inches. Highly calcareous parent material Not extensive in the US.
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Moderately leached soils with a subsurface zone of clay accumulation and >35% base saturation Aqualfs - Alfisols with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year Cryalfs - Alfisols of cold climates Ustalfs - Alfisols of semiarid and subhumid climates Xeralfs - temperate Alfisols with very dry summers and moist winters Udalfs - Alfisols of humid climates
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Mollic Albaqualf Central Missouri Parent Material: loess with clay contents of 16% in the Ap horizon to 59% in the Bt horizon. Abrupt increase in clay across the E- Bt horizon boundary. Relatively fertile soils because of the high base saturation. Clay-rich subsoil causes saturation during winter and spring problems for their use and management. Used for corn, soybean, sorghum production with artificial drainage
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Soils with weakly developed subsurface horizons Aquepts - Inceptisols with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year Anthrepts - Inceptisols with evidence of human habitation and farming Gelepts - Inceptisols of very cold climates (mean annual soil temperature <0°C) Cryepts - Inceptisols of cold climates Ustepts - Inceptisols of semiarid and subhumid climates Xerepts - temperate Inceptisols with very dry summers and moist winters Udepts - Inceptisols of humid climates
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Lithic Eutrudept Northern Michigan Formed in glacial drift over limestone Very shallow to bedrock. Note the irregular boundary between the Bw horizon and the bedrock (R). Although relatively fertile, too shallow for cultivation Used for pasture land and timber production.
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Soils with little or no morphological development Wassents - Entisols that are submerged for more than 21 hours every day Aquents - Entisols with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year year Arents - Entisols that have been disturbed and contain fragments of diagnostic horizons that are not arranged in any discernable order Psamments - very sandy Entisols Fluvents - alluvial Entisols commonly found on floodplains Orthents - common Entisols that don't meet criteria of other suborders
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SW Wisconsin Fluvial landscapes Stratified layers form from deposition of fluvial sediment Thick buried A horizon Irregular decrease in organic carbon with depth.
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