podzol drawing

• • coniferous woodland / heather moorland
• • layer of needle and cones with a black mor humus
• • darker staining in upper A horizon
  • ash grey lower A with sandy texture
• • shallow roots
• • iron pan between A and B impeding drainage
• • few biota lead to well defined horizons
• • B horizon is reddish brown with dense texture
• • downward movement of water
• • C horizon glacial or fluvioglacial material
• • partially weathered parent material