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Dystrudept landscape
Appalachian Mountains, NC

Dystrudepts commonly form on sloping surfaces in humid climates. This Appalachian landscape, with hardwood trees, is a typical example of such a surface. Dystrudepts have formed in weathered sandstone and shale residuum and are often rocky and shallow to bedrock.

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  Examples:
1. Dystrudept landscape
Appalachian Mountains, NC
2. Typic Dystrudept West Virginia
3. Lithic Eutrudept northern Michigan
4. Dystrocryept landscape
central Idaho
5. Xeric Dystrocryept
central Idaho
6. Eutrocryept
glacial till landscape
central Idaho
7. Humic Eutrocryept
central Idaho
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please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.