Appendix B
Soil-forming factors and lake occurrence
for soil series of the Great Lakes Coastal Zone.
Series name
Native
vegetation
a
Parent materials
Parent material
particle-size class
Landform
Age
(ky)
Lake
stage
b
Lake
1
Lake
2
Lake
3
Lake
4
ABBAYE
Tm
Till
Coarse-loamy
Till plains
11.2
D
SU
ABSCOTA
Ld
Alluvium
Sandy
Floodplains
13.8
G
MI
ADAMS
Tm
Glaciolacustrine
sandy
Sandy
Glacial lake
plains
13
I
ON
ADRIAN
W
Organic
Sandy or sandyskeletal
Lake terraces
12.4
A
MI
AHMEEK
Tm
Till
Coarse-loamy
Till plains
11.2
D
SU
ALCONA
Tm
Glaciolacustrine
fine
Coarse-loamy
Glacial lake
plains
11.2
D
SU
MI
HU
ALDENLAKE
Tm
Loamy mantle/
outwash
Coarse-loamy over
sandy or sandyskeletal
Outwash plains 11.2
D
SU
ALGANSEE
Ld
Alluvium
Sandy
Lake terraces
13.8
G
MI
ALGONQUIN
Lm
Lacustrine fine
Fine
Lake plains
12.4
A
HU
MI
ALLENDALE
Tm
Lacustrine fine/
sandy
Sandy over clayey
Lake plains
11.2
A
SU
HU
MI
ALLIS
Lm
Till
Fine
Lake plains
13.8
W
ER
ALLOUEZ
Td
Lacustrine sandy
Sandy-skeletal
Beach ridges
11.2
D
SU
ALPENA
Lm
Glaciofluvial
Sandy-skeletal
Glacial lake
plains
11.2
A
MI
HU
ALSTAD
Td
Till
Fine-loamy
Moraine
12.4
A
HU
ALTMAR
Td
Outwash
Sandy
Lake terraces
11.2
I
ON
ALTON
Td
Outwash
Loamy-skeletal
Beach ridges
12.4
I
ON
ER
AMADON
Tm
Till
Loamy
Bedrock
benches
11.2
A
SU
HU
AMASA
Tm
Outwash
Sandy or sandyskeletal
Outwash plains 11.2
D
SU
AMBOY
Td
Glaciolacustrine/
till
Coarse-silty over
sandy
Till plains
12.4
I
ON
AMENIA
Td
Till
Coarse-loamy
Till plains
12.4
I
ON
AMNICON
Tm
Till, clayey
Very-fine
Till plains
11.2
D
SU
ANGELICA
Lm
Till
Fine-loamy
Till plains
11.2
A
MI
HU
ANGOLA
Tm
Till
Fine-loamy
Till plains
12.4
WA
ER
ANNALAKE
Tm
Glaciofluvial
Coarse-loamy
Glacial lake
plains
11.2
D
SU
ANNANIAS
Tm
Glaciolacustrine
fine
Coarse-silty
glacial lake
plains
11.2
A, D
MI
SU
APPLETON
Tm
Till
Fine-loamy
Till plains
13
I
ON
APTAKISIC
Td
Outwash
Fine-silty
Outwash plains 13.8
G
MI
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