Soils of the - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

ALBION SOILS
Location and Extent : A Oion soils occur mainly soL . :r . .1 d east of Murree- . ?he vicinities of Haney,
'l on and Webster's Corner with small, scattered areas e sewhere There are _e 280 ha of pure map units
rule soil complexes dominated by Albion soils total 2190 ha The complexes are mostly with Scat . Whatco m
and Nicholson soils .
Topography and Elevation : The topography is slightly depressional to very gently sloping or undulating
with slopes between 1 and 5 percent. In complexes with Whatcom or Nicholson soils . Albion soils usuall y
occupy the lower topographic landscape positions . The elevational range of Albion soils is mainly between 5 0
and 100m above sea level .
Parent Material and Texture : Albion soils have developed from moderately fine to fine-texture d
glaciomarine deposits In some locations up to 20 cm of silty . eolian material either overlies or is mixed into th e
surface of the glaciomarine sediments Surface textures range from silt loam to silty clay loam while subsurfac e
and subsoil textures vary from silty clay loam to cla y
Soil Moisture Characteristics : Albion soils are moderately poorly to poorly drained- They are slowly
pervious and have high water holding capacity and slow surface runoff They are subject to runoff accumulatio n
and seepage from adjacent hinter areas and perched ale- nr icihove the clavev sensoii a re usual du ri ng
the wet parts of the year
Plate 7 Albion soil profile (Humic Luvic Gleysol). These poorl y
drained soils have developed from clayey glaciomarine deposits .
They have a prominent clay accumulation layer in the subsoil which
in the photo, begins at about 14 in. (35 cm) and extends to about 2. 5
ft . (75 cm). A grayish, leached layer overlies it andstarts at about 6 in
(15 cm). Scat soils are somewhatsimilar to Albion soils, however, the
surface layer is usually per and darker coloured and the leached
'h ecru n n . ;ation are ovule rle!rrie:i
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