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Hydric soils
 

Kemuk Series
Coarse-loamy Histic Cryaquepts

Description:  Thick organic mat over loamy gray soils formed in eolian deposits with tussock and ericaceous scrub vegetation. Strong gleying in mineral horizons.

Vegetation:  Tussock scrub vegetation

Parent Material:  Thick (20-40 cm) hemic organic mat over silt loam eolian deposits on eolian plains

Drainage:  Very poorly drained

Slope:  Nearly level to gently sloping, linear slopes

Kemuk soil profile     Kemak soil landscape

 

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