LOCATION PLANTATION FL
Established Series
Rev. HFH/ GRB/CAP
12/2019
PLANTATION SERIES
MLRA(s): 156A
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Auburn, Alabama
Depth Class: Moderately deep
Drainage Class: Very poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Very high to high
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Parent Material: Submerged organic materials over marine sandy sediments over limestone bedrock.
Slope: 0 to 1 percent
Elevation: 0.3 to 3 meters (1 to 10 feet)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 25 degrees C. (76 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 160 centimeters (60 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, isohyperthermic Histic Humaquepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Plantation muck in a grassy rangeland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
Oa1--0 to 10 centimeters (0 to 4 inches); black (N 2/0) muck; about 15 percent fiber unrubbed and about 3 percent fiber rubbed; about 15 percent mineral material; weak fine angular blocky structure; very friable, soft; nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine and few medium roots; sodium pyrophosphate extract is pale brown (10YR 6/3); moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.
Oa2--10 to 25 centimeters (4 to 10 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) muck; about 20 percent fiber unrubbed and 3 percent rubbed; 10 percent mineral matter; weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable, soft; nonsticky, nonplastic; sodium pyrophosphate extract is light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Oa horizons range from 20 to 41 centimeters (8 to 16 inches) thick)
A--25 to 41 centimeters (10 to 16 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) masses of oxidized iron; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (8 to 25 centimeters (3 to 10 inches) thick)
Cg1--41 to 71 centimeters (16 to 28 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; about 5 percent sand grains coated; about 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic streaking; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Cg2--71 to 84 centimeters (28 to 33 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; nonsticky, nonplastic; about 5 percent sand grains coated; about 5 percent medium distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic streaking and common medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) masses of oxidized iron; neutral; abrupt irregular boundary. [Combined thickness of the Cg horizons ranges from 23 to 86 centimeters (9 to 34 inches)]
2R--84 to 109 centimeters (35 to 45 inches); weakly to strongly cemented rippable limestone bedrock.
TYPE LOCATION: Broward County, Florida; about 0.2 mile north and 0,22 mile west of the intersection of SW 33rd Street and South Flamingo Road; about 0.3 mile south and 0.2 mile west of the northeast corner of Sec. 26, T. 51 S., R. 40 E; latitude 25 degrees, 58 minutes, 54.59 seconds N and longitude 80 degrees, 18 minutes, 53.23 seconds W; WSG84.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to seasonally high water: 0 to 15 centimeters (0 to 6 inches)
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to neutral
Depth of the organic material: 20 to 41 centimeters (8 to 20 inches)
Depth to bedrock: 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Fiber content: Un-Rubbed 10 to 70 percent and rubbed less than 17 percent
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Oa horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y or is neutral, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture--muck
EC (mmhos/cm)--0 to 2
Reaction--very strongly acid to slightly acid
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or is neutral, value of 2 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 6
Texture--fine sand or sand
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2
Reaction--strongly acid to moderately acid
Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 4
Texture--fine sand or sand
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2
Reaction--strongly acid to moderately acid
2R horizon:
Weakly to strongly cemented oolitic limestone bedrock
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Florida Everglades
Landform(s): on broad flats adjacent to the deeper organic soils in fresh water marshes and swamps
Parent material: organic materials formed from remains of hydrophytic herbaceous plant overlying thin beds of marine sandy materials overlying limestone bedrock.
Mean annual air temperature: 25 to 27 degrees C (77 to 78 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 127 to 165 centimeters (50 to 65 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Buffalo Tiger soils--are deep to limestone bedrock, are Histosols, and are on similar landform positions
Coopertown soils--are shallow to limestone bedrock, are Histosols, and are on similar landform positions
Gator Lake soils--are very shallow to limestone bedrock, are Histosols, and are on similar landform positions
Loxahatche soils--are very deep, are Histosols, and are on similar landform positions
Macks Camp soils--are deep to limestone bedrock, are Histosols, and are on slightly higher landform positions
Shark Valley soils--are moderately deep to limestone bedrock, are Histosols, and are on similar landform positions
Tamiami soils--are moderately deep to limestone bedrock, are Histosols, and are on similar landform positions
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class: Very poorly drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (KSAT): Very high to high
Permeability: Rapid
Surface Runoff: Negligible to very low
Ponding: Under natural conditions, this soil is covered by water (ponded)- frequently for very long duration 4 to 9 months
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses: Wildlife habitat, rangeland, pasture, and urban land.
Dominant vegetation: sawgrass, paspalum, maidencane, and cutthroat grass.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Florida Everglades and associated areas. The series is of moderate extent.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Broward County, Florida; 1974.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:
1. Particle-size control section: 25 to 102 centimeters (10 to 40 inches)
2. Histic epipedon - the zone from 0 to 10 inches (Oa1 and Oa2 horizons).
3. Lithic contact - 84 to 109 centimeters (35 to 45 inches) (2R horizon)
These soils were formerly classified as Typic Psammaquents based on the mineral soil beneath the Histic epipedon. Amendment Notice no. 1 of NSTH now classifies these soils as Inceptisols.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory data is available on the National Soil Survey website at: http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov.usda.gov/querypage.aspx
OSD User Site ID: S1971FL011008
OSD User Pedon ID: S1971FL011008
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.