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formed mainly in woody fibers. Medo soils have sandy textures in the lower part of the series control section. Palms soils have organic matter content greater than 75 percent and do not have an A horizon directly below the organic material. Philbon soils have fibric and hemic material in the upper 12 inches. Shalcar soils ave less than 26 degrees difference between mean January and mean July temperatures. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Klossner soils are in basins that were formerly lakes or ponds, lake plains, till plains, flood plains, or moraines. They are also on hillside seep areas in moraines and sideslopes of river valleys. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. The soils on nearby uplands are generally loamy. The mean annual temperature ranges from 45 to 50 degrees F. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 24 to 32 inches. Frost free days range from 110 to 160. Elevations above sea level range from 800 to 1400 feet. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: The main ones are the Cal�isteo, Har s, Okobo�i, Glencoe, Muske�o and Houahton soils. Canisteo and Harps soils are on the rims of depressions. Glencoe and Okoboji are at the outer edges of the depressions. Muskego and Houghton soils are in larger depressions. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Very poorly drained. Surface runoff is negligible. Permeability is moderately slow to moderately rapid in the organic layers and moderate or moderately slow in the loamy material. USE AND VEGETATION: The greater part of this soil is cultivated to corn, soybeans, small grains and specialty crops such as vegetables or grass sod. Other areas are in vegetation of grasses, reeds, sedges, alder, aspen, or willow. Some of the hillside seep areas are set aside as natural areas and called fens. DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The south central and southeast part of Minnesota and possibly northern Iowa. The series is extensive. MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota SERIES ESTABLISHED: Nicollet County, Minnesota, 1989. REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized are: sapric soil materials from the surface to about 26 inches; loamy mineral material from 26 to 50 inches or more; aquic moisture regime. This soil was formerly included in the Palms Series in Minnesota. ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to MAES-CFC#'s 2697, 3251, 3400 and 3475.