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Taxonomic class

Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Mollic Xerofluvents 

Parent material

Fine-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary formations

Topography

Nearly level to moderately sloping alluvium fans

Geographic extent

West side of Sacramento Valley, central California, and in the valleys of the California Coast Range.  This series is extensive.

Use

Intensive row, fruit, and orchard crops

Vegetation

Annual grasses, forbs, and scattered oak

Climate

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