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TABl£ 10.—SOILS CIASSIFIED ACCORDING TO TOE CURREhfT SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION—Continued Series I Rasset— Salida......... Shields 11/ Shorewood-- f^Ziwncnnan-- Fajnily U Coarse-loamy, mixed, r.csic- Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic- Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Sandy, mixed, frigid- - - - - Subgroup Typic Argiudolls-- Entic Hapludolls-- Mollic Albaqualfs- Aquic Argiudolls-- Alfic Udipsamments Order Mollisols. Mollisols. >bllisols a Mollisols • Entisols. Hennepin County has soil temperatures on the border between the mesic and frigid soil temperature "classes; therefore, soils in both classes occur in the county. However, these temperature differences are minor and are usually not significant to growing crops in the county. 2/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Anoka series because the surface layer is thicker and darker 5"and the sand fraction is dominantly fine sand. 3/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Chaska series because they contain less fine sand than the de- ined range for the series. 4/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Dakota series because they have less translocated clay in the B i^oriion than the defined range for the series. 5/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Dorchester series because they have darker colored upper hori zons and contain more sand than the defined range for the series. Some of these soils are taxadjuncts of the Isan series because the C horizon is loam or heavy andy loam. 7/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Langola series because they have more silt and clay in the solum d some have grayer colors than the defined range for the series. 1/These soils are taxadjuncts of the Lerdal series because the A horizon is thicker than the defined pnge for the series. i/These soils are taxadjuncts of the Litchfield series because they have a thinner, darker colored A '.orizon and contain more medium and coarse sand than the defined range for the series. 10/ Organic soils that have not been classified at the series level. 11/These soils are taxadjuncts of the Shields series because the upper part of the B horizon is darker an the defined range for the series. mi■m |il n