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- noun Plural form of
mollisol .
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Examples
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The soils of the Eagle Ford and Taylor Black Prairies are primarily clays of the order vertisol, while the soils of the White Rock Cuesta are mollisols and the Eastern Marginal Prairie of the order alfisol.
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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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Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) is of variable importance on vertisols and is frequently a dominant on Blackland Prairie mollisols.
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The Edwards Plateau Savannas form an important part of the Texas Hill country, a moderately-sized ecoregion separated from adjacent units by a distinct soil type (mollisols) and a vegetation type distinguished by juniper-oak savanna and mesquite Acacia savanna underlain by mid to short grasslands.
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The uniform soil type (mollisols) unites this wide-ranging ecoregion.
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