Alluvial/colluvial near Kananaskis on mountain slope under lodgepole pine. Spodosol, P, C, WT, D.

Acid Brown forest at Dorset; although over bedrock the soil acts as a deep soil with telluric water & is very productive. See slides nos. 22 to 25 for details of horizons. Inceptisol, P, C, F, SB.

Litter of maple in spring, n.b. dogtooth violets breaking up leaves forest floor of slide #21. Inceptisol, HF, S.

F layer in forest floor of profile slide #21; n.b. the fungal hyphae. Inceptisol, HF, BSP.

Lower part of forest floor - some H, but mixed to give an Aeh; n.b. fine roots and relatively sharp boundary between F and Aeh. Inceptisol, HA, C.

B horizon of profile slide #21; n.b. fine granular structure and the intensity of rooting. Inceptisol, HB, S.

General view of profile at Plonski Forest adjacent to nursery; jack pine forest; water-laid medium/fine sand. Spodosol, P, C, F, D.

General view of profile under 70 year jack pine; water-laid sand at the Plonski Forest; n.b. root system and concentration in upper portion of the 'soil'. Spodosol, P, C, F, D.

Typical black prairie soil near Irricana; n.b. gopher hole. Mollisol, P, C, D.

Photo of a black solodized solonetz by Soil survey in Alberta. Aridisol, P, C, D.