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Canadian Soil Orders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Immature Soil usually in forest. Has B horizon and is brown in colour | Brunisol |
| Common in grassland. Dark. Has A horizon and lots of organics. In praries | Chernozem |
| Hich latitudes. Tundra. Permafrost. | Cryosol |
| Usually flooded | Gleysol |
| Forest conditions. Calcareous. high pH from A horizon | Luvisol |
| Lots of organic matter. Lots of peat. Around Hudsons Bay | Organic |
| Often in Coniferous. Poorly decomposed organic layer. Eluviated A and B horizon | Podzol |
| Young soil. Often in geomorphically dynamic environment. | Regosol |
| High evapotranspiration. High salts | Solonetzic |