LOCATION BOULOGNE FLEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Typic Alaquods
TYPICAL PEDON: Boulogne fine sand - Forested (Colors are for moist soil)
Ap--0 to 7 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
A--7 to 10 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine and few medium roots; lower part of this horizon has discontinuous pockets of gray (10YR 6/1) sand that are 1/2 to 2 inches thick vertically and 3 to 9 inches thick horizontally; extremely acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
Bh--10 to 13 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; common fine and few medium roots; sand grains coated with organic matter; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 10 inches thick)
E1--13 to 19 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; common medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) mottles; single grained; loose; few fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
E2--19 to 26 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; common fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) mottles; single grained; loose; few fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
E3--26 to 33 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; common medium faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) mottles; single grained; loose; few fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary; (this horizon is not horizontally continuous and in places the E2 horizon overlies the Bh horizon.) (Combined thickness of E horizon is 10 to 30 inches thick)
B'h1--33 to 40 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; common medium distinct black (5YR 2/1) fragments; upper boundary has discontinuous pale brown (10YR 6/3) pockets; massive; very friable; few fine roots; sand grains weakly coated with organic matter; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
B'h2--40 to 54 inches; black (5YR 2/1) fine sand; massive; friable; few fine roots; sand grains well coated with organic matter; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
B'h3--54 to 80 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and black (5YR 2/1) fine sand; massive; very firm; weakly cemented; very firm; weakly cemented; sand grains thickly coated with organic matter; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Nassau County, Florida; approximately 5 miles south southwest of Callahan; 50 feet east of Container Road, 0.2 miles north of railroad tracks, SW 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec. 13, T1 N, R24E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 6 to 18 inches, Dec to March or March to September
Rock Fragment content: 0 to 15 percent, by volume
Soil Reaction: extremely acid to moderately acid throughout
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
XX or XX horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of , value of , and chroma of , or is neutral with value of
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--
Redoximorphic features (if they occur)--iron masses in shade of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, or gray
Mottles (if they occur)--
Other features--
A or Ap horizon (if it occurs):
Color-- hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand
Incipient E horizon (if it occurs):
Color-- hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand
Other features-- about 2 inches thick, if present
Bh horizon:
Color-- hue of 5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3, hue of 7.5YR, value of 3, chroma of 2 or 3, or hue of 10YR, value of 3 and chroma of 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand
E/Bh horizon (if it occurs):
E part:
Color-- hue of 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand
Bh part:
Color-- hue of 5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3, hue of 7.5YR, value of 3, chroma of 2 or 3, or hue of 10YR, value of 3 and chroma of 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color-- hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand
B'h horizon:
Color-- hue of 7.5YR, value of 3 and chroma of 2, and hue of 5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 through 3
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand
Other features-- lower part is weakly cemented in more than half of the horizon in each pedon. It is very friable to friable in the upper part and firm to very firm in the lower part. Depth to the firm and very firm weakly cemented horizon is greater than 50 inches.
Cg horizon (if it occurs)::
Color-- hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2: or it is neutral with value of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-sand, fine sand
Other features-if present, it is below depth of 60 inches
COMPETING SERIES:
Lynn Haven soils-- has thick E horizon below between the A and Bh horizons
Talquin soils-has thick E horizon below between the A and Bh horizons
Wesconnett soils-- are very poorly drained
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: coastal plain
Landform: flats (locally, flatwoods)
Geomorphic Component: talf, dip
Parent Material: sandy marine sediments
Elevation: 50 to 150 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 65 to 70 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 50 to 60 inches
Frost Free Period: 230 to 310 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Allanton soils-- very poorly drained and occur in lower positions
Evergreen soils-- very poorly drained and occur in lower positions
Hurricane soils-- have Bh horizons beginning below a depth of 50 inches, are somewhat poorly drained and on slightly elevated landforms
Kingsferry soils-- very poorly drained and occur in lower positions
Leon soils-have chroma of 3 directly below the A horizon
Lynn haven soils-- has thick E horizon below between the A and Bh horizons
Mandarin soils-- are somewhat poorly drained and occur on slightly elevated landforms
Pottsburg soils-- have Bh horizons beginning below a depth of 50 inches
Ridgewood soils-- are somewhat poorly drained, occur on slightly elevated landforms and lack a Bh horizon
Rutlege soils-- very poorly drained and occur in lower positions
Wesconnett soils-very poorly drained
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): poorly drained
Index Surface Runoff: negligible
Internal Free Water Occurrence: shallow, persistent
Permeability: very slow to moderate where cemented, moderately rapid to rapid
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: forestry, range, and improved pasture
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--. Areas with adequate water control are used to grow grain sorghum and corn. Where wooded-- longleaf and slash pines, water oaks, waxmyrtle and undergrowth of sawpalmetto, running oak, fetterbush, inkberry, chalky and creeping bluestems and pineland threeawn.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Atlantic and lower Gulf coastal plains
Extent: moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Nassau County, Florida, 1987.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - The zone from the surface to a depth of 10 inches. (Ap + A horizons)
Spodic horizons - The zones from 10 to 13 inches (Bh) and 33 to 80 inches (B'h).
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation FL0498 BOULOGNE 0- 2 65- 70 230-310 50- 60 50- 150SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness FL0498 NONE 0.5-1.5 APPARENT MAR-SEP 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- FL0498 0-10 S FS 0- 0 100-100 1- 7 5- 25 FL0498 10-13 S FS 0- 0 100-100 1- 8 5- 15 FL0498 13-33 S FS 0- 0 100-100 1- 4 1- 5 FL0498 33-54 S FS LFS 0- 0 100-100 1-12 3- 15 FL0498 54-80 S FS 0- 0 100-100 1-12 10- 40
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll FL0498 0-10 3.6- 6.0 1.-5. 0- 2 6.0- 20 LOW FL0498 10-13 3.6- 6.0 1.-4. 0- 2 2.0- 6.0 LOW FL0498 13-33 3.6- 6.0 0.-1. 0- 2 6.0- 20 LOW FL0498 33-54 3.6- 6.0 1.-4. 0- 2 0.6- 2.0 LOW FL0498 54-80 3.6- 6.0 2.-5. 0- 2 0.06- 0.2 LOW