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

BEVERLY SOIL - LOAMY PHASE (BV.L)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm of medium (loamy) 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 % CaC l2 %Ap 22 23 0 42 19 39 19 L 2.9 6.6 0.8IIBtgj 13 50 0 14 4 46 41 SIC 1 .0 7.0 0.5IICkgj 19 92 0 9 3 52 39 SICL 7.6 18 .5BRADY SOIL (BY)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse (sandy) textured lacustrine or fluvial material, occasionally having a veneerof eolian material having fine sand or loamy fine sand texturesImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUES-Depth to-OrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % . turc % CaCl2 %Ap 10 24 1 80 10 14 7 LS 3.9 6.2 0.1Bm 9 62 0 86 9 11 3 LS 1.0 6.1Bmgj 7 67 1 89 7 8 3 S 0.7 6.1Btgj 9 89 1 79 9 10 11 SL 0.4 6.4 1.7Ckgj 8 3 93 11 5 3 S 0.1 7.4 17 .6CALEDON SOIL (CA)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse (sandy) textured lacustrine or fluvial material over coarse textured fluvial sandand gravel materialWellMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth to-organicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaC12 %Ap 2 22 3 66 17 25 9 SL 3.0 6.6Bm 2 47 3 71 17 24 6 SL 0.8 6.8Bt 2 64 4 38 11 38 25 L 0.5 5.8IIBt 1 75 24 61 5 14 25 GSCL 0.6 6.411Ck 2 33 80 3 12 9 GLS 0.2 7.3 20 .5129