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Mollisol is a soil type which has deep, high organic matter, nutrient-enriched surface soil , typically between 60 and 80 cm (24-31 in) in depth. This fertile surface horizon, called a mollic epipedon, is the defining diagnostic feature of Mollisols.
This is a large area covering 407,000 square kilometres (157,000 sq mi) from northern Illinois through most of Missouri, eastern Kansas, Oklahoma and into Texas.This area was traditionally a mixture of woodland and tall grass prairie, which as the soil consists of highly fertile mollisols, most of the area has been converted to farmland.
The soils, mostly Vertisols and Mollisols, are deep, loamy and clayey, and tend to be finer-textured than in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (34e) to the north. Some Entisols and Inceptisols occur near the river. The floodplain ridges once had abundant palm trees, and early Spanish explorers called the river "Rio de las Palmas." Most large palm ...
Indiangrass thrives in deep, moist, prairie soils, woodland edges and bottomland habitats. In addition to its value as livestock and wildlife forage, Native Americans utilized Indiangrass as ...
In Iowa, forest soils and alfisols formed on the paha, while prairie soils and mollisols formed on the surrounding landscape. [11] Most paha are still covered with trees or grazed while the surrounding landscape is in European-style agriculture.
Salamonie River State Forest: Wabash. 850 acres (3.4 km 2) 14: Frances Slocum State Forest: Miami. 516 acres (2.09 km 2) 15: Selmier State Forest: ... List of Indiana ...
The second sub-ecoregion is the Central USA Plains, an area of 253,665 square kilometres (97,941 sq mi), that has a landform of smooth plains. The majority of this region’s surface material is moraine with some lacustrine, and the soil consists of calcium enriched prairie soils and forest soils on moraine.
Prospect Cemetery State Preserve [21] Queen Anne Prairie Cemetery, Woodstock, Illinois [11] Rochester Cemetery, Cedar County, Iowa, [22] [23] established 1830s on 13.5 acres (5.5 ha; 0.055 km 2) of hills in sand prairie-savanna grassland near the Cedar River [24] Smith Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, [10] Darby Township, Madison County, Ohio [25]