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| 10.25 MENDHAM (mP) (1255) |
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Definition
| Major soil group: |
10 peat soils |
With more than 40 cm of organic material in the upper 80 cm or with more than 30 cm of organic material over bedrock or very stony rock rubble. |
| Soil Group: |
2 earthy peat soils |
Normally drained, with a well aerated and structured earthy topsoil or ripened mineral surface layer. |
| Soil Subgroup: |
5 earthy sulphuric peat soils |
(with an extremely acid surface horizon containing pale yellow crystals or streaks, above 80cm) |
| Soil Series: |
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sulphuric humified peat |
Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
| 1022b ALTCAR 2 |
Drainic Rheic Sapric Thionic Histosols |
| 1025 Mendham |
Drainic Rheic Sapric Thionic Histosols |
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 3
Representative Profiles: 0
Auger Bores: 341
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