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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==
==Particle Sizes==
===Particle Sizes===
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[[File:Soil texture triangle.png|thumb|Photo courtesy of USDA Horticulture and soil science wiki]]


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===Implications of particle sizes on soil management===
==Implications of particle sizes on soil management==








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==Life within the soil==

Revision as of 17:38, 19 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).

Particle Sizes

Photo courtesy of USDA Horticulture and soil science wiki



Implications of particle sizes on soil management

Life within the soil