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Inceptisol
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Inceptisol [in′sep·tə‚sȯl]
(geology)
A soil order characterized by soils that are usually moist, with pedogenic horizons of alteration of parent materials but not of illuviation.


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In Wisconsin and northern Illinois, 8 of 12 soil orders are represented: mollisols (present under prairie), alfisols (deciduous forests), spodosols (coniferous forests), entisols and inceptisols (both of which are associated with poorly developed soils), histosols (peat and muck), and vertisols and paleosols (which represented <1% of the area).
 
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