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 Hydric soils
 

Clark's Point Family Soils
Coarse Silty, mixed, Typic Haplocryods

Description:  Dark brown soils formed in loess with alder and grass found on eolian hills, moderate iron relocation.  Very strongly acid soils.

Vegetation:  Alder or cottonwood with grass understory

Parent Material:  Very deep coarse silty loess

Drainage:  Well drained

Slope:  Gently sloping linear backslopes and summits of hills

Flooding: No flooding hazard

Photo of vegetation on Clark's Point soil Photo of Clark's Point soil profile

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