Soil Order: Solonetz
Great Group: Brown Chernozem
Subgroup: Solonetzic Brown Chernozem
Soil Series: Godey
Classification Code: SZ.BC
Soil Horizons Present: Ahs, Bn, Cs
Diagnostic Horizon 1: Bn
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Land Form: Glacial till/lacustrine
Parent Material: Lacustrine
Elevation (m): 300
Topography: Level
Affected by Glaciation: Yes

Climate Zone: Semi-arid
Mean Annual Temperature (C): 9
Minimum Annual Temperature (C): 3.3
Maximum Annual Temperature (C): 14.4
Mean Annual Precipitation (mm): 270-350

Current Land Use: Rangeland
Original Vegetation: Giant wildrye, foxtail barley, saltgrass, red glasswort, bluebunch wheatgrass, big sage
Current Vegetation: Giant wildrye, foxtail barley, saltgrass, red glasswort, bluebunch wheatgrass, big sage

This soil at this grassland site is in the Solonetzic Order. Solonetzic soils occur in the semi-arid interior plains of BC in association with Chernozemic soils (to a lesser extent with Luvisols and Gleysols). They have B horizons that are very hard when dry and swell to a sticky mass of very low permeability when wet. The diagnostic horizon of this soil is a Bn horizon where the ratio of exchangeable Ca to Na/Mg is low (<1:10). This site has lacustrine parent material (saline). PDF with details: No further details

Soil Texture of Diagnostic Horizon or Prevailing Texture: Loam
Soil texture horizons: Organic matter/litter (Ahs); clays plastic when wet, very hard when dry, gypsum crystals (Bn); salt crystals precipitate out when dry (Cs)
Soil structure horizons: Granular (Ahs), Columnar (Bn), Angular blocky (Cs)
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Primary Soil Process Group: Translocation
Primary Soil Process: Salt movement
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