LOCATION LEVYVILLE          FL
Established Series
Rev. JDS; AGH; GRB
10/2003

LEVYVILLE SERIES


The Levyville series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on Karst uplands of west central Florida. They formed in sandy and loamy marine sediments. Near the type location, the average annual temperature is about 73 degrees F., and the mean annual precipitation is about 59 inches. Slopes range from 0 to 5 percent.

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, superactive, hyperthermic Typic Paleudalfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Levyville fine sand - on a 0 to 2 percent slope in an area of planted longleaf pine. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated)

A--0 to 4 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few fine, medium, and coarse roots; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (4 to 9 inches thick)

Bt1--4 to 12 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; few fine and medium roots; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt2--12 to 17 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine and medium roots; sand grains coated with colloidal matter; very strongly acid; diffuse wavy boundary.

Bt3--17 to 37 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; few fine and medium roots; sand grains coated with colloidal matter; moderately acid; diffuse wavy boundary.

Bt4--37 to 50 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; sand grains coated with colloidal material; moderately acid.

Bt5--50 to 80 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; sand grains coated with colloidal material; moderately acid. (Total thickness of the Bt horizon ranges from 54 to 76 inches)

TYPE LOCATION: Citrus County, Florida; Withlacoochee State Forest; approximately 1,000 feet east of S.R. 491 and about 50 feet north of Withlacoochee State Forest Trail 12; SW 1/4, NW 1/4, Sec. 36, T. 19 S.; R. 18 E.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness and depth to bedrock ranges from 60 to more than 80 inches. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout.

The A or Ap horizon has hue to 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is fine sand or loamy fine sand.

The E horizon, where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is fine sand or loamy fine sand.

The BW horizon, where present, has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is fine sand or loamy fine sand.

The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 8. Redoximorphic depletions in shades of gray below a depth of 48 inches range from none to common. Texture is fine sandy loam or sandy clay loam, and below a depth of 30 inches, includes sandy clay.

The Btg horizon, where present, is below a depth of 60 inches. It has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 1 or 2. Redoximorphic accumulations in shades of yellow and brown range from few to common. Texture is sandy clay loam or sandy clay.

The BC horizon, where present, has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. Redoximorphic features in shades of brown, gray, or yellow range from few to common. Texture is loamy sand.

The C horizon, where present, is below a depth of 60 inches. It has hue of 10YR, value of 7 or 8, and chroma of 1 to 3. Redoximorphic features in shades of brown or yellow range from few to common. Texture is sand or fine sand.

COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in the same family.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Levyville soils are on Karst uplands of West Central Florida. Slopes range from 0 to 5 percent. They formed in sandy and loamy marine sediments. The climate is humid subtropical. The average annual temperature ranges from 72 to 74 degrees F., and the average annual precipitation ranges from 54 to 64 inches.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Archer, Hague, Mabel, Micanopy, Shadeville, Williston, and Zuber series. Archer, Shadeville, and Zuber soils are in the thermic temperature regime. In addition, Archer soils are on higher positions, are moderately deep to limestone bedrock, and have more clay in the subsoil, the moderately well drained Shadeville soils are on lower positions, have sandy surface and subsurface layers 20 to 40 inches in thickness, and are deep to limestone bedrock while Zuber soils are on similar positions and have more clay in the control section. Hague soils are on similar positions and have sandy surface and subsurface layers 20 to 40 inches in thickness. The somewhat poorly drained Mabel and Micanopy soils are on lower positions and have more clay in the control section. In addition, Mabel soils have bedrock or boulders within a depth of 60 inches. Williston soils are on similar positions, are moderately deep to limestone bedrock, and have more clay in the control section.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; moderate permeability.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Levyville soils are used for cultivated crops or tame pasture. The natural vegetation consists of laurel oak, live oak, magnolia, loblolly pine, cedar, and scattered cabbage palm. The understory commonly consists mainly of bluestems, panicums, greenbriar, sand blackberry, pineland threeawn, and a variety of other perennial and annual forbs.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The South Central Florida Ridge and the North Central Florida Ridge. The series is of small extent.

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Levy County, Florida; 1990.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:

Ochric Epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of 4 inches (Ap horizon).

Argillic Horizon - the zone from 8 to 80 inches depth (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, Bt4, and Bt5 horizons).

Levyville soils were formerly included in the Zuber series.

The type location was moved to its present location due to lab data of sampled pedons indicating little decrease in clay below a depth of 58 inches. The classification was changed from Hapludalfs to Paleudalfs.

These soils are very moist to saturated at depths of 5 to 6 feet for 1 to 3 months during most years.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization pedon - Citrus County, FL; S9-25-(1-7). Sample by IFAS, University of Gainesville, Florida.


National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.