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MUSKEGO SERIES <br /> The�tuskego series consists of very deep,very poorly drained soils formed in herbaceous organic material <br /> over coprogenous(imnic material(sedimentary peat)on glacial lake plains and flood plains.These soils <br /> have moderate or moderately rapid <br /> permeability in the herbaceous organic material and s(ow permeabi(ity in the coprogenous materiaL Slopes <br /> range from 0 to 2 percent. Nlean annuaf precipitation is about 30 inches near the typical pedon site. i�tean <br /> annual temperature is about�F9 degrees <br /> F. <br /> TAXONONIIC CLASS: Coprogenous, euic, mesic Limnic Haplosaprists <br /> TYPICAL PEDON: Muskego muck - on a slope of less than 1 percent in a cultivated <br /> field at an elevation of about 815 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.) <br /> Oap--O to 9 inches; black (lOYR 2/1) broken face and rubbed muck (sapric material); <br /> about 25 percent fiber, 4 percent rubbed; moderate very thick platy structure parting to <br /> moderate fine subangular b(ocky; friable; many fine roots; mostly herbaceous fiber; <br /> neutral; abrupt smooth boundac•y. <br /> Oal--9 to 1�L inches; black (lOYR 2/1) broken face muck (sapric materiaf); about 30 <br /> percent fiber, 5 percent rubbed; moderate very thick platy structure parting to moderate <br /> fine subangular blocky; friable; many fine roots; mostly herbaceous fiber; neutral; abrupt <br /> smooth boundary. <br /> Oa2--14 to 30 inches; dark brown (7.SYR 3/2) broken face muck(sapric material) with <br /> few thin (less than 1 inch) layers of mucky peat (hemic material); about 50 percent fiber, <br /> 7 percent rubbed; weak thin platy structure; few fine roots; slightly acid; gradual smooth <br /> boundary. <br /> Lcol--30 to 48 inches; dark olive gray (SY 3/2) coprogenous materia( with fine thin (less <br /> than I inch) lenses of yellowish brown (lOYR 5/6) mucky peat(hemic material); �veak <br /> very thin platy structure; slightly plastic; neutral; diffuse smooth boundary. <br /> Lco2--48 to 60 inches; very dark grayish brown (2.SY 3/2) coprogenous material; <br /> massive; slightly plastic; slightly alkafine. <br /> TYPE LOC�TION: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; about 1 mile east and 2 U2 miles <br /> south of Fredonia; 2,500 feet north and 500 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. I l, <br /> T. ( 1 N., R. 2 l E. or 350 feet north and 375 feet west of end of farmstead driveway; <br /> USGS Fort Washington topographic quadrangle; latitude - 43 degrees, 25 minutes, SS <br /> seconds N. and (ongitude - 37 de;rees, 56 minutes, 34 seconds W. NAD 27. <br /> I2ANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the herbaceous organic layers and <br /> depth to coprogenous materia( (sedimentary peat) ranges from l6 to 51 inches. Fibers are <br /> derived primarily from herbaceous plants. Some pedons contain fragments of twigs, <br /> branches, or logs that range from 1/8 to 5 inches in diameter and amount to less than l5 <br /> percent of the volume. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral (water, 1:1) in the <br /> surface tier and from strongly acid to s(ightly alkaline (watec, 1:l) in the subsurface and <br />