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Table 1 Main characteristics of soil profiles and their environment

From: Topsoil and subsoil bacterial community assemblies across different drainage conditions in a mountain environment

Profile

Soil taxonomy (Great group)

Dominant plant species

Slope (°)

Geomorphic position

USDA soil drainage class

LE01

Cumulic Haploxeroll

Juncus sp.

0.86

Meadow (Fluvial)

2. Poorly drained

  

Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl Acaena pinnatifida Ruiz & Pav.

   

LE02

Oxiaquic Haploxeroll

Acaena magellanica Ruiz & Pav.

2.29

Meadow (Fluvial)

3. Somewhat poorly drained

  

Juncus bufonius L.

   
  

Poa sp.

   
  

Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg

   

LE03

Typic Calcixeroll

Ephedra chilensis C. Presl

20.81

North facing colluvial hillslope

6. Somewhat excessively drained

LE04

Typic Haploxeroll

Bromus berteroanus Colla

34.22

South facing colluvial hillslope

5. Well drained

  

Haplopappus sp.

   
  

Vicia sp.

   

LE05

Typic Sulfisaprist

Poa acinaciphylla E. Desv.

0.57

Fen (Organic-Fluvial)

1. Very poorly drained

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