HISTOSOLS (HS)
Soils having a histic or folic horizon
either
a. 10 cm or more thick from the soil surface to a lithic or paralithic contact
or
b. 40 cm or more thick and starting within 30 cm from the soil surface
and
lacking an andic or vitric horizon starting within 30 cm from the soil surface Continue reading
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