LOCATION PAISLEY FL
Established Series
Rev. BPT:JRM
10/2018
PAISLEY SERIES
The Paisley series consists of deep, poorly drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in clayey marine sediments influenced by underlying calcareous materials. These soils are on nearly level, low broad Coastal Plains. Slopes are less than 1 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Albaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Paisley loamy fine sand - forested. (Colors are for moist conditions.)
A--0 to 4 inches; very dark gray (N 3/ ) unrubbed, black (N 2/ ) when crushed and rubbed, loamy fine sand, moderate medium granular structure; very friable; numerous fine and few medium roots; medium acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 8 inches thick)
E--4 to 9 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; medium acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (2 to 12 inches thick)
Btg1--9 to 26 inches; dark gray (N 4/ ) sandy clay; few fine distinct yellowish brown mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and plastic; few fine and medium roots; few thin distinct clay films on faces of peds; slightly acid in upper part, neutral in lower part; clear wavy boundary. (6 to 18 inches thick)
Btg2--26 to 45 inches; gray (N 5/ ) sandy clay; common fine distinct strong brown mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky and plastic; few fine and medium roots; few, thin distinct clay films on faces of peds; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (12 to 20 inches thick)
Btg3--45 to 57 inches; gray (5Y 6/1) sandy clay; common medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) mottles and few fine distinct white pockets of carbonatic material and clean sand grains; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, plastic; few fine roots; continuous clay films on faces of peds; mildly alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (8 to 14 inches thick)
BCg--57 to 69 inches; gray (5Y 6/1) sandy clay; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles and few fine and medium distinct soft white (10YR 8/1) carbonatic nodules; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky, plastic; very few fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds and clay flows along root channels; mildly alkaline; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 18 inches thick)
Cg--69 to 80 inches; mottled gray (10YR 6/1), (N 5/ ), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay; common to many medium distinct soft white (10YR 8/1) carbonatic nodules and few fine pockets of clean sand grains; massive; firm; very sticky and plastic; mildly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Marion County, Florida. Approximately 1.0 mile east of intersection of State Highways 40 and 315 and 150 feet south of State Highway 40. SW1/4, NW1/4, sec. 3, T. 15 S., R. 23 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness is from 40 to more than 80 inches. The soil ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the A horizon and from moderately acid to moderately alkaline in the B and C horizons. Limestone cobbles and boulders range from none to few throughout the soil. Soil temperature is 72 degrees to 74 degrees F., at depths of 20 inches below the soil surface.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2; or it is neutral with value of 2 to 5. It is less than 6 inches thick if value is 3 or less. Texture is fine sand, or loamy sand, or loamy fine sand.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 or 2; or it is neutral with value of 5 or 6. Texture is fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand.
The Btg horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2; or it is neutral with value of 4 to 7. Redoximorphic features in shades of yellow, brown, or red range from few to many. Texture is sandy clay or clay. Clay content in the upper 20 inches of this horizon is 35 to 60 percent; silt content is less than 30 percent.
The BCg horizon has hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2; or it is neutral with value of 5 to 7. Redoximorphic features in shades of yellow, brown, or red range from few to common. Texture is sandy clay or clay. Bodies of soft, white (10YR 8/1, 8/2) carbonatic material or semi-hard calcareous concretions range from none to common in the lower Btg and BCg horizons.
The Cg horizon has the same color and textural ranges as the B3 horizon and has common or many, medium and large pockets of soft, white (10YR 8/1, 8/2) carbonatic material. Many pedons are underlain by soft carbonatic material or semi-hard lime material at depths of 60 or more inches.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Bluff,
Eaton,
Emeralda,
Eureka,
Meggett,
Telferner, and
Yonges series. Bluff soils have a mollic epipedon. Eaton and Eureka soils have a strongly acid or very strongly acid Btg horizon. Eaton soils have a sandy A horizon more than 20 inches thick. Emeralda soils have a black or very dark gray A1 horizon 6 to 10 inches thick. Meggett and Yonges soils have a thermic temperature regime. Yonges soils have sandy clay loam Btg horizons. Telferner soils have very hard and very firm Btg horizons.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Paisley soils are on low broad Coastal Plain areas. Slopes are 1 percent or less. The soil formed in clayey marine sediments influenced by the underlying calcareous materials. Near the type location, mean annual precipitation is about 59 inches and mean annual temperature is about 72 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing
Bluff,
Eaton,
Emeralda, and
Eureka series and the
Martel and
Holopaw soils. Martel soils have an umbric epipedon and occur in depressed areas. Holopaw soils have sandy A horizons more than 40 inches thick.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained; slow permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Paisley soils remain in native vegetation. A few cleared areas are used for improved pasture. Native vegetation consists of slash, longleaf, and loblolly pine, swamp white oak, swamp maple, and sweetgum with an understory of wax myrtle, cabbage palmetto, bluestem, and native grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Mainly in the northeast and central Florida within the hyperthermic climatic zone.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Marion County, Florida; 1974. The series is of moderate extent.
REMARKS: Paisley soils were formerly included with the Meggett soils.
The water table is at a depth of 10 inches or less for 2 to 6 months during most years. The water is on the surface of the soil for less than one month.
MLRA: 138, 154.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.