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

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Figure 16 : Field Site Key To Identify <strong>The</strong> Appropriate Soil TypeWhen Materials Are Contrasting . *Site Is a phase <strong>of</strong> aYESdefined soil which muststill be determined .START<strong>The</strong> underlyingmateriel is not gravellys<strong>and</strong>y textured.,'q'-One materialoverlies acontrasUng materielwithin 100 cm <strong>of</strong>the surface.<strong>The</strong> upper materialIs 15-40 cm thickNIONO40-100 cm <strong>of</strong> loamytextured materialoverlies clayeytextured material .<strong>The</strong> underlyingmaterial is gravellys<strong>and</strong>y textured.--YES -YESFYESUpper materialcontains coarsefragments (>2 mm) .PHASE DESCRIPTIONSANDSYMBOLSL NO.C - Coarse phase: upper or surfacematerial is s<strong>and</strong>y textured..L - Loamy phase : upper or surfacematerial is loamy textured ..F - Fine phase : upper or surfacematerial is clayey textured ..P - Peaty phase: 15-40 cm <strong>of</strong> organicmaterial overlies mineral material .mineral material .Note : <strong>The</strong> symbols C, .L, F or .P areadded to the appropriate soilname symbol to denote thephase ; eg. MLI.C, BV .L, etc.NO40-100cm <strong>of</strong> s<strong>and</strong>ytextured materialoverlies loamytextured material.NOYESYES~-YESContrasting material includesmaterial which has a significantdifference in gravel <strong>and</strong> stonecontent or has a soil texturewhich is different by two or moretextural classes .40-100 cm <strong>of</strong> s<strong>and</strong>ytextured materialoverlies gravelly s<strong>and</strong>ytextured material .YES 00Site occurs on nearlylevel or very gentlyundulatingtopography .LNO

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