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- noun Plural form of
alfisol .
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Examples
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The soils are mainly ultisols and alfisols in the south with entisols in the north.
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The soils of the ecoregion are mainly entisols, with some aridisols found towards the north and alfisols on the highest land.
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For example, eastern forb species such as Liatris pycnostachya and Coreopsis grandiflora are largely limited to the alfisols of the Eastern Marginal prairies, while grasses such as Bouteloua hirsuta and Muhlenbergia reverchonii, as well as a diversity of species in the genus Dalea are generally found on the mollisols of the White Rock Cuesta.
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Microtopography such as gilgai on vertisols and mima mounds on alfisols are important microhabitats.
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Soil types have not been well defined; however, most soils are entisols with alfisols and inceptisols in upland areas.
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Little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), and Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans) are frequently dominants on Blackland Prairie alfisols and vertisols.
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The major soil types are those developed from limestone residuum and are either alfisols or ultisols.
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Little bluestem – brownseed paspalum (S. scoparium-Paspalum plicatulum) prairie is associated with Fayette Prairie alfisols.
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Ultisols and alfisols lay over basement rocks, with patches of vertisols close to Lake Victoria.
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Oxisols and alfisols are most common in the south and central regions of the ecoregion, while a higher percentage of ultisols are found to the north.
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