... total nitrogen content, pH in water, exchangeable acidity, exchangeable cations and anions (Mg, Ca, Mn, Al, S, Fe, B, P and K), cation exchange capacity and base saturation. No regular patterns ... information of physical and chemical soil properties, their vertical charac-teristics and quantitative variations, are presented for 36 broadleaved stands in East Norway. MATERIALS AND METHODSe ... horizons were strongly acid with a great variability in nutrient contents, (ii) A horizons showed similar contents of silt and sand, low values of soil reaction and high values of C:N ratios,...