Description of soil MBSLY~~~~~N (Shelley)
| Classification | T.M |
|---|---|
| Profile | Native soil profile The soil is in native condition (undisturbed by agriculture). |
| Kind of material | Organic The soil material is primarily composed of organic particles. |
| Water table | Always The water table is always present in the soil. |
| Root restrictions | No root restricting layer The growth of plant roots is not restricted by any soil layer. |
| Type of root restricting layer | n/a Not Applicable |
| Drainage | Very poorly drained Water is removed from the soil so slowly that the water table remains at or on the surface for the greater part of the time the soil is not frozen. Excess water is present in the soil for the greater part of the time. Groundwater flow and subsurface flow are the major water sources. Precipitation is less important except where there is a perched water table with precipitation exceeding evapotranspiration. Soils have a wide range in available water storage capacity, texture, and depth, and are either Gleysolic or Organic. |
| Mode of Deposition | Texture | Chemical properties | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uppermost | Forest Peat 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. |
Mesic Mesic |
Medium Acid to Neutral pH 5.6 - 7.4 |
| Below | Glaciofluvial Material moved by glaciers and subsequently sorted and deposited by streams flowing from the melting ice. The deposits are stratified and may occur in the form of outwash plains, deltas, kames eskers, and kame terraces. See also glacial drift and till. |
Coarse Coarse (USDA Texture Classes: FS,LCS,LS,LFS,GLS,CBLS). |
Moderately / Very Strongly Calcareous 6 - 40 CaCO3 equivalent (%) |
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 | 15 | O | f | 0.05 | 0 | -9 | -9 | -9 | - | -9 | 47.5 | 2 | 0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 74 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 30.0 | 95 | 40 | 30 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 15 | 50 | O | m | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | -9 | -9 | -9 | - | -9 | 50.2 | 5 | 0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 65 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 3.0 | 90 | 70 | 60 | 15 | |
| 3 | 50 | 100 | O | m | 2 | 0.13 | 0 | -9 | -9 | -9 | - | -9 | 40.7 | 5 | 0 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 70 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 3.0 | 90 | 70 | 60 | 15 | |
| 4 | 100 | 120 | O | h | 0.15 | 0 | -9 | -9 | -9 | - | -9 | 39.9 | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 80 | 0 | 117 | 0 | 0.3 | 90 | 75 | 65 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 120 | 130 | A | hg | 1.5 | 0 | 55 | 30 | 15 | VF | 45 | 2.1 | -9 | -9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 100 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.0 | 43 | 30 | 20 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 130 | 160 | C | kg | 1.55 | 0 | 57 | 32 | 11 | VF | 45 | 0.1 | -9 | -9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 100 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 3.0 | 40 | 27 | 17 | 4 | ||