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Typic Dystrudept
West Virginia

This soil has formed in colluvium derived from acid sandstone. Dystrudepts often form in weakly consolidated, acidic parent materials of sedimentary or metamorphic origin. As a result, base saturation and pH is relatively low. This soil contains an ochric epipedon over a sequence of cambic Bw horizons. These soils are well drained and typically occur on sloping landscapes.

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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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