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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Buried profile near Bancroft as a result of a flood; n.b. there would appear to be long intervals between floods. Spodosol, P, C, WT, D.

Windblown sand showing the 'mare's tail' structure; taken at Forbes Creek in Algonquin Park. Spodosol, HC, S, D.

Hexagonal cracking in clay at Caledon, where the upper horizons have been eroded away. Mollisol, HC, S, E, D.

Podzol profile in deep sand near Manitouwadge; supporting mixed jack pine and black spruce. Spodosol, P, C, F, D.