LOCATION BIG CYPRESS FL
Established Series
Rev. CAP-MVF-AMS
11/2023
BIG CYPRESS SERIES
MLRA(s): 156A
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Auburn Alabama
Depth Class: Deep
Drainage Class: Very poorly and poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High to very high in the sandy material, moderate to moderately rapid in the loamy materials, and negligible in the limestone
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to very low
Parent Material: Sandy and loamy marine sediments over limestone
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 0 to 20 feet above mean sea level.
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 25 degrees C (77 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1397 millimeters (55 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, siliceous, superactive, isohyperthermic Arenic Glossaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Big Cypress sand in a cypress swamp. (Colors are for moist soil)
A--0 to 10 centimeters (0 to 4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; many fine roots and few medium roots throughout; clear smooth boundary. [8 to 25 centimeters (3 to 10 inches) thick]
E1--10 to 25 centimeters (4 to 10 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; gradual smooth boundary.
E2--25 to 61 centimeters (10 to 24 inches); white (10YR 8/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; about 5 percent fine and medium spherical stripped matrix throughout; about 2 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic streaks throughout; gradual smooth boundary.
E3--61 to 76 centimeters (24 to 30 inches); white (10YR 8/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 5 percent fine distinct spherical light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron accumulation throughout; about 5 percent fine and medium spherical stripped matrix throughout; about 2 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic streaks throughout; clear wavy boundary. [Combined thickness 30 to 79 centimeters (12 to 31 inches)]
Btg/E--76 to 96 centimeters (30 to 38 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam, E white (10YR 8/1) sand; moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 5 percent fine distinct spherical light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron accumulation throughout; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; clear wavy boundary. [13 to 51 centimeters (5 to 20 inches) thick]
Btkg--96 to 147 centimeters (38 to 58 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 25 percent distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent fine prominent spherical light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron accumulation throughout; 5 percent fine distinct spherical moderately coherent white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses throughout; 30 percent subangular limestone fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. [13 to 56 centimeters (5 to 22 inches) thick]
2R--147centimeters (58 inches); moderately to very strongly coherent limestone with solution holes up to 100 centimeters (40 inches) deep filled with sandy to loamy materials that may have gravel and carbonates.
TYPE LOCATION: Collier County, Florida; about 5.70 miles north of I75 and 3.88 miles east of the L28 canal; about 2,515 feet east and 1,340 feet south of the northwest corner of Sec. 1, T. 49 S., R. 34 E.; Latitude and Longitude; 26 degrees 15 minutes 20.2 seconds, N. and 80 degrees 53 minutes 17.2 minutes W., WSG84; USGS Goddens Strand FL.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness range: 100 to 150 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Ochric epipedon thickness: 38 to 105 centimeters (15 to 41 inches)
Depth to albic horizon: 30 to 79 centimeters (12 to 31 inches)
Depth to glossic horizon: 13 to 51 centimeters (5 to 20 inches)
Depth to argillic horizon: 13 to 56 centimeters (5 to 22 inches)
Depth to limestone: ranges from 100 to 150 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Depth to redoximorphic features: 5 to 20 centimeters (2 to 8 inches)
Aquic conditions: 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches)
Reaction: moderately acid to slightly alkaline (pH 5.6 to 7.8) (A, E, B/E, Btg)
Reaction: slightly to moderately alkaline (pH 7.4 to 8.4) (Btkg)
Particle-size control section (weighted averages):
Clay content: 15 to 35 percent
Fine sand content: 30 to 75 percent
A horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, or Neutral
Value: 2 to 5
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sand, sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
Clay content: 0 to 7 percent
Rock fragments: 0
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2
A thin Oa horizon consisting of muck, less than 7 inches thick, may be present in some areas.
E or Eg horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 4 to 8
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sand, sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
Clay content: 0 to 5 percent
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 1 to 20 percent, and fine or medium in size and/or organic streaking or stripped matrix
Rock fragments: 0
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2
Btg/E horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or Neutral
Value: 3 to 7
Chroma: 1 or 2
Bt texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
E texture: fine sand, sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
Bt clay content: 15 to 35 percent
E clay content: 0 to 7 percent
Rock fragments: 0
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 0 to 20 percent, and fine or medium in size
Tongues and/or interfingers of E soil material extend into the Bt soil material, glossic feature.
