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 And here we have what I'm reasonably certain is the first soil morphology description ever posted on Nostr.

https://image.nostr.build/2d80814150105e67f1c3088dfef048c6110ec08cc03331164c3636d970c5c68c.jpg

https://image.nostr.build/d4ac1859730568a5fceb04f7dea1d2848f54757117c9a3ca6cefa0624006fef8.jpg

This is a typical Southern Missouri upland soil. A silt loam plow layer over a clay subsoil. 

Taxonomically, the topsoil is not deep enough or dark enough to be a Mollisol, which means it's an Alfisol. More specifically, the clay increase in the subsoil classifies it as argillic, which will make this soil an argiudalf.

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