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Ultisols


SUBORDERS

Aquults - Ultisols with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year

Humults - well-drained Ultisols that have high organic matter content

Udults - Ultisols of humid climates

Ustults - Ultisols of semiarid and subhumid climates

Xerults - temperate Ultisols with very dry summers and moist winters

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  Examples:
1. Umbraquult
Coastal Plain of North Carolina
2. Typic Hapludult
western Arkansas
3. Kanhapludult landscape
North Carolina
4. Typic Kanhapludult
North Carolina
5. Kandiudult landscape
North Carolina
6. Typic Kandiudult
North Carolina
7. Plinthic Kandiudult
Georgia
8. Plinthite blocks
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please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel  at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.