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subsoil argillic horizon. The typical Great Group is the <br /> Cryoboralfs which are cold, forested soils on mountain slopes in <br /> the Climax area. These soils vary in depth, but often there is <br /> a shallow depth to lithic contact. If the soil is intact on a <br /> surface-disturbed site, it naturally is suitable for reclamation <br /> purposes; but shallow depths or volumes of it are not conducive <br /> to stripping for subsequent use on or off the site . <br /> Inceptisols are found both below and above timberline <br /> on steep and/or exposed landscapes and have experienced limited <br /> soil development ( immature) . On steep slopes, weathering of the <br /> solum normally provides for a steady state relative to geologic <br /> erosion occuring, but soil development may eventually become <br /> obviously directed towards an Alfisol , or whatever. These soils <br /> can provide anchor for both trees and herbaceous species below <br /> timberline . Above timberline , the soils are vegetated with <br /> cushion plants, grasses and other herbaceous species, and repre- <br /> sent such Great Groups as Cryumbrepts ( cold alpine soil) . The <br /> soils are normally not suitable for reclamation purposes in the <br /> Climax area due to volumes and topographic position. <br /> Entisols are also found below and above timberline, <br /> and include soils just recently exposed to the weathering pro- <br /> cess, such as mass wasting or erosion areas in which surficial <br /> materials are removed as quickly or quicker than soil develop- <br /> ment can occur. These soils are shallow, sandy and gravelly, <br /> and are able to support limited trees and certain herbaceous <br /> species. In the alpine, a sypical Great Group, the Cryorthents , <br /> would have a few fortis, such as the buttercup, growing on it. <br /> The soils are not suitable for reclamation purposes. <br /> Mollisols have developed on the well-drained meadow <br /> areas dominated by grasses , sedges and forbs . Thick root <br /> systems and accumulations of organic matter provides a dark, <br /> stable, base-rich surface soil . The Great Groups , Cryoborolls <br /> and Haploborolls, develop both above and below timberline , and <br /> provide for a fair to good vegetation cover. The soils are <br /> suitable for reclamation purposes, but their distribution is <br /> very limited. <br /> 7-6 <br />