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This chapter discusses four broad kinds of soils in Nevada in terms of their need for protection. Benchmark soils are those that (i) have a large extent within one or more Major Land Resource Areas, (ii) hold a key position in the Soil Taxonomy, (iii) have a large amount of data, (iv) have special importance to one or more significant land uses, (v) or are of significant ecological importance. An endemic soil is defined as the only soil in a family. Rare soils are those with an area less than 10,000 ha. Endangered soils are those that are endemic and rare. In Nevada, 6.4% of the soils are designated as benchmark soils, 30% are endemic, 62% are rare, and 21% are endangered.
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Blackburn, P., Fisher, J., Dollarhide, W., Merkler, D., Chiaretti, J., Bockheim, J. (2021). Benchmark, Endemic, Rare, and Endangered Soils in Nevada. In: The Soils of Nevada. World Soils Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53157-7_14
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