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Description of soil BCSWSca~~~A (SWANSON)

**General Characteristics**
Classification	O.HG Orthic Humic Gleysol
Profile	Agricultural soil profile The soil has been disturbed by agriculture.
Kind of material	Mineral The soil material is primarily composed of mineral particles.
Water table	Always The water table is always present in the soil.
Root restrictions	Third layer The growth of plant roots is restricted by the third layer.
Type of root restricting layer	Undifferentiated Undifferentiated
Drainage	Poorly drained Water is removed so slowly in relation to supply that the soil remains wet for a comparatively large part of the time the soil is not frozen. Excess water is evident in the soil for a large part of the time. Subsurface flow or groundwater flow, or both, in addition to precipitation are the main water sources; there may also be a perched water table, with precipitation exceeding evapotranspiration. Soils have a wide range in available water storage capacity, texture, and depth, and are gleyed subgroups, Gleysols, and Organic soils.

**Parent Materials**
Mode of Deposition	Texture	Chemical properties
Glaciolacustrine Used where there is evidence that the lacustrine materials were deposited in contact with glacial ice. One of the following characteristics must be present: kettles or an otherwise irregular surface that is neither simply the result of normal settling and compaction in silt nor the result of piping slump structures resulting from loss of support caused by melting of retaining ice presence of numerous ice-rafted stones in the lacustrine silts.	Fine Fine (USDA Texture Classes: SC,SIC,C,GSIC).	Moderately / Very Strongly Calcareous 6 - 40 CaCO₃ equivalent (%)

Soil Layer Characteristics

**Soil Layer Characteristics**
			Classification				Physical										Chemical						Water
Layer Number	Upper depth	Lower depth	hzn_lit	hzn_mas	hzn_suf	hzn_mod	bd	cofrag	tsand	tsilt	tclay	domsand	vfsand	orgcarb	vonpost	wood	phca	ph2	bases	caco3	cec	ec	ksat	kp0	kp10	kp33	kp1500
1	0	20		A	pk		1.05	0	15	33	52	F	4	4.2	-9	-9	8.2	8.8	100	33	27	2	0.3	60	49	47	21
2	20	36		B	kg		1.3	0	11	27	62	F	3	1.9	-9	-9	7.9	8.5	100	32	34	1	0.3	51	43	41	21
3	36	66		C	gca		1.5	0	6	26	68	F	2	1.1	-9	-9	7.8	8.5	100	31	35	2	0.3	43	42	35	22
4	66	125		C	gk		1.5	0	5	20	75	F	1	0.6	-9	-9	8.0	8.8	100	16	35	2	0.3	43	42	35	22

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Date modified:: 2019-09-09