Title The soils of Oregon / Thor Thorson, Chad McGrath, Dean Moberg, Matthew Fillmore, Steven Campbell, Duane Lammers, James G. Bockheim

Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 545 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) Series World soils book series World soils book series. Contents Introduction -- History of soil studies in Oregon -- Soil-forming factors -- Elevation gradients in Oregon mountain ranges -- General soil regions of Oregon -- Diagnostic horizons and taxonomic structure of Oregon soils -- Taxonomic soil regions of Oregon -- Mollisols -- Inceptisols -- Aridisols -- Andisols -- Ultisols -- Alfisols -- Entisols, vertisols, spodosols, and histosols -- Soil-forming processes in Oregon -- Benchmark, endemic, rare, and endangered soils in Oregon -- Land use in Oregon -- Yields, soil conservation, and production systems -- Summary Summary This book is the only comprehensive summary of natural resources of Oregon and adds to World Soil Book Series state-level collection. Due to broad latitudinal and elevation differences, Oregon has an exceptionally diverse climate, which exerts a major influence on soil formation. The mean annual temperature in Oregon ranges from 0C in the Wallowa and Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon to 13C in south-central Oregon. The mean annual precipitation ranges from 175 mm in southeastern Oregon to over 5,000 mm at higher elevations in the Coast Range. The dominant vegetation type in Oregon is temperate shrublands, followed by forests dominated by lodgepole pine, Douglas-fir, and mixed conifers, grasslands, subalpine forests, maritime Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests, and ponderosa pine-dominated forests. Oregon is divided into 17 Major Land Resource Areas, the largest of which include the Malheur High Plateau, the Cascade Mountains, the Blue Mountain Foothills, and Blue Mountains. The single most important geologic event in Oregon was the deposition of Mazama ash 7,700 years by the explosion of Mt. Mazama. Oregon has soil series representative of 10 orders, 40 suborders, 114 great groups, 389 subgroups, over 1,000 families, and over 1,700 soil series. Mollisols are the dominant order in Oregon, followed by Aridisols, Inceptisols, Andisols, Ultisols, and Alfisols. Soils in Oregon are used primarily for forest products, livestock grazing, agricultural crops, and wildlife management. Key land use issues in Oregon are climate change; wetland loss; flooding; landslides; volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis; coastal erosion; and wildfires Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Desciption based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 11, 2022) Subject Soils -- Oregon Natural resources -- Oregon Climatology Natural resources Soils SUBJECT Oregon -- Climate Subject Oregon Form Electronic book Author McGrath, Chad L., author. Moberg, Dean P., author. Fillmore, Matthew H., author. Campbell, Steven B., author. Lammers, Duane A. (Duane Altman), 1944- author. Bockheim, James G., author. ISBN 3030900916 9783030900915

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