The Soils of Middlesex County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

WALSHER ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS Walsher, well drained
Vittoria, imperfectly drained
- Silver Hill, poorly drained
PARENT MATERIALS
40 to 100 cm of sandy textures overlying loamy glaciolacustrine material
WALSHER SOIL (WSH)
GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS
DRAINAGE
Well
USUALCLASSIFICATION Brunisolic Gray Brown Luvisol**
Horizon
No. of
Samples
Depth to
Horizon
Base (cm)
MEAN HORIZONVALUES
Gravel
%
Sand
%
VF Sand
%
** Horizon sequence in the generalized profile is based on a small number of sampled sites and therefore may not represent the
common horizon sequence of a Brunisolic Gray BrownLuvisol.
Silt
°Xv
Clay
%
Textare
Texture
Org.M %
pH in
CaC12
Ap 2 30 5 77 15 14 10 FSL 2.6 6.6
Bra 2 55 5 73 29 15 12 FSL 1 .5 6.7 0.6
IICk 3 3 39 21 41 19 L - 7.4 23.3
CaC03
%
WALSHER SOIL - TILL PHASE (WSH .T)
Insufficient sites exist in the Middlesex data base to generate a generalized profile forWalsher Till Phase soils
VITTORIA SOIL (VIT)
GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS
DRAINAGE
Imperfect
USUALCLASSIFICATION Gleyed Brunisolic Gray Brown Luvisol
Horizon
No. of
Samples
Depth to
Horizon
Base (cm)
MEAN HORIZON VALUES
Gravel
%
Sand
%
VF Sand
%
Silt
°do
Clay
%
Org.M
%
pH in
CaC12
Ap 21 25 2 72 19 19 9 FSL 3.40 7.1 1.8
Aegj 5 45 2 77 20 17 6 LIPS 1.1 7.1 0.5
BMW 19 52 1 81 20 13 6 LFS 1.0 7.0 0.5
Btgj 4 60 3 74 19 14 13 FSL 0.4 7.1 0.3
IICkgj 22 1 24 17 63 12 SIL - 7.6 30 .7
CaCO3
%