Unit 5 - Classifying Soils Using Soil Taxonomy

Chapter 1 Epipedons and Subsurface Horizons

Chapter 2 Soil Orders

Chapter 3 Soil Suborders for Minnesota

General Objective: Understand the diagnostic epipedons, subsurface horizons and become familiar with the 12 Soil Orders of the World and the Suborders for Minnesota. .

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