Nutrient properties of five West Virginia forest soils

L. R. Auchmoody

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Nutrient properties of five West Virginia forest soils

Informally Refereed

Authors:

L. R. Auchmoody

Year:

1972

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-145. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.

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Abstract

Nutrient levels in five well-drained forest soils of the northern mountain section of West Virginia were generally associated with the type of parent rocks from which the soils had formed. But in some instances, different rock types yielded soils of similar nutrient composition. Soils formed from limestone and calcareous shale were usually higher in fertility than soils formed from acid sandstone, siltstone, or shale. However, considerable variation in nutrient levels occurred within as well as among most of the different soil series.

Citation

Auchmoody, L. R. 1972. Nutrient properties of five West Virginia forest soils. Research Note NE-145. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 4p.