Profile of a quartzic psamment in Sandhills

Typic hapludult, Durham loamy sand derived from weathering of granite.

Poor drainage in a typic hapludult, Duke Forest

Frost polygons in central Newfoundland; person is Bob Van Nostrand of Canadian Forestry Service, St. John's Nfld.

Poorly developed Podzol in ablation till (granite gneiss) over bedrock at Dorset, n.b. dark B and roots

Note intensity of rooting in this very shallow over granite gneiss bedrock

Note intensity of rooting in this very shallow over granite gneiss bedrock

Evidence of perturbation due to windthrow after fire under a white pine stump in till near Dorset.

Evidence of perturbation due to windthrow after fire under a white pine stump in till near Dorset

Closeup to show quartz and feldspar particles from the Ae of Podzol profile in the Kirkwood Forest, near Thessalon.