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

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A iFigure 15 :Field Site Key To Identify <strong>The</strong> Appropriate SoilType When Materials Are Similar .Determine the type <strong>of</strong>underlying material.STARTSoil material is similarto a depth greater .than 100 cm .Material Is clayey textured .I -YESIMaterial contains coarse(> 27 percent clay) I--YES -i fragments.(> 2 mm)FYES -a-NONOMaterials contain layer(s)<strong>of</strong> heavy clay at least15 cm thickL NOMaterial is s<strong>and</strong>y textured .(52 percent s<strong>and</strong>)IF-YES ~.1 Material has mainly VFS,LVFS, VFSL or FSL textures.YESABBREVIATIONS1NO -VFS - Very Fine S<strong>and</strong>LVFS - Loamy Very Fine S<strong>and</strong>VFSL - Very Fine S<strong>and</strong>y LoamFSL - Fine S<strong>and</strong>y LoamFS - Fine S<strong>and</strong>LFS - Loamy Fine S<strong>and</strong>SL - S<strong>and</strong>y LoamLS - Loamy S<strong>and</strong>S - S<strong>and</strong>NOMaterial has FSorLFS textures.YESMaterials are considered similarwhen there is no significantdifference in gravel <strong>and</strong> stonecontent or when the soil textureis either the same or differs onlyby one textural class .Material has SL, LS orS textures.YES

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