4. loamy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Lithic Xerorthent
(Flybow series)


These soils have formed from basalt residuum and are very shallow to bedrock.The 10-cm-thick A horizon represents the extent of soil formation on this steeply sloping landscape position.

The shallow nature of these soils severely limits their use. The most common uses are rangeland and gravel quarries.

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(scale is in decimeters)