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podsol
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pod·zol  (pdzôl) also pod·sol (-sôl)
n.
A leached soil formed mainly in cool, humid climates.
[Russian : pod, under; see ped- in Indo-European roots + zola, ashes; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
pod·zolic adj.
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Noun1.podsol - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetationpodsol - a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer
podsol soil, podsolic soil, podzol, podzol soil
dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
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Here no soils were found between the basal soil and the moderately developed spodosols at the surface.
The history of dune growth and migration along the Southeastern shore ... by Hansen, Edward C.; Arbogast, Alan F.; Yurk, Brian / Michigan Academician
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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Spodosols are soils commonly located in the northern Great Lake States and having a spodic horizon.
Agriculture section. (Senior Division 2002) by Wilson, Mack / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
 
 
 
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