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Official Series Description - SARCILLO Series https: / /soilseries.sc.egov. usda .gov /OSD_Docs /S /SARCILLO.html <br />Lorencito soils: have a paralithic contact and are on steep backslopes of hills. <br />Trujillo soils: are very deep, have a mollic epipedon, and are on footslopes and toeslopes of <br />hills. <br />DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; rapid runoff; slow permeability. <br />USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used principally as rangeland and wildlife <br />habitat. Principal native vegetation consists of bluestems, blue grama, mountain mahogany, <br />sideoats grama, needleandthread, Gambels oak, pinyon and juniper. <br />DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeastern Colorado foothills LRR E, MLRA 49. <br />The series is of moderate extent. <br />MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Lakewood, <br />Colorado <br />SERIES ESTABLISHED: Las Animas County, Colorado, 2007. The name is from a <br />major drainage area in the foothills of Las Animas County. <br />REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: <br />Ochric epipedon: the zone from 0 to 5 inches. (A horizon) <br />Argillic horizon: the zone from 5 to 16 inches. (Bt, Btssl, and Btss2 horizons) <br />Lithic contact: hard sandstone at 16 inches. (R horizon) <br />Other features: slickensides in the zone from 8 to 16 inches. ( Btssl and Btss2 horizons) <br />Taxonomic Version: Tenth Edition, 2006. <br />National Cooperative Soil Survey <br />U.S.A. <br />3 of 3 4/9/2012 4:36 PM <br />