PROFILE #10
Oil--0 to 3 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/3, broken face) fibric material, very pale brown
(10YR 8/4, rubbed and pressed); about 90 percent fiber, about 85 percent rubbed; massive;
nonplastic; nonsticky; fibers are primarily Sphagnum; about 10 percent woody fragments; about
7 percent mineral material; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary.
Oi2--3 to 14 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4, broken face) fibric material, dark reddish brown (5YR
3/4, pressed), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3, rubbed); about 90 percent fiber; about 85 percent
rubbed; weak coarse platy structure; nonplastic; nonsticky; fibers are primarily Sphagnum moss;
about 15 percent woody fragments; about 6 percent mineral material; few thin layers of sapric
material; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oa--14 to 16 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2, broken face) sapric material, very dark gray (5YR
3/1, rubbed); about 20 percent fiber; about 10 percent rubbed; common medium distinct grayish
brown (10YR 5/2) mottles; weak thin platy structure; nonplastic; slightly sticky; mixed
Sphagnum moss and herbaceous fiber; about 10 percent woody fragments; about 12 percent
mineral material; extremely acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Oi--16 to 84 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4, broken face) fibric material, brown (7.5YR 5/4,
pressed), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4, rubbed); about 95 percent fiber; about 90 percent
rubbed; weak medium and coarse platy structure; nonplastic; nonsticky; fibers are primarily
Sphagnum moss; about 5 percent woody fragments; about 3 percent mineral material; about 4
percent thin layers of sapric material; extremely acid.