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Hydric soils
 

Ekwok Series
Coarse-loamy, mixed, Typic Haplocryods

Description:  Loamy reddish brown soils formed in eolian deposits with white spruce and paper birch forests. Strong iron relocation.

Vegetation: White spruce and paper birch forests

Parent Material:  Deep silt loam on eolian plains

Drainage:  Well drained

Slope:  Level to gently sloping

Landscape of the Ekwok Series Profile of the Ekwok soil
 

 

 

 

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