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Aridisols

SUBORDERS

Cryids - Aridisols of cold climates

Salids - Aridisols with soluble salt accumulation

Durids - Aridisols with a SiO2- cemented subsurface horizon

Gypsids - Aridisols with gypsum accumulation

Argids - Aridisols with clay accumulation

Calcids - Aridisols with CaCO3 accumulation

Cambids - Aridisols with a weakly developed B horizon

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Examples:
1. Argid/Cambid landscape
central Arizona
2. Haplocalcid landscape
southern Idaho
3. Xeric Haplocalcid
southern Idaho
4. Typic Aquisalid
central Nevada
5. Typic Petroargid
southern New Mexico
6. Argidurid landscape
southern Idaho
7. Xeric Argidurid
southern Idaho
8. Exposed duripan
southern Idaho
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please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel  at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.