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By Dan Korff
Loam is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 µm), silt (particle size > 2 µm), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 µm).
Loam is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 µm), silt (particle size > 2 µm), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 µm).


==Loam heading==
==Loam heading==
===Loam sub===
===Particle Sizes===
[[File:Soil texture triangle.png|thumb|Photo courtesy of USDA Horticulture and soil science wiki]]
[[File:Soil texture triangle.png|thumb|Photo courtesy of USDA Horticulture and soil science wiki]]
===Implications of particle sizes on soil management===
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Revision as of 09:50, 18 April 2018

Loam is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 µm), silt (particle size > 2 µm), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 µm).

Loam heading

Particle Sizes

Photo courtesy of USDA Horticulture and soil science wiki



Implications of particle sizes on soil management

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