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Official state symbols represent the cultural heritage
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Michigan Symbols
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Michigan State Soil
Kalkaska Sand
Adopted on December 4, 1990.
In 1990, Kalkaska Sand was chosen as the state soil. First
identified as a soil type in 1927, Kalkaska sand ranges in color from black
to yellowish brown. It is one of more than 500 soils found in the state.
Unique to Michigan, Kalkaska sand covers nearly a million acres in 29 Upper
and Lower Peninsula counties.
A selection process for picking the State Soil from over 400 other Soil
Series was started in the 1970's. The Kalkaska Sand was selected in 1983 as
Michigan's State Soil
The Kalkaska series is one of the earliest soil series to be recognized in Michigan. It was first described in 1927, in
Kalkaska County, which is the source of the series name. Kalkaska soils
occur in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan and in 29 of the
state's 83 counties. There are over 750,000 acres of these soils in
Michigan. Public Act 302, the State Soil Bill, enacted on December 4, 1990,
established the Kalkaska series as the Official State Soil. Kalkaska soils
formed in sandy deposits left by the glaciers that once covered Michigan.
These soils are used primarily for hardwood timber, namely sugar maple and
yellow birch. Some areas are used for the production of Christmas trees or
for specialty crops, such as potatoes and strawberries. The soils also are
used for wildlife habitat and building site development.
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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