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HOST Class 24

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Soil ProfileLandscapeLandscapeHOST Class 24

Geology:
fine to medium textured lodgement till (formerly boulder clay), glaciolacustrine and estuarine deposits.
Landforms:
undulating till plains with occasional drumlin swarms, till embayments and some steep sided valleys. Gently undulating or level. The estuarine silts and clays form a specific and distinct landform associated with the Rivers Tay, Forth and Cree and are known as the Carse lands.
Soils:
non-calcareous mineral gleys with wetness class III or IV.
Vegetation:
cultivated with arable and dairying being a prominent farming system in the lowlands, locally, semi-natural Molinia grassland, rush pasture, broadleaved woodland and conifer plantation.
Related Staff

Related staff 

Allan Lilly [1]

1. External link title 

The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

1. External link 

http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/

2. External link title 

National Soil Resources Institute

2. External link 

http://www.silsoe.cranfield.ac.uk/nsri/

3. External link title 

Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

3. External link 

http://www.ceh.ac.uk/

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Links:
[1] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/allan-lilly