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Table Q.--Classification of the Soils

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         Soil name        |                     Family or higher taxonomic class
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 Aptos--------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixerolls
 Aquents------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Fluvaquents
 Aquic Xerofluvents-------|Mixed Aquic Xerofluvents
 Baywood------------------|Sandy, mixed, thermic Entic Haploxerolls
 Baywood Variant----------|Sandy over clayey, mixed, thermic Fluventic Haploxerolls
 Ben Lomond---------------|Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
 Bonnydoon----------------|Loamy, mixed, thermic, shallow Entic Haploxerolls
 Catelli------------------|Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Haploxerolls
 Clear Lake---------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Pelloxererts
 Conejo-------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Pachic Haploxerolls
 Cropley------------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Chromic Pelloxererts
 Danville-----------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Pachic Argixerolls
 Diablo-------------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Chromic Pelloxererts
 Elder--------------------|Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Cumulic Haploxerolls
 Elkhorn------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Pachic Argixerolls
 Fagan--------------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Argixerolls
 Felton-------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
 Fluvaquentic Haploxerolls|Mixed Fluventic Haploxerolls
 Hecker-------------------|Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Mollic Haploxeralfs
 Lompico------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Argixerolls
 Lompico Variant----------|Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ultic Palexerolls
 Los Osos-----------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Argixerolls
 Madonna------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Xerochrepts
 Maymen-------------------|Loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Lithic Xerochrepts
 Maymen Variant-----------|Loamy, mixed, mesic, shallow Dystric Xerochrepts
 Mocho--------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Fluventic Haploxerolls
 Nisene-------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Pachic Ultic Argixerolls
 Pfeiffer-----------------|Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Haploxerolls
 Pinto--------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Argixerolls
 San Emigdio Variant------|Coarse-loamy, mixed (calcareous), thermic Typic Xerofluvents
 Santa Lucia--------------|Clayey-skeletal, mixed, thermic Pachic Ultic Haploxerolls
 Soquel-------------------|Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haploxerolls
 Sur----------------------|Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Entic Haploxerolls
 Tierra-------------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Mollic Palexeralfs
 Watsonville--------------|Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Xeric Argialbolls
 Xerorthents--------------|Mixed Lithic Xerorthents
 Zayante------------------|Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Xerumbrepts
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