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The O horizon has hue of lOYR, SYR, or is neutral, alue of 2 or 3 and chroma of 0 to 2. It is dominantly muck(sapric material) however, so e pedons have thin layers of hemic material, less than 10 inches thick. Some pedons have highly organic mineral plow laye s. The 2A horizon has hue of lOYR, 2.SY, SY or is ne tral, value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 0 to 1. It is loam, silt loam, sandy clay loam, silty clay oam, clay loam or mucky modifiers of these textures. It is moderately acid to slightly alk line. Some pedons contain thin layers of coprogenous earth. The 2Cg horizon has hue of lOYR, 2.SY, SY, SGY, r is neutral, value of 2 to 7 and chroma of 0 to 2. It is loam, silt loam, silty clay loa , clay loam, sandy clay loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam, or their gravelly or cobbly nalogues. It is slightly acid to moderately alkaline. The upper 12 inches of this ho ' on averages less than 35 percent clay. Some pedons contain thin strata of fine sand, 1 amy sand, or silt. Gravel or cobble sized rock fragments range from 0 to 25 percent by lume. Some pedons contain free carbonates. Sandy substratum and ponded phases ar recognized. COMPETING SERIES: These are Linwood, Med<, Palms, Philbon and Sl�alcae series. Linwood soils have well expressed granular structur to depths of more than 12 inches and formed mainly in woody fibers. Medo soils hav sandy textures in the lower part of the series control section. Palms soils have organic atter content greater than 75 percent and do not have an A horizon directly below the org nic material. Philbon soils have fibric and hemic material in the upper 12 inches. Sha car soils ave less than 26 degrees difference between mean January and mean July tem eratures. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Klossner soils are in b sins that were formerly lakes or ponds, lake plains, till plains, flood plains, or morain s. They are also on hillside seep areas in moraines and sideslopes of river valleys. Slo es range from 0 to 8 percent. The soils on nearby uplands are generally loamy. The me n annual temperature ranges from 45 to 50 degrees F. The mean annual precipitation ra ges from 24 to 32 inches. Frost free days range from 110 to 160. Elevations above sea le el range from 800 to 1400 feet. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: T e main ones are the Canisteo, Hat-ps, Okoboji, Glencoe, Muske<„o and Hou�.:hton soils. Ca isteo 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 poorl drained. Surface runoff is negligible. Permeability is moderately slow to mode tely 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 o grass sod. Other areas are in vegetation of grasses, reeds, sedges, alder, aspen, or illow. Some of the hillside seep areas are set aside as natural areas and called fens.