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bottom tiers. Silty clay Ic�am overwash, C�ay luam substratum, marshy (pc�nded), and <br /> tlaoded pha�es are rec��nized in some places. <br /> i�he surface ti�r has hue af l OYR, 7.SYR, Qr ncutral, value �f 2 or 3 an� chroma of 4 to 2. <br /> I�he herb��ceous organic part�t�the suhsurface and hattam tiers has hue of 51�'R, 7.SYR or <br /> I OYR or is neutr�i in hue. �'alue is 2 or 3 and chroma is 0 to �. It is dominantly muck <br /> (sapric material), but some ped�ns have lavers�f mucky peak (hemic rrtaterial:! up w 10 <br /> inches thick. <br /> `l�he I,co horizon has huc af I OYR, 2.51�. SY,or SGY, value of 2 to � and chr�ma�f l tv <br /> 3. [t is coprog�nous m�terial. Reaction ranbes from ntutral to mUderately alkalin�:�nd <br /> cartx�nates are pre;ent in s�me p�dons. The Lco horiz�+n has slightlw plastic consistence <br /> anc� shrinks upon dry�inc to farm hard clotis that are ditlicult ta �e-w•et. <br /> CQ�•iPETIhG SERIES: Thcse arc thz �€:�.����� anci I��<<: series. V[osE�n s�ils har�e sand <br /> kx:l�w�the lirnnie layer�rithin the 5) inche cc�nirul section. ToEo sails have marl �rnd sand <br /> b�l�w the li�nnic la�er�rrithin the 5l inch cantrol s�ction. <br /> GEOGI2A!'HIC 5ETTIhC: The Muskegc� soils cornmonlW uce in ciepre�sional areas <br /> principally assaciated �vith glacial Eake p(ains and flc�vd piains, but ather�teo�raphic�l <br /> IQcatians are nnt cxcluded. Slope ranges from 0 Eo ? percent. These soils farm�d in <br /> herbaceuus ors;anic material dc��l�inantly from �rasses,sed�es, and reeds aver <br /> coprogen�us Limnie rnate:i:�) tsedimentary� peat). ��[ran annua) ter�perature ran�es fro�n <br /> =16 t�� 5? dr�rees �, i�fean annual precipitation ran;es fcom ?S t��ld inches. The frost free <br /> peri��! ranges frE�m ab��at 13p t� 180 da�s. �(ev�tion rAngzs froin 6i9 to l�l()0 feet. <br /> GEUGRAPE�IC�LLY� r1,SSUCtATEt} SO�LS: These are the ; I�>�►�:���t��r and h.�r�ti�..����,� <br /> serii5. HoughtUn soils are in n�arby areas v��here[he organic depusits are mvre than �I <br /> inches thick�nd coprogenous material is nat in the lo�•er part of the cont��of sectian. <br /> Klc�s�ner soils are in areas where the coarogenous materiaE is absent and the herbac�c�us <br /> c�rganic material is underlain Uy loamy mineral mat�rial. <br /> DRAINAC� aNU �ER;�iEaBiLiTY: Vecy�oorly drained. The potencia( far surface <br /> ;unc,�ff is (uw o�ne�,ligible. PermeabilitY� is moderate ar mod�rately rapid in dl� <br /> hec•baceous sapric matr:rial and sluv�� in the cupro�enous material (sec�imentary peat). <br /> ��1ost Muskeeo soils hav�e an ap�arent w�ater table fcarn I foot abc�ve the surfaee to t Foot <br /> i�el��v the surface in most y�ears fur much of the period from `ovembcr tQ Au�ust. Some <br /> ��tuskeg« s�ils ha�e an apparent �4�ater c�k�le frain 3 feet to 1 Fuot above the surface in <br /> most years for much of the period from Januar�� td Decemher. <br /> CSE AND �'rG�TATI�y; i�-[ast areas remain in naturat v�getation and pcc}��ide <br /> s��ildlitc habitat. NaEural �eaetati�n i;ciamin3ntiv �rasses, reecis, and sec�c�s ��ith <br /> scattered hard�•o�ds. A few areas have been drained and are used ernplanci. <br /> D[STRIQCT[OY AVp EXTEiYT: S��uthern 1�Viscc�nsin and south�rn Nlinncsota and in <br /> [Ilinois, lndiana, towa. and Qnio. 4tLR.� 9�B, 98, tO�A, 103, IQ�4, 105, 103, 1 CO3 t ! I, <br /> I I�,anci I��#A. The NTu�keg� sc�ils are �f mc�derate extent. <br /> �4iLRA OFFICE RESPOYSII3LF.: Indianapc�lis, Indiana <br />