Foothills Fescue Range Plant Community Guide - Sustainable ...
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Table 5. Soil correlation with range sites in SCA 6, Black Soil Zone of SW Alberta,<br />
<strong>Foothills</strong> <strong>Fescue</strong> Natural Subregion.<br />
Productivity<br />
Rating<br />
More herbage due<br />
to superior soil<br />
moisture<br />
Normal<br />
vegetation<br />
response<br />
Limited by<br />
moisture (or<br />
soluble salts<br />
adversely<br />
affecting plant<br />
growth)<br />
Ecological/<strong>Range</strong><br />
Site<br />
Overflow (Ov)<br />
Subirrigated (Sb)<br />
Wetlands (WL)<br />
Clayey (Cy)<br />
Loamy (Lo)<br />
Sandy (Sy)<br />
Badlands (BdL)<br />
Blowouts (BlO)<br />
Choppy Sandhills<br />
(CS)<br />
Gravel (Gr)<br />
Limy (Li)<br />
Saline Lowlands<br />
(SL)<br />
Sands (Sa)<br />
Shallow to Gravel<br />
(SwG)<br />
Thin Breaks (TB)<br />
Soil or Landscape Description Z Soil Series<br />
Fan, apron, channeled or<br />
concave (non-saline) landscapes KEO<br />
Gleyed; imperfectly drained<br />
KEO, KYN<br />
(CSSC 1998)<br />
Gleysols; poorly drained (CSSC<br />
DWT, IND, ZGW<br />
1998)<br />
Fine (FI) or very fine (VF)<br />
THH, TWG<br />
textures (Refer to Fig. 4)<br />
Medium (ME) or moderately<br />
ADY, DEL, LTA, RKV,<br />
fine (MF) textures (Refer to Fig. YSAKaa 4)<br />
Moderately coarse (MC); or<br />
very coarse (VC) veneer over<br />
HPV, MDP<br />
medium (ME) textures (Refer to<br />
Fig. 4)<br />
Bedrock exposures >10%, and<br />
generally
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