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BRETHOUR SOILParent MaterialDrainage:Lacustrine silt loam over lacustrine clayPoorly drainedUsual Classification :Orthic GleysolDescription : LFH - Thin layer of partially decomposed leaves, twigs, etc .Ah - 0-15 cm silt loam ; very dark grayish brown (10 YR 3/2) ; medium granularstructure; friable consistency; stonefree; pH - 5.4Bg, - 15-46cm silt loam ; light yellowish brown (10 YR 6/4) ; very mottled ; weaksubangular blocky ; friable ; stonefree; pH - 5.5-Bg246-70 silt loam ; olive-gray (5 YR 5/2) ; very mottled ; massive; firm;stonefree; pH - 5.7IICkg - 70 cm+ clay ; dark yellowish brown (10 YR 4/4) ; massive structure ; veryplastic when wet; very hard when dry ; stonefree ; calcareous ; pH - 7.8BUCKS SOILParent Material: Variable depths of sand overlying clayDrainage : Well-drainedUsual Classification :Orthic Humo-Ferric PodzolDescription : LFH - 2-0 cm raw humus and roots ; very dark gray (10 YR 3/1) ; pH -5 .2 .Ae - 0-5 cm sand ; light gray (10 YR 7/2) ; single grain structure ; looseconsistency; stonefree; pH - 5.0Bf - 5-36 cm sand; yéllowish brown (10 YR 5/8) ; single grain ; loose ; stonefree ;pH - 63IICk - 36 cm+ clay; light brownish gray (10 YR 6/2) ; varved ; very plastic whenwet; very hard when dry; stonefree; calcareous ; pH -7 .8BURT SOILParent Material:Organic soil 40-160 cm deep over clayey, mineral subsoilDrainage:Very poorly drainedUsual Classification :Terric MesisolDescription: Om, - 0-40 cm partially decomposed sphagnum, grasses, sedges, mosses and/orwood ; strongly acid in reaction-Om240-112 cm dominantly moderately decomposed wood, grasses and sedges ;strongly acid in reactionlIC - 112 cm+ mineral soil ; usually with clayey textures