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Hydric soils
 

Klutuk Series
Coarse-loamy, mixed, Spodic Dystrocryepts

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

Vegetation:  White spruce and paper birch woodland with ericaceous scrub and lichen understory

Parent Material:  Very deep coarse loamy eolian deposits on eolian plains

Drainage:  Somewhat poorly drained

Slope:  Nearly level linear and convex slopes

 

Profile of the Klutuk soils      Landscape of the Klutuk soils

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