New England Soil Profiles
Rainbow Series

Rainbow soils are moderately drained soils formed in silty eolian (wind-blown deposit of silt and fine sand) material underlain by loamy lodgment till.

Photo courtesy of Mark Stolt University of Rhode Island's Dept. of Natural Resources
Photo Location: Great Swamp Management Area, Kingston, RI.  41°28'10.76"N  71°34'33.28"W

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