Soil Site Details: Cayuse Mid Brunisol
Soils on this site are Brunisols. Brunisolic soils are relatively young, and can be viewed as an early stage in the evolutionary sequence of soil development, starting with unweathered parent material and ending with a mature soil (e.g., Podzol). The name Brunisol originated from the French word brun meaning brown.
Basic Facts
Soil Order: Brunisol
Ecosystem: Coniferous forest
Climate Zone: Continental
BC Biogeoclimatic Zone: Interior Cedar-Hemlock
Location: 5 km on Cayuse Forestry Service Road at Arrow Lake
City, Region, Country: Castlegar, BC, Canada
Lat / Long: 49.25711/ -117.584
Soil Order: Brunisol
Great Group: Dystric Brunisol
Subgroup: Eluviated Dystric Brunisol
Soil Series:
Classification Code: E.DYB
Soil Horizons Present: LF, Ahe, Bm1, Aeb, Bm2, BC
Diagnostic Horizon 1: Bm1
Diagnostic Horizon 2: Bm2
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Land Form:
Parent Material: Glacial till
Elevation (m): 1010
Topography:
Affected by Glaciation: Yes
Climate Zone: Continental
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Current Land Use: Forestry
Original Vegetation: Cedar and Hemlock
Current Vegetation: Coniferous Forest
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Silt loam to loam
Soil texture horizons: Silt loam (Ae), Loam (Bm)
Soil structure horizons: Weak granular (in all mineral horizons)
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Primary Soil Process: Clay Redistribution
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