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� same pedons. Thin fayers, less than 5 inches thick, oti fibric muterial are in some pedons.
<br /> Some pedons have.a thin layer of sedimentary peat above the C horizon. Some pedons
<br /> have a thin A horizon above the C horizon.
<br /> The C or Cg horizon has hue of I OYR to SY, SGY, or is neutral; value of 3 to 7, �nd
<br /> chroma of 0 to 4. It is loamy very fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy toam, loam, sitt loam, ,
<br /> silty clay loam, clay loarn, or sandy clay loam,or the gravelly analogues af thase '
<br /> textures. The upper 12 inches of this horizon averages_between 10 and 35 percent clay.
<br /> Some pedons contain thin strata of fine sand, loamy sand, or silt. Reaction ranges.from
<br /> moderately acid to moderately alkaline. Rock fragment content ranges from 0 to 25
<br /> percent and fragments range in size frorrt gravel to stones. Some pedons contain
<br /> carbonates. Sandy substratum, gravelly substratum, and overwash phases are recognized. �
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<br /> COMPETING SERIES: These aze the Klossner, Linwood, Medo, Natchau� �T��
<br /> Philbon, and Shalcar secies. Similar soils aee the Adrian, Carlisle; Cathro, Dawson,
<br /> Edwards, Hou�hton, Markev,Tawas, and Willette series. Klossner soils have A horizons
<br /> directly below the organic matter. Linwood soils formed mainly in woody fibers. Medo
<br /> soils have less than 14 percent clay in the lower 1/3 of the series control section.
<br /> Natchaug soils are in areas where the mean annual precipitation is greater than 43 inches.
<br /> Philbon soils have fibric and hemic material in the upper 12 inches. Shalcar soils have a
<br /> difference between mean anaual summer and mean annuai winter temperatures that is
<br /> less'than 26 degrees F. Adrian, Dawson,Markey, and Tawas soils have sandy mineral
<br /> layers at depths of 16 to S l inches. Tn addition, the Dawson,Markey, and Tawas soils
<br /> ` have frigid soil temperatures. Caziisle and Houghton soils formed in organic depasiEs
<br /> more than 51 inches thick. Cathro soils have frigid soil temperatures_ Edwards soils are
<br /> underlain by marl at depths of 16 to 51 inches. Wiliette soils have mineral layers that
<br /> � average more than 35 percent clay at depths of 16 to 51 inches. '
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<br /> GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Palms soils formed herbaceous organic material and the
<br /> underlying loamy deposits and are in closed depressions on Iake plains, tili plains,
<br /> outwash plains, moraines, and hillside seep areas, and on backswamps of flood plains.
<br /> Slope graclients range fram 0 to b percent. The soils on nearby uplands are generally �
<br /> loamy. Mean annual temperature ranges from.48 to 53 degrees F., mean annual �
<br /> preczpitation ranges from about 30 to 43 inches,frost-free period ranges from 120 to 180'
<br /> days, and elevation ranges from S80 to 1,530 feet above sea level.
<br /> GEOGRAPffiCALLY AS30CIATED SOILS: The Hou hton soiIs are the znost
<br /> common associate and are on similar landform positions. Poorly drained or very poorly �
<br /> drained loamy mineral soils are at the edges of the bogs and are adjacent to Palms,soils.
<br /> DRA,INAGE AND PERMEAgII,,ITy; Very poorly drained.The potential runoff for
<br /> surface r�anoff is negligible. Permeability is moderately slow to moderately rapid in the '
<br /> . organic material, and moderate or moderateIy s�ow in the loamy material. The depth to �
<br /> the top of an apparent seasonal high water table ranges from 1 foot above the�surface to 1
<br /> footbelow the surface from Novemher to May in normal years.
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