The Soils of Elgin County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The Soils of Elgin County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada The Soils of Elgin County - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS Mainly very fine (heavy clay) textured lacustrine . materialDRAINAGEPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth to Organic -No. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % Cacl2 %Ap 12 24 0 8 1 36 55 C 4.9 6 .9 1 .1Bgl i l -44 0 4 0 31 65 HC 1.6 7 .0 0.6Bg2 8 72 0 3 0 31 66 HC 0.9 7.2 0.4Ckg 8 0 3 1 35 62 HC 0.2 7 .5 12.4STRATHBURN SOIL - COARSE PHASE (ST.C)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm of coarse (sandy) textured material over mainly very fine (heavy clay)textured lacustrine materialPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toorganicNo. of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %AP 4 19 1 71 7 15 14 FSL 2.1 7.2 0.9Bmgj 2 29 0 81 5 10 9 LS 0.8 7.2 1.0IICkg 4 0 2 0 32 66 HC 7 .7 27.5ST .WILLIAMS SOIL (SW)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse to medium (sandy to loamy) textured lacustrine materials with very fine sandcontent often exceeding 30%PoorMEAN HORIZON VALUES-DepthOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 16 26 0 70 23 19 11 FSL 4.5 6 .5 0.5Bg 1 14 55 1 72 33 18 9 VFSL 1.0 6.6 0.4Bg2 7 88 0 75 32 15 10 VFSL 0.5 6 .5 0.7Ckg 17 0 77 35 18 5 LFS 7.5 16.0
TAVISTOCK SOIL (TA)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEHorizonNo . ofSamples40 to 100 cm of medium (loamy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured lacustrine materialImperfect-DepthtoHorizonBase (cm)Gravel%MEAN HORIZON VALUESSand%VF Sand%Silt%Clay%TextureOrganicMatter%pH inCaC12Ap 13 27 0 40 19 39 20 L 3.3 6.9 0.4Bmgj 12 52 1 41 20 39 20 L 0.7 7.0 0.7Btgi 4 53 2 38 16 32 30 CL 0.9 7.0 0.5IICkgj 8 0 8 2 52 40 SIC - 7.6 25 .0CaC03%TAVISTOCK SOIL - TILL PHASE (TA.T)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE40 to 100 cm of medium (loamy) textured material over fine to very fine (clayey)textured glacial till materialImperfectMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toOrganicNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay. Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % turc % CaC12 %Ap 26 26 1 29 16 52 18 SIL 3.0 7.0 0.7Bmgj 25 49 1 34 19 50 16 SIL 1 .2 7.1 0.5Btgj 12 54 1 31 14 45 23 L 0.7 7.2 1 .0IICkgj 23 . 2 15 6 46 34 SICL 7.3 19 .4TOLEDO SOIL (TO)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGEStratified fine to very fine (clayey) textured lacustrine materials which most oftenhave silty clay loam or silty clay texturesPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDept torgamcNo . of Horizon Gravel Sand VF Sand Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 21 21 0 21 4 39 40 C 4.9 6.8 0.4Bgl 19 47 0 15 3 41 45 SIC 1.4 6.9 0.3Bg2 19 76 0 13 3 39 47 C 0.7 6.9 0.3Ckg 23 0 8 2 42 50 SIC 7.6 16.7
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STRATHBURN SOIL (ST)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALS Mainly very fine (heavy clay) textured lacustrine . materialDRAINAGEPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth to Organic -No. <strong>of</strong> Horizon Gravel S<strong>and</strong> VF S<strong>and</strong> Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % Cacl2 %Ap 12 24 0 8 1 36 55 C 4.9 6 .9 1 .1Bgl i l -44 0 4 0 31 65 HC 1.6 7 .0 0.6Bg2 8 72 0 3 0 31 66 HC 0.9 7.2 0.4Ckg 8 0 3 1 35 62 HC 0.2 7 .5 12.4STRATHBURN SOIL - COARSE PHASE (ST.C)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGE15 to 40 cm <strong>of</strong> coarse (s<strong>and</strong>y) textured material over mainly very fine (heavy clay)textured lacustrine materialPoorMEAN HORIZON VALUESDepth toorganicNo. <strong>of</strong> Horizon Gravel S<strong>and</strong> VF S<strong>and</strong> Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %AP 4 19 1 71 7 15 14 FSL 2.1 7.2 0.9Bmgj 2 29 0 81 5 10 9 LS 0.8 7.2 1.0IICkg 4 0 2 0 32 66 HC 7 .7 27.5ST .WILLIAMS SOIL (SW)GENERALIZED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICSPARENT MATERIALSDRAINAGECoarse to medium (s<strong>and</strong>y to loamy) textured lacustrine materials with very fine s<strong>and</strong>content <strong>of</strong>ten exceeding 30%PoorMEAN HORIZON VALUES-DepthOrganicNo . <strong>of</strong> Horizon Gravel S<strong>and</strong> VF S<strong>and</strong> Silt Clay Tex- Matter pH in CaCO3Horizon Samples Base (cm) % % % % % ture % CaCl2 %Ap 16 26 0 70 23 19 11 FSL 4.5 6 .5 0.5Bg 1 14 55 1 72 33 18 9 VFSL 1.0 6.6 0.4Bg2 7 88 0 75 32 15 10 VFSL 0.5 6 .5 0.7Ckg 17 0 77 35 18 5 LFS 7.5 16.0
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