Btg horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or Neutral
Value: 3 to 7
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Clay content: 15 to 35 percent
Rock fragments: 0
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 1 to 35 percent, and fine or medium in size
Btkg horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or Neutral
Value: 3 to 7
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Clay content: 15 to 35 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 35 percent
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 1 to 35 percent, and fine or medium in size
Carbonates occur as masses, nodules, and/or are disseminated.
2R horizon: weakly to strongly cemented limestone bedrock with solution holes. The solution holes contain sandy to loamy mineral soil.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: sandy and loamy marine sediments over limestone
Landscape: Lower Coastal Plain
Landform(s): low broad flats, dips, depressions, and rises on marine terraces
Slopes: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 0 to 8 meters (0 to 25 feet)
Mean annual temperature: 25 to 27 degrees C (77 to 81 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 1143 to 1524 millimeters (45 to 60 inches)
Frost-free period: 365 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Boca soils have bedrock at depths greater than 50 centimeters (20 inches), have argillic horizons (Bt), and occur in similar landform positions.
Hallandale soils have limestone bedrock at depths less than 51 centimeters (20 inches), lack argillic horizons, and occur on similar landform positions.
Margate soils have mollic epipedons, lack argillic horizons, and occur on similar landform positions.
Ochopee soils have limestone bedrock at depths less than 51 centimeters (20 inches), lack argillic horizons, contain calcium carbonates, and occur on similar landform positions.
Goddens Strand soils have mollic epipedon at depths less than 81 centimeters (32 inches), have argillic horizon at depth of 81 to 137 centimeters (32 to 54 inches), and are on similar landform positions.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class: poorly and very poorly drained.
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (KSAT): high to very high in the sandy materials, moderately high to high in the loamy material, and negligible in the limestone.
Permeability: rapid in the sandy material, moderate to moderately rapid in the loamy material, and slow in the limestone.
Runoff: negligible to very low.
Depth to seasonal high water table: 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches) of the surface for about 8 months during most years, and within 30 to 100 centimeters (12 to 40 inches) most of the rest of the year.
Surface Water: can range from 15 to 122 centimeters (6 to 48 inches) during the raining season (June to November). During the months of December and January surface water can range from 15 to 91 centimeters (6 to 36 inches). During the dry season February to May surface water is removed however in some micro low or during longer periods of rain, surface water can range from 0 to 76 centimeters (0 to 30 inches).
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: water quality and wildlife habitat.
Dominant vegetation: These include but are not limited to Jamaica swamp sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense), maidencane (Panicum hemitomon), Muhlenberg maidencane (Amphicarpum muelenbergianum), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), bulltongue arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia), bent alligator-flag (Thalia geniculate), pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens), bald cypress (T. distichem), swamp bay (Persea palustris), pond apple (Annona glabra), and red maple (Acer rubrum). Vines (Similax), ferns (Blechnum, Woodwardia), and arboreal epiphytes (Tillandsia) are abundant. Aquatic emergent vegetation (Nymphaea, Utricularia, Lemna) may be present during periods of high water.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Everglades and Associated Areas (MLRA 156A)
Extent: Limited
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Collier County, Florida; 2023.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:
1. Particle sized control section: 25 to 152 centimeters (10 to 60 inches)
2. Ochric epipedon - 0 to 76 centimeters (0 to 30 inches) (A, E horizons)
3. Albic horizon - 10 to 76 centimeters (4 to 30 inches) (E horizon.
4. Glossic horizon - 76 to 96 centimeters (30 to 38 inches) (Bt/E horizon)
5. Argillic horizon - 96 to 147 centimeters (38 to 58 inches) (Bt/E, Btg horizons)
6. Aquic conditions - 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches)
Soil classified according to the 12th Edition of the Keys to Soil Taxonomy.
This soil was formerly recognized as Riviera, limestone substratum soils in the hyperthermic temperature regime.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory data is available on the National Soil Survey website at: http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov.usda.gov/querypage.aspx
OSD User Site ID: 2020FL622053
OSD Pedon Site ID: 2020FL622053
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.