Histosols
Sapri-Orthic Histosols
Collected on:2016-10-22
Collected in:Huanren County, Benxi City, Liaoning Province
Sapri-Orthic Histosols cover only limited surface area. They are mainly found in Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province, as well as in north-eastern Liaoning Province and north-eastern Inner Mongolian Region. Topographically, those locations are mostly broad valleys with gentle slope in low mountains, hills and gentle hills. Owing to thedropping of ground water level induced by increasing slope angle due to uprising of earth crust, organic material accumulation did not take place anymore. Soils are still largely saturated although no surface water logging takes place or only it happens occasionally. The predominating vegetationis shrubs and long grasses. Plants found there are Salix spp.,Betula platyphylla, Deyeuxia langsdrffii, and Bolboschoenus, etc.. Part of this soils was used for coal mining. Their surface tier is dominated by fabric soil materials.
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Sapri-Orthic Histosols Sample
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Typical Landscape
Typical Pedon Profile
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