(Gleyed Orthic) Humic Podzolic Soil
Profile descriptionH (25 to 0 cm) Black (N 2/m) well decomposed organic material; plentiful roots; abrupt smooth boundary Ae (0 to 8 cm) Reddish gray (5YR 5/2 - 3.5/1 m); loamy sand; amorphous; weakly cemented; few roots; abrupt smooth boundary Bhc1 (8 to 15 cm) Black (5YR 2/1 m); loamy sand; weak, fine granular; weakly cemented; few roots; abrupt smooth boundary Bhc2 (15 to 23 cm) Very dusky red (1.5YR 2/2 m); loamy sand; amorphous; very weakly cemented; no roots; abrupt smooth boundary Bh (23 to 30 cm) Dark reddish brown (5YR 4/5 to 7.5YR 4/3 m); loamy
sand; amorphous; friable, firm; abrupt smooth boundary
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(Gleyed Orthic) Humic Podzols | -Chemical Properties | ||||
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Horizons | pH | OM(%) | CEC | (Ca2++Mg2+) | Al3 |
(cmolc kg-1) | |||||
LF | 4.8 | - | - | - | - |
H | 3.7 | 1.75 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 1.36 |
Bhc1 | 3.8 | 9.62 | 32.5 | 2.2 | 5.6 |
Bhc2 | 4.1 | 6.57 | 31.3 | 1.7 | 4.4 |
Bh | 4.2 | 2.80 | 15.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 |
(Gleyed Orthic) Humic Podzol | -Physical Properties | |||
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Horizons | Sand | Silt | Clay | BD |
LF | - | - | - | - |
H | - | - | - | - |
Ae | 73 | 7 | 20 | - |
Bhc1 | 90 | 4 | 6 | - |
Bhc2 | 92 | 5 | 3 | - |
Bh | 95 | 2 | 3 | - |
Refs.
Clayton, J.S., W.A. Ehlrich, D.B. Cann, J. H. Day and I.B. Marshall. 1977. Soils of Canada Vol 1. Soil report. Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa
Agriculture Canada Expert Committee on Soil survey. 1987. The Canadian System of Soil Classification. 2nd ed. Agric. Can. Publ. 1646. 164 pp.