This article was cross-posted from Onslow County Center

Environmental Word Find: Soils II

Word List:

bedrock dry humus nutrient potassium sod
blocky erosion leaching parent profile soil (10 times!)
clay fertility loam peat relief structure
CLORPT fungus massive ped runoff texture
compost granular microbes phosphorus sand tilth
decompose groundwater mottles platy silt uptake
deficiency horizon nitrogen pores slope wet


s l o p e r a h c f e i l e r p g
e b w o e d g o e x t m y p d h n
f a v t n a h r a l u n a r g o i
d y t a l p t i o s w p y o a s h
l e s s b i l z h u m u s f l p c
i t f s l w i o e g n x s i r h a
o q l i o s t n s n s d o l b o e
s p t u c o a v o u i s w e y r l
e y a m k i s t p f l g l a w u t
r v n r y l e y m i t a l c t s n
u u i o e w l n o l k c o r d e b
t p n s i n t s c t z m s i g b r
c t f o s s t i e y p o e o l o l
u a c i f a o u d o i r r i d r i
r k o l e f m r s l f t o e g c o
t e x t u r e t e b i s p l x i s
s a t n e i r t u n s o i l c m y


CONTACT:
Dr. Diana Rashash
Area Specialized Agent – Natural Resources
4024 Richlands Hwy.
Jacksonville, NC 28540
(910) 455-5873