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,.. <br />- B <br />2`~~~ <br />~aJ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />:, <br />+ <br />l~/ <br />/0 -Ilanl<nrd sandy Junm,_0 fo J ,1 r.rcent slopc~ <br />'this is a deep, somewhat e>:cessivcly drained soil on Floodplains at <br />elevations of 4450 to 5000 feet. It formed in stt'atified recent <br />alluvium along streams and rivers throughout the sut'vcy area. <br />calcareous areas arc also includui. <br />Included in this unit arc numerous sand and Lravel b;trs. Some non- <br />Typically the surface layer i.s grayish brown sandy loam about 4 inches <br />Chick. The underlying material, to a depth of (i0 inches, is light <br />yellowish braon calcareous sand sCratified with thin lenses of sandy <br />loam ar.d loam.: <br />Permeability is moderately rapid and available t:aCer capacity is low. <br />Effective rooting depth is 60 inches or mare. Surface runoff is slow <br />and erosion hazard is low. <br />'fhcse soils arc suited to very l{mi.ted'croppin~. ,'1'hey.are'smtdy and ', <br />subject to flooding. Pasture is the best use for this soil, with , <br />tall wheatgra'ss, tall fescue and annual sweetclover some of the best <br />sai.ted crops. LiEhC frequent irrigations by furrows and flooding are <br />t'ecuru+ended. Commercial ferCilizurs improve the amount and value of <br />forage produced, <br />The poCential naCivc vegetation on this soil is dominated by switch- <br />grass, Indiangrass, sand bluestcm, sand rcedgrass, sideoats grams, <br />needle-and-thread and blue grams, !Such of this site has inclusions <br />of other soils and vegetation in such a cemple~ pattern that it is <br />