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BOOTS SERIES
<br /> The Boots series consists of deep, very poorly drained soils formed in organic material.These soils have moderate or
<br /> moderately rapid permeability. Slopes are less than 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 30 inches,and
<br /> mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F.
<br /> TAXONOMIC CLASS: Euic, mesic Typic Haplohemists
<br /> TYPICAL PEDON: Boots muck- on a slope of less than 1 percent in an undisturbed area at an elevation of about
<br /> 821 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
<br /> Oal--0 to 4 inches; black(5YR 2/1),dark reddish brown(5YR 2/2) rubbed sapric material;about 15 percent fiber,5
<br /> percent rubbed; massive; very friable;common fine roots; primarily herbaceous fibers; neutral (pH 7.0 in water);
<br /> clear wavy boundary.
<br /> Oa2--4 to 10 inches;dark reddish brown(5YR 2/2),dark reddish brown(5YR 3/2)rubbed sapric material; about 20
<br /> percent fiber,5 percent rubbed; massive; very friable;primarily herbaceous fibers; neutral (pH 7.0 in water);clear
<br /> wavy boundary.
<br /> Oe--10 to 60 inches;dark reddish brown(5YR 3/2),dark brown(7.5YR 3/2)rubbed hemic material;about 70
<br /> percent fiber,20 percent rubbed; weak platy structure; very friable; primarily herbaceous fibers; neutral (pH 7.0 in
<br /> water).
<br /> TYPE LOCATION: Columbia County,Wisconsin;about 6 miles east of Wisconsin Dells in Weeting Marsh; 2,280
<br /> feet north and 1,059 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 10,T. 13 N., Re 7 E.
<br /> RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The organic layers are more than 51 inches thick. The organic material is
<br /> primarily herbaceous fibers. Some pedons contain up to 15 percent by volume of woody fragments that cannot he
<br /> crushed between the fingers. Layers within the control sections typically have pH of 6.0 to 7.0 in water,but range
<br /> from pH 5.6 to 7.3. In some pedons, free carbonates are in subhorizons of the subsurface tier. In some pedons thin
<br /> layers contain as much as 20 percent mineral material. Layers within subsurface and bottom tiers have 10YR, 7.5YR,
<br /> or 5YR hue, value of 2 through 4,and chroma of 1 through 4. The layers in the surface tier are predominantly sapric
<br /> material, but in some pedons they are primarily hemic material.These layers are commonly massive, but in some
<br /> pedons they have weak coarse subangular blocky or weak platy structure.The layers in the subsurface and bottom
<br /> tiers are predominantly hemic material. In some pedons, layers of sapric materials are within the subsurface and
<br /> bottom tiers but total thickness is less than 10 inches.The layers in the subsurface and bottom tiers commonly have
<br /> weak platy structure or they are massive.
<br /> COMPETING SERIES:These are the McMurray and Seattle series in the same family and the Carbondale,
<br /> Carlisle,Caron,Greenwood, Houghton, Lena,Loxley,Lupton, Rifle, Spalding,and Tacoosh series. McMurray soils
<br /> consist mainly of woody fibers. Seattle soils have more acid sola and have moist winters and dry summers.
<br /> Carbondale,Greenwood,Loxley,Lupton, Rifle, Spalding,and Tacoosh soils are frigid. In addition,Carbondale,
<br /> Loxley,and Lupton soils have sapric material dominant in the control section and Tacoosh soils have mineral
<br /> substrata at depths ranging from 16 to about 50 inches. Carlisle, Houghton,and Lena soils have sapric material
<br /> dominant in the control section.In addition,Lena soils are calcareous throughout.Caron soils have limnic substrata
<br /> at depths ranging from 16 to about 50 inches.
<br /> GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Boots soils are in depressions within moraines,outwash areas, and lake basins. Slope
<br /> gradients are less than 2 percent. Mean annual temperature is estimated to range from 45 to 54 degrees F,and mean
<br /> annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 33 inches.
<br /> GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:These are the competing Houchton soils and the Adrian and Palms
<br /> soils. These soils occupy similar positions on the landscape. Adrian and Palms soils consist of sapric material above
<br /> Svoboda Ecological Resources 1350 Orono Oaks Drive
<br /> Project No.: 2007-061-03 23 Ron Ridgeway
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