LOCATION FELLOWSHIP FLEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Umbric Endoaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Fellowship gravelly loamy fine sand - forested.
A1--0 to 11 inches; black (N 2/0) gravelly loamy fine sand; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots; about 15 percent by volume of quartz gravel; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
A2--11 to 18 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak medium granular and subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine and medium roots; about 6 percent by volume of quartz gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (The A horizon is 10 to 20 inches thick)
Btg1--18 to 25 inches; gray (N 5/0) gravelly sandy clay loam, common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, plastic; few fine roots; patchy clay films on ped faces; about 15 percent by volume of ironstone pebbles; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Btg2--25 to 32 inches; gray (N 5/0) sandy clay, common fine distinct yellowish brown mottles; moderate medium angular and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, plastic, sticky; few fine roots; clay films on ped faces; about 11 percent by volume of ironstone pebbles; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Btg3--32 to 42 inches; gray (N 6/0) clay, common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; moderate medium angular and subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; very few fine and medium roots; clay films or pressure faces on peds; few slickensides; few fine pebbles; strongly acid; clear irregular boundary. (Combined thickness of the Btg horizon is 30 to 50 inches)
Cg1--42 to 62 inches; light gray (10YR 7/1) clay, common fine faint pale yellow mottles; massive; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; few partially decayed roots; common slickensides; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Cg2--62 to 83 inches; light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) clay, common fine distinct yellowish brown mottles; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; strongly acid. (The C horizon extends to a depth of 80 inches or more)
TYPE LOCATION: Marion County, Florida; 1.7 miles north of Flemington on State Road 321 and 0.1 mile east of Cross Roads on graded road and 200 feet south; NW1/4NW1/4 sec. 22, R. 20 E., T. 12 S.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness is 40 to 70 inches. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. Coarse fragments are quartz, ironstone, or phosphatic pebbles.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value os 2 or 3, and chroma of 2 or less; below a depth of about 10 inches the range includes a value of 4. Texture is loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, gravelly loamy sand, gravelly loamy fine sand, or gravelly sandy loam with 5 to 25 percent fragments 2 to 75 mm in size and less than 10 percent fragments greater than 75 mm in size.
The Btg horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 2 or less. The upper part of the Btg has a texture of sandy clay loam, sandy clay, gravelly sandy clay loam, or gravelly sandy clay with 5 to 20 percent fragment 2 to 75 mm in size and less than 10 percent fragments greater than 75 mm in size. The lower part of the Btg horizon has a texture of sandy clay or clay with less than 15 percent coarse fragments. The control section has 35 to 45 percent clay and less than 20 percent silt.
The Cg horizon has hue of 10YR to 5GY, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 2 or less. Texture is clay with more than 50 percent clay. COLE is more than 0.09.
COMPETING SERIES: These include the Martel series in the same family. Martel soils have less than 5 percent fragments. Competing series in similar families include the Bluff, Flemington, Paisley, and Popash series. Bluff soils have a mollic epipedon. Flemington and Paisley soils do not have an umbric epipedon. Popash soils have a loamy Bt.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Fellowship soils are on uplands and depressions of the Central Florida Ridge of Peninsular Florida. Average annual precipitation is 59 inches; average annual temperature is about 72 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Blichton, Gainesville, Hague, Kanapaha, Micanopy, and Zuber soils. Blichton, Kanapaha and Micanopy soils are on slightly higher landforms and lack an umbric epipedon. Gainesville, Hague, and Zuber soils are on significantly higher landforms and are well drained.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained on uplands with a seasonally high water table of 0.5 to 1.5 for 1 to 4 months in most years and very poorly drained in depressions with a water table at or above the surface for much of the year. Permeability is very slow.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are in native vegetation of sweetgum, slash pine, hickory, magnolia, water oak, red maple, and Carolina ash. Depressional areas also have cypress. Some areas are utilized for pasture.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Florida Ridge of Peninsular Florida. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Ocala area, Marion County, Florida; 1912.