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Histosols

SUBORDERS

Folists - Histosols that are not saturated with water for long periods of time during the year

Fibrists - Histosols that are primarily made up of only slightly decomposed organic materials, often called peat

Saprists - Histosols that are primarily made up of highly decomposed organic materials, often called muck

Hemists - Histosols that are primarily made up of moderately decomposed organic materials

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Examples:
1. Histosol landscape
 North Carolina
2. Limnic Haplosaprist
southern Michigan
3. Haplosaprist landscape
northern Idaho
4. Typic Haplosaprist
northern Idaho
5. volume change
in drained organic material
6. subsidence in drained Histosol
Everglades, Florida

7. use of Histosol for fuel
Scotland
8. Lithic Torrifolist
southern Idaho
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about the 12 Soil Orders web site,
please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel  at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.