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6. Aquic Haplocryod landscape Priest Lake, northern Idaho

Spodosols and Histosols dominate the low-lying areas in this glaciated lake valley. Where Spodosols are present, there is typically a cover of Sphagnum moss on the soil surface and absence of understory plants.
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  Examples:
1. Aeric Alaquod
North Carolina
2. Durorthod landscape
northern Michigan
3. Typic Durorthod
northern Michigan
4. Haplocryod landscape
northern Idaho
5. Andic Haplocryod
northern Idaho
6. Haplocryod landscape
northern Idaho
7. Aquic Haplocryod
northern Idaho

8. Kauri landscape
 New Zealand
9. Egg-cup Spodosol
 New Zealand
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please contact Dr. Paul McDaniel at the Soil Science Division,
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-2339.