LOCATION MANDARIN FL+GA NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Oxyaquic Alorthods
TYPICAL PEDON: Mandarin fine sand, on a smooth convex 0.5 percent slope, in forest. (Colors are for moist soil.)
A--0 to 4 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 8 inches thick)
E1--4 to 8 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary.
E2--8 to 26 inches; light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grained; loose; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the E horizon is 3 to 24 inches)
Bh1--26 to 30 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; in places sand grains well coated with organic matter; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bh2--30 to 35 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; in places sand grains well coated with organic matter; few medium faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) soft masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bh3--35 to 40 inches; black (5YR 2/1) fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; in places sand grains well coated with organic matter; few fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) soft masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
BE--40 to 46 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grained; loose; moderately acid; gradual smooth boundary.
E'1--46 to 56 inches; light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
E'2--56 to 62 inches; white (10YR 8/1) fine sand; single grained; loose; few medium faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) soft masses of iron accumulation; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.
E'3--62 to 73 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.
B'h--73 to 80 inches; black (10YR 2/1) fine sand; few fine distinct white (10YR 8/1) bodies; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; in places sand grains coated with organic matter; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Duval County, Florida; 3,000 feet north of Atlantic Boulevard, 0.7 mile west of Girvin Road in NE1/4NW1/4, Sec. 22, T. 2 S., R. 28 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Spodic: less than 30 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 18 to 42 inches, June to December or November to April
Soil Reaction: extremely acid to moderately acid in the A, E, and Bh horizons and from extremely acid to neutral in the BE, E', and B'h horizons
Other Features: All horizons are sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
Other Features: Some pedons do not have a bisequum of E and Bh horizons, and are underlain by a C horizon
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2; or is neutral with value of 3 to 5
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 8
Bh and B'h horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 2 to 4; hue of 5YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 4; hue of 7.5YR, value of 2.5 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2; or hue of 10YR, value of 2, and chroma of 1 or 2; or hue 10YR, value of 3, and chroma of 1.
Other features--Some pedons are weakly cemented (less than 50 percent) and sand grains are coated with organic matter. It is massive or has blocky or subangular blocky structure.
BE or BC horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4; hue of 7.5YR, value of 4, and chroma of 2 to 4, and value of 5, chroma of 4
E' horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8; hue of 7.5YR, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8
Eg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 1 or 2; hue of 7.5YR, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 1 or 2
C horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 3 or 4
Cg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 1 or 2
COMPETING SERIES:
Echaw soils--have a spodic horizon between depths of 30 and 50 inches
Hurricane soils--have a spodic horizon below a depth of 50 inches
Melvina soils--have an argillic horizon and are underlain by limestone bedrock at 60 to 80 inches or more
Ridgeland soils--do not have an E horizon more than 2 inches thick between the A and Bh horizon
Rigdon soils--have an argillic horizon at 24 to 40 inches
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Lower coastal plain
Landform: Marine terrace
Geomorphic Component: Talf
Parent Material: Marine sediments
Elevation:
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 65 to 70 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 50 to 60 inches
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Cainhoy soils--do not have a spodic horizon and are better drained
Hurricane soils--have a spodic horizon below a depth of 50
Leon soils--have a water table within 18 inches of the surface for some period in most years
Mascotte soils--have a water table within 18 inches of the surface for some period in most years, and have a Bt horizon below the spodic horizon
Pottsburg soils--have a spodic horizon at depths of 50 inches or more
Ortega soils--do not have a spodic horizon and are better drained
Rutlege soils--do not have a spodic horizon and are very poorly drained
Sapelo soils--have a water table within 18 inches of the surface for some period in most years, and have a Bt horizon below the spodic horizon
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): Somewhat poorly
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep, common
Permeability: Moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Natural areas, some community development
Dominant Vegetation: Where natural--scattered second growth slash and longleaf pine, and scrub oak with an understory of greenbriar, sawpalmetto, pineland threeawn, creeping bluestem, paspalum, panicum, and lopsided Indiangrass.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern peninsular Florida, Georgia, North Carolina.
The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Duval County, Florida; 1977.
REMARKS: Mandarin soils were formerly mapped as a thermic variant of the Cassia series. Based on a 2-year soil temperature study, the mean annual soil temperature range for this soil in Duval County, Florida is about 69.2 to 71.5 degrees F.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 4 inches (A horizon)
Albic horizon--the zone from 4 to 26 inches (E horizon)
Spodic horizon--the zone from 30 to 40 inches and 73 to 80 or more inches (Bh2, Bh3 and Bh horizons)
Aquic conditions--the soil has redox depletions and concentrations within 18 to 42 inches of the surface, with periodic saturation and reduction at some time during the year
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 60 inches
ADDITIONAL DATA: Pedon 5lb-13-(1-11) in soil survey of city of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida.
Pedon (S79FL-005-006) soil survey of Bay County, Florida Pedon (S80FL-131-033) soil survey of Walton County, Florida
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation FL0188 MANDARIN 0- 2 - - - - FL0506 MANDARIN 0- 2 - - - -SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness FL0188 NONE 1.5-3.5 APPARENT JUN-DEC >60 FL0506 OCCAS 1.5-3.5 APPARENT JUN-DEC >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- FL0188 0-26 FS S 0- 0 100-100 0- 3 - FL0188 26-40 FS S LFS 0- 0 100-100 2- 9 - FL0188 40-73 FS S 0- 0 100-100 0- 3 - FL0188 73-80 FS S LFS 0- 0 100-100 2- 9 - FL0506 0-10 FS S 0- 0 100-100 0- 3 - FL0506 10-20 FS S 0- 0 100-100 2- 9 - FL0506 20-80 FS S 0- 0 100-100 0- 3 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll FL0188 0-26 3.6- 6.0 .5-3. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW FL0188 26-40 3.6- 6.0 - 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW FL0188 40-73 3.6- 7.3 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW FL0188 73-80 3.6- 7.3 - 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW FL0506 0-10 3.6- 6.0 .5-3. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW FL0506 10-20 3.6- 6.0 - 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW FL0506 20-80 4.5- 7.3 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW