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Clays high in montmorillonite tend to crack, creating a broken-up surface with high permeability, therefore, soils containing much montmorillonite, such as Vertisols, should be avoided.
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It is known for its superficial, non-turning operation and is adapted to the conditions in arid areas as well as difficult soils such as Vertisols because of the varying local designs.
Chapter 9 1991
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The alluvial soils include Vertisols, Mollisols, and Inceptisols.
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Soils of Ecoregion 33c are mostly Alfisols, with some Vertisols, and Mollisols.
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Upland Alfisol prairies were dominated by little bluestem and yellow Indiangrass and contained a different mix of grasses and forbs than the dark, clayey, more calcareous Vertisols of Ecoregion 32a.
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The Vertisols are clayey soils that form wide, deep cracks when dry.
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Alfisols, Entisols, Inceptisols, Mollisols, Ultisols and Vertisols in combination with thermic, isothermic or mesic soil temperature regimes and xeric, ustic or aquic soil moisture regimes.
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Some edaphic associations are Chamise series on shallow soils, Leather oak series on shallow serpentinitic soils, Needlegrass grasslands on Vertisols, and Manzanita shrublands on silicic sandstones.
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In the mesquite-acacia savanna, Mollisols, Alfisols, and Vertisols occur.
Southwest Plateau and Plains Dry Steppe and Shrub Province (Bailey) 2009
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The Lissie Formation has lighter colored soils, mostly Alfisols with sandy clay loam surface texture, while darker, clayey Vertisols are more typical of the Beaumont Formation.
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