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Inceptisols

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example 7

loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive
Humic Eutrocryept
(McCall series)


These soils occur on glacial deposits in central Idaho. Because they contain a large percentage of rock fragments, they have very low water-holding capacity. This, coupled with the cold climate, limits their forestry and agricultural potential.

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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
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.