TERM OF THE WEEK
Folists: [soil taxonomy] A suborder of Histosols that are more or less freely drained, have an accumulation of organic soil materials mainly as forest litter that is<1 m deep to bedrock or to fragmental materials with interstices filled with organic materials. Folists are not saturated with water for periods long enough to limit their use if cropped. (i.e., saturated less than 30 cummulative days, annually), and are not artificailly drained. Commonly, folists have a udic or perudic soil moisture regime, but may have ustic, aridic, or torric regimes (USDA, 1999; refer to Appendix I).