SHELBY

Taxonomic class

Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls 

Parent material

Calcareous till

Topography

Undulating till plain

Geographic extent

Northwestern Missouri

Use

Bluegrass pasture and cultivated crops of corn, oats, wheat, lespedeza, and red clover

Vegetation

Big and little bluestem grasses with a scattering of sumac, hazel, and hawthorn

Climate

Temperature   Precipitation
12°C Annual mean 91 cm
-5°C  January mean 2 cm
27°C  July mean 7 cm

 

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