Description of soil BCDNN~~~~~N (DENNETT)

Humic Folisol

The soil is in native condition (undisturbed by agriculture).

The soil material is primarily composed of organic particles.

The water table is not present in the soil at any time.

The growth of plant roots is restricted by the fifth layer.

Lithic (consolidated bedrock)

Water is removed from the soil readily but not rapidly. Excess water flows downward readily into underlying pervious material or laterally as subsurface flow. Soils have intermediate available water storage capacity (4-5 cm) within the control section, and are generally intermediate in texture and depth. Water source is precipitation. On slopes subsurface flow may occur for short durations, but additions are equaled by losses.

This class is used for forest peatcovered or forest peat-filled areas where the water table is at or above the peat surface. The dominant peat materials are shallow to deep mesic to humic forest and fen peat formed in a eutrophic environment resulting from strong water movement from the margins or other mineral sources.

Humic

pH < 5.6

Massive to moderately-well stratified, nonsorted to poorly sorted sediments with any range of particle sizes from clay to boulders that have reached their present position only by direct, gravity-induced movement. Processes include slow displacements such as creep and solifluction and rapid movements such as earth flows.

Coarse (USDA Texture Classes: FS,LCS,LS,LFS,GLS,CBLS).

pH < 5.6

Igneous, acidic bedrock (dominantly granite)

Not Applicable

Not Applicable