Description
soil classified within the Chernomic order in the Canadan system of soil Classification are well to imperfectly dreined mineral soil of good structure. they have dark-colored virgin or cultivated A horizons, which are very dark-grayish brown to black when moist. the underlying B or C horizone have high base saturation and accumulations of lime carbonate usually occur in the lower part of the solum. These soils have developed within areas of cool boreal to code cryo boreal, subhumid to subarid continental climates and are found in the Canadian prairies and the rangelands of interior British Columbia