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Description:Om l - 0-40 cm moderately decomposed organic material, derived from mosses,grasses and sedgesOm2 - 40-130 cm moderately decomposed organic materialIIC - 130 cm + sandy clay mineral subsoilMALLARD SOILParent Material:Drainage:Usual Classification:Outwash sand, sandy loam and gravelly sandImperfectly drainedGleyed Humo-Ferric PodzolDescription : LFH - 3-0 cm raw humus and roots, very dark gray (10 YR 3/1) ; pH - 5.0Ae - 0-8 cm sand ; light gray (10 YR 7/1) ; single grain structure ; looseconsistency ; stonefree ; pH - 4.5Bhfg - 8-46 cm sand ; brown (10 YR 5/3) ; mottled ; single grain ; occasionallycemented ; stonefree; pH - 5.3Cg - 46 cm+ sand; very pale brown (10 YR 7/3) ; mottled ; single grain ; pH -5.5MAYBROOK SOILParent Material:Drainage :Usual Classification :Slightly to moderately decomposed organic materials ranging between 40 and160 cm thick over clayey mineral subsoilVery poorly drainedTerric Fibric MesisolDescription : Of - 0-40 cm slightly decomposed organic materials derived mainly fromsphagnum mossOm - 40-130 cm moderately decomposed organic materialsHC - 130 cm+ clayey mineral subsoilMILBERTA SOILParent Material:Drainage:Usual Classification ;Varved, calcareous lacustrine clayVery poorly drainedOrthic Humic GleysolDescription: OH - 0-30 cm well-decomposed organic material ; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) ;pH - 6.530-53 cm clay ; gray (10 YR 6/1) ; mottled; mottles are yellow (2 .5 Y7/6) ;massive structure ; very hard consistencywhen dry ; very plastic when wet;stonefree ; pH - 7.0Ckg - 53 cm+ clay; white (10 YR 8/2) and yellowish brown (10 YR 5/4);varved ; very hard when dry ; very plastic when wet; stonefree ; calcareous ;pH - 7.859