LOCATION KENDRICK FL
Established Series
Rev. BPT:CAW
10/2018
KENDRICK SERIES
The Kendrick series consists of well drained, slowly to moderately slowly permeable soils formed in thick beds of loamy marine sediments on nearly level to sloping areas in the Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, hyperthermic Arenic Paleudults
TYPICAL PEDON: Kendrick loamy sand--improved pasture. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 7 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine grass roots; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; medium acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (4 to 9 inches thick)
E1--7 to 20 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine grass roots; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
E2--20 to 26 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fine grass roots; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the E horizon ranges from 16 to 36 inches.)
Bt1--26 to 32 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; common fine pores; clay bridging between sand grains; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--32 to 45 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common fine pores; faint discontinuous clay films on faces of peds and pore spaces; clay bridging between sand grains; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; strongly acid; clear irregular boundary.
Bt3--45 to 62 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; few medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very few grass roots; common fine pores; discontinuous clay films along faces of peds and clay bridging between sand grains; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; very strongly acid; clear irregular boundary.
Bt4--62 to 70 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay with common medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and few fine faint gray (10YR 5/1) mottles; moderate medium and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very few roots; few fine pores; discontinuous clay films along faces of peds and in pores; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 30 to 45 inches.)
BC--70 to 79 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam with common fine and medium gray (10YR 5/1) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)
C--79 to 83 inches; gray (10YR 5/1) sandy clay loam with large lenses of sandy loam, streaked with common large distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), and common medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) mottles; massive; friable; few weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Marion County, Florida; about 1/4 mile east of Shady Road; 2 1/2 miles south of State Highway 200, SE1/4NW1/4, sec. 1, T. 15 S., R. 21 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The solum is 60 or more inches thick. It is very strongly acid to medium acid in all horizons. Weathered phosphatic pebbles and iron concretions, 2 to 10 mm in size, range from 0 to 3 percent in the solum.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2. The A horizon is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. The E horizon is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand.
Some pedons have a sandy loam BE horizon with the same color range as the E horizon. It is 0 to 5 inches thick.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 8; or hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. It is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. Sandy clay is included in the lower part. In some pedons the lower part is mottled with gray and red.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 with many or common, medium and coarse mottles of stronger chromas. It is sandy clay loam or sandy loam, with thin and thick lenses and pockets of coarser or finer textured material.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no known competing series in the same family. Other closely related competing series are the
Hague series. Hague soils have 35 percent or more base saturation in the lower argillic horizon and decrease in clay content by more than 20 percent of the maximum within depths of 60 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Kendrick soils occur on nearly level to sloping uplands in the Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. These soils have formed in thick beds of loamy marine sediments. Near the type location, average annual precipitation is about 59 inches and mean annual air temperature is about 72 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing
Hague series and, in addition, the
Arredondo,
Blichton,
Gainesville,
Kanapaha,
Lochloosa,
Sparr, and
Zuber series. Arredondo soils have sandy epipedons 40 to 80 inches thick. Blichton and Kanapaha soils are on lower elevations and are poorly drained. In addition, Kanapaha soils have sandy epipedons more than 40 inches thick. Gainesville soils are on about the same elevations and have a loamy sand texture to depths of 80 or more inches. Lochloosa and Sparr soils are somewhat poorly drained. Zuber soils have a clayey argillic horizon within depths of 20 inches.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; slow to moderately slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of these soils are cleared and used for corn, peanuts, watermelons, citrus, tomatoes, and improved pasture. Natural vegetation is longleaf, loblolly, and slash pines; hickory, magnolia, dogwood; and laurel, live, and water oaks. Understory consists of several bluestem species, indiangrass, hairy panicum, and annual forbs.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Florida, primarily on the Ocala Uplift from Hillsborough through Alachua Counties and on outliers in adjoining Sumter, Pasco, and Polk Counties. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Marion County, Florida; 1974.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.