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Appendix B-6 Agar Lake (AA) soils occur near Oliver, Penticton and Summerland. Dartmouth (DH) soils occur throughout the central Okanagan Valley portion of the map area. Paradise (PE) soils occur mainly near Oliver, Okanagan Falls, West Summerland and East Kelowna. Skaha (SK) soils are common and occur on nearly level to extreme slopes, usually in association with Debeck, Osoyoos, Haynes and Agar Lake soils. Trout Creek (TC) soils are scattered throughout the Okanagan map area, but are most common in the West Summerland, Peachland and East Kelowna areas. Stemwinder Soil Management Group Burnell Lake (BL) soils are common in the South Okanagan Valley near Oliver, Penticton, Naramata and Summerland. Canyonview (CY) soils occupy small scattered location near Oliver, Penticton, Summerland and adjacent to the Ashnola River west of Keremeos. Hupel (HU) soils are located north of Lumby in the White and Trinity Valleys and east of Lumby toward Cherryville in Bluespring Valley. Lumby (LY) (LY:gl) 1 soils are scattered throughout most of the classified area, but are more common in the vicinity of Lumby. Manery (MY) soils occur throughout the map area and are usually associated with Canyonview, Roy Creek, Tomlin and Inkaneep soils. Pandozy (PY) soils only occur on the Mission Creek fan near Kelowna. Ponderosa (PØ) soils occur only in the vicinity or Oliver. Ratnip (RN) soils occur near Oliver, Summerland and East Kelowna. Stemwinder (SW) soils are common in the Similkameen Valley from the International Boundary to the Ashnola River, they also occur in small areas near Oliver, Penticton and Peachland. Tomlin (TM) soils occur throughout the map area, mostly near Penticton, Okanagan Falls, Summerland, Westbank and Kelowna. Twin Lakes (TL) soils are limited to the southern part of the map area, mostly near Olalla. Summerland Soil Management Group Gartrell (GR) soils occur in a few scattered areas throughout the Okanagan Valley portion of the map area. Summerland (SR) soils occur mainly near Osoyoos, West Summerland, Westbank and Kelowna. Swanson (SN) (SN:vp) 1 soils are scattered near the north end of Okanagan Lake, along the shore of Swan Lake and in the area between 345 and 450 metre elevations. Susap Soil Management Group Bullock (BK) soils occur on nearly level and very gentle slopes on the floodplain of the Similkameen River. Kinney (KY) soils occur on the Okanagan River floodplain between Penticton and Osoyoos Lake. Monashee (MØ) soils occur along Cherry, Creighton, Bluespring and Bessette Creeks. Susap (SU) soils are common on the floodplain of the Similkameen River. 1 Legend of Soil Phases and Variants, Page B-8
Miscellaneous Soils Armstrong (A:er) 1 soils are located mainly east of Rutland near Black Knight Mountain. Corporation (CP) soils occur in scattered locations mainly in the southern portion of the map area. Dub Lake (DU) soils are relatively uncommon in the map area and only occur north of Oliver on extreme slopes. Enderby (E:er) (E:li) 1 soils are mainly found in an east-west valley that lies between Glenemma and Enderby and in the Deep Creek Valley. Glenemma (G:er) 1 soils were mapped along Equesis Creek, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. Other areas lie adjacent to BX Creek northeast of Vernon and along the south side of the Coldstream Valley. Iltcoola (IL) soils occur on nearly level and very gently sloping islands, bars and low terraces in and adjacent to the Okanagan and Similkameen River channels. Kloag Pass (KG) soils occur adjacent to Osoyoos Lake on gentle and moderate slopes. Maynard (MD) soils occur on gentle to extreme slopes in the Okanagan Valley, mainly adjacent to Osoyoos, Skaha and Okanagan Lakes. Nahun (H:er) 1 soils occupy gravelly terraces in the natural grassland section of the map area. The main areas occur northwest of Armstrong, south of Glenemma and in the vicinity of BX Creek. Rutland (R:er) 1 soils occupy areas throughout the Okanagan Valley portion of the map area and also near Keremeos in the Similkameen Valley. Solly (SØ) soils occur adjacent to Osoyoos, Vaseaux, Skaha and Okanagan lakes. Miscellaneous Land Types MLA, MLB, MLC, MLD, MLE, MLF, MLG Refer to page 30 for location and descriptions. 1 Legend of Soil Phases and Variants, Page B-8 Appendix B-7
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List Of Soil Management Groups And
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Well Suited Crops • All necessary
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Soil Management Groups This section
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Miscellaneous Soils Soil Series: Ar
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Soil Management Guide This section
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Table 5 Soil Particle Size and Char
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Table 6 Physical Characteristics of
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plant roots and organic matter. The
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The bulk density of high organic mi
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Other management practices, such as
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Figure 11 Schematic drawing of the
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1 m, etc., in an orchard block wher
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3. Water Management High rainfall d
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Table 12 Availability Coefficients
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Page 101 and 102: References Published Sources Agricu
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