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

ALLUVIUM (AL) - clayeyGENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEMainly fine to very fine (clayey) textured alluvial materialImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUES-Depth toOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Apk 11 22 5 30 14 46 24 L 3.8 7.3 7.6Bmgjkl i l 47 2 26 13 45 29 CL 1 .8 7.4 7.1Bmgjk2 6 76 1 21 8 44 35 CL 1 .9 7.3 4.5Ckg 5 6 22 2 35 43 C _ 7.5 26.6ALLUVIUM (AL) - loamyGENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEMainly medium (loamy) textured alluvial materialImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUES- Depth fo -Organic--No. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Apk 17 20 1 39 17 43 18 L 3 .0 7.3 8.9Bmgjkl 13 66 1 43 17 41 17 L 1 .3 7.4 9.3Bmgjk2 8 84 1 45 16 37 18 L 0.9 7.4 5.9Ckg 7 11 58 13 30 11 SL 0.1 7.5 19.1BERRIEN SOIL (BE)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS 40 to 100 cm of coarse (sandy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured lacustrine materialDRAINAGEImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaC03Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 17 24 1 71 15 18 11 SL 3 .2 6.5 0.3Bmgj 11 51 2 81 19 13 6 LS 0.8 6.7 0.1Bt9j 8 54 3 69 15 16 15 SL 0.6 6.8 0.6IICkgj 14 1 10 1 50 40 SIC 7.5 20 .3