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Spodosols


SUBORDERS

Aquods - poorly drained Spodosols with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year

Gelods - Spodosols of very cold cimates (mean annual soil temperature <0°C)

Cryods - Spodosols of cold climates

Humods - well-drained Spodosols that contain relatively large quantities of organic matter

Orthods - common Spodosols that don't meet requirements of other suborders

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  Examples:
1. Aeric Alaquod
North Carolina
2. Typic Endoaquod
eastern North Carolina
3. Durorthod landscape
northern Michigan
4. Typic Durorthod
northern Michigan
5. Haplocryod landscape
northern Idaho
6. Andic Haplocryod
northern Idaho
7. Haplocryod landscape
northern Idaho
8. Aquic Haplocryod
northern Idaho
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please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel  at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.