Nushagak Soil Series
Coarse Silty, mixed, Histic Cryaquepts
Description: Grayish brown to olive gray soils formed in loess
with a mossy organic mat on footslopes of hills and on plain talfs. Strongly acid soils.
Vegetation: Ericaceous
shrub and shrub birch with moss understory
Parent Material: 20 to 40 cm thick moderately decomposed, mossy
organic mat over coarse silty loess
Drainage: Poorly (plain talfs) to very poorly drained
(footslopes)
Slope: Gently sloping talfs on plains to convex footslopes below
hills
Flooding: No flooding hazard
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