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9. Egg-cup Spodosol
North Island, New Zealand

These soils occur in the northern part of the North Island of New Zealand under kauri (Agathis australis) trees. Kauri vegetaton has a strong effect on soil formation, and the cup-shaped E-Bhs horizon boundary mirrors the thick cone of litter that forms around the base of the tree. Because of the characteristic shape, these soils have been referred to as "egg-cup" or "basket" Podzols (Spodosols).

Mean annual precipitation is ~1250 mm and mean annual temperature is ~15 °C.

Prof. David Lowe, Univ. of Waikato, New Zealand, provides scale.

 
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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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