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PRECIPITATION

TEMPERATURE

ESTABLISHED

A HORIZON

• A horizon: Hue: 10YR Value: 3 or 4 and 2 or 3 moist Chroma: 1 or 2 Texture: silty clay loam, silt loam or loam some pedons Reaction: moderately acid to neutral Thickness: 5 to 12 inches

B HORIZON

• Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y Value: 5 to 7 and 4 to 6 moist Chroma: 2 to 4 Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam Clay content: 24 to 35 percent Calcium carbonate equivalent: greater than 15 percent and more than 5 % than the underlying horizon Reaction: slightly or moderately alkaline Thickness: 8 to 20 inches

C HORIZON

• Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y Value: 5 to 7 and 4 to 6 moist Chroma: 2 to 4 Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam Calcium carbonate equivalent: 3 to 15 percent Reaction: slightly or moderately alkaline Note: It has few to common relict mottles.

USE

• Largely used to grow corn, soybeans, small grains and alfalfa. Native grasses are big bluestem, little bluestem, green needlegrass, sideoats grama, blue grama, and sedges.

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