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

BURFORD SOIL (BU)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse textured fluvial sand and gravel materialRapidMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toorganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Ap 4 24 13 69 i l 20 11 SL 2 .5 7 .2 3 .1Bm 3 54 18 74 13 18 8 SL 0 .9 7 .1 0 .9Bt 2 74 20 72 8 13 16 GSL 0 .7 7 .1 0.5Ck 2 22 86 7 9 6 GIS - 7 .6 18 .7BEVERLY SOIL (BV)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEHorizonNo. ofSamplesStratified, fine to very fine (clayey) textured lacustrine materials which most oftenhave silty clay loam or silty clay texturesImperfect-DepptoHorizonBase (cm)Gravel%MEAN HORIZON VALUESSand%VF Sand%Silt%Clay%TextureOrganicMatter%pH inCaCl2Ap 17 23~ . 0 15 5 54 31 SICL 3 .3 6 .6 .2Btgj 12 46 0 8 2 50 43 SIC 0.9 7 .0 .7Ckgj 20 0 4 0 56 40 SIC 7 .5 21.9CaCO3%BEVERLY SOIL - COARSE PHASE (BV.C)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm of coarse (sandy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured lacustrine materialImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 1 21 0 65 19 21 14 FSL 2.4 7 .3 1 .9Aegj 1 34 0 74 14 17 9 FSL 1 .7 7 .1 0.5IIBtgj 1 45 0 12 4 45 43 SIC 0.8 7 .3 0.8IICkgj 1 0 6 0 52 42 SIC 0.0 7 .6 19 .0