The top layer of a soil profile just under the surface O-horizon, usually dark-colored and containing orgagnic humus and from which soluble mineral salts may have been leached.
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The top layer of a soil profile just under the surface O-horizon, usually dark-colored and containing orgagnic humus and from which soluble mineral salts may have been leached.
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