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nrTABLE 10.-SOILS ClASSIHED ACCORDING TO THE CURRIOT SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATICN-Continued the tre Series Rasset ........ Seiide.......... Shields U/ Shorewood--* Ziaier«en*- Fasiily 1/ Coerse-loasry» odxed, aesic--* Sandy-skeletel » mixed, mesic- Fine« montmorillonitic, inesic Fine, aontaorillonitic, iiesic Sandy, mixed, frigid ............... Subgroup Typic Argiudolls-- Entic Hapludolls-- Md IU c Albaqualfs- Aquic Argiudolls-- Alfic Udipsanuncnts Order Mollisols. Mollisols. Mollisols. Mollisols. Entisols. Hennepin County has soil temperatures on the border between the mesic and frigid soil ter’.perature classes; therefore, soils in both classes occur in the county. However, these tewpercturc differences are idlior and arc usually not significant to growing crops in the county. These soils are taxadjuncts of the Anoka series because the surface layer is thicker and darker 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 fined range for the series. 4/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Dakota series because they have less translocated clay in the B horizon than the defined range for the series. 5/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Dorchester series because they have darker colored upper hori- tons vid contain more sand than the defined range for the series. i/ Some of these soils are taxadjuncts of the Isan series because the C horizon is loam or heavv sandy loam. IJ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Langola series because they have more silt and clay in the solun and some have grayer colors than the defined range for the series. y These soils are taxadjuncts of the Lerdal series because the A horizon is thicker than the defined range for the series. I! These soils arc taxadjuncts of the Litchfield series because they have a thinner, darker colored A horizon 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 JLL/ These soils are taxadjuncts of the Shields series because the upper part of the B horizon is darker than the defined range for the series. sub ist gre the The mai abs ini gre sec hoi cl; cor roc the at\ se al an us n' na we St th di of lo a Fc th an nu HU Mi ir pa St ap be ce th. cc cc Pc 1)