Detailed Soil Survey of the Mount Revelstoke Summit Area.
Detailed Soil Survey of the Mount Revelstoke Summit Area.
Detailed Soil Survey of the Mount Revelstoke Summit Area.
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83<strong>Soil</strong> Map Unit 5These very poorly drained peaty soils are associated withgroundwater seepage on steeply sloping land surfaces .<strong>the</strong> most part in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study area .They occurforClassification :<strong>Soil</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Map Unit5 are classified as Peaty Rego Humic Gleysolswith an Of, Ahg, Cg horizonsequence .Gleysolic soils are wet soils andare typified by dull colors in <strong>the</strong> Cg horizon where reducing condtionsperhaps dominate <strong>the</strong> soil forming process .Associated Map Units :There are areas in <strong>the</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn half <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study area wheresoils <strong>of</strong> Map Units 3 and 5 are complexly intermingled and are mappedas a complex <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two map units .<strong>Soil</strong>s <strong>of</strong> Map Unit 2 <strong>of</strong>ten border<strong>the</strong> Map Unit 5 areas .Vegetation :Sedge-moss communities are dominant on <strong>the</strong>se soils .Sedgespecies include Eriophorum polystachion and Carex sp .and <strong>the</strong> mosses arecommonly Sphagnum spp .Pedon Description :Described by : L . KnapikDate : August 30, 1973Location : S-5Parent Material :organic/slope washLandfrom :moraine covered bedrock ridgeSlope : 20%
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