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example 6

fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudult
(Norfolk series)


Norfolk soils are very extensive in the Coastal Plains of the southeastern USA, where they have formed in loamy marine sediments. Although once forested, these soils have mostly been cleared of trees and used to produce a variety of agricultural crops.

For more information on Norfolk soils, click here.

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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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Dr. Paul McDaniel  at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.