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Meadow Soils

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Meadow Soils 

soils that form under meadow vegetation.

There are a number of groups of meadow soils, including meadow soils proper, which are found on steppes and semideserts, have a humus horizon of 20-40 cm, and form under the action of groundwater near the surface. Alluvial soils, which have a varying humus horizon, form in river floodplains and deltas. Mountain meadow soils, which have a humus horizon of about 30 cm, form in mountainous regions, usually above the timberline under alpine and subalpine meadow vegetation.



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Comparison of carbon contents in meadow soils shows that the total carbon content is higher in the lower point of relief of the plot concerned.
Other plants for our typical meadow soils include most astilbes.
Snow patch meadow soils exhibited 47% clay and 22% silt, and alpine humus soils 21% clay and 8% silt, with the clay contents being dominated by kaolin.
 
 
 
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