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

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

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.