LOCATION PLUMMER GA+AL FL MS NC SC TX VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Grossarenic Paleaquults
TYPICAL PEDON: Plummer sand on a 1 percent slope, in woodland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 23 centimeters (about 0 to 9 inches); dark gray (N 4/) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many medium and fine roots; many clean sand grains in lower part; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 30 centimeters thick)
Eg1--23 to 71 centimeters (about 9 to 28 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sand; single grain; loose; few roots in upper part; common root holes with brown stains; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Eg2--71 to 127 centimeters (about 28 to 50 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) sand; single grain; loose; very strongly acid; gradual irregular boundary. (Combined thickness of the E horizon is 90 to 170 centimeters)
Btg--127 to 200 centimeters (about 50 to 80 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) sandy loam with bodies of sandy clay loam; common medium and fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; weak medium granular and subangular blocky structure; friable; sand grains bridged with clay; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Wayne County, Georgia; about 2.6 miles east of Gardi along U.S. Highway 341 and south on county road 4.2 miles to crossroads; 0.2 mile east.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of argillic horizon: 100 to 195 centimeters (about 40 to 75 inches), commonly 125 to 180 centimeters (about 50 to 70 inches)
Depth to base of argillic horizon: 150 to 200 centimeters or more (about 60 to 80 inches), commonly more than 2500 centimeters (about 100 inches)
Depth to bedrock: Greater than 200 centimeters (about 80 inches)
Depth to seasonal high water table: 0 to 25 centimeters (about 0 to 10 inches) December to July
Thickness of the sandy surface and subsurface layers: Greater than 100 centimeters (about 40 inches)
Content and size of rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent, by volume throughout, mostly fine quartz gravel or ironstone nodules or concretions
Effective Cation Exchange Capacity: 3 to 10 milliequivalents per 100 grams of soil in the A horizon; 1 to 3 in E horizons; and 3 to 5 in the B horizon
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, except where limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Oa horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR, 2.5Y or 5Y; value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 or 2; or is neutral with value of 2 to 4
Texture--muck, 2 to 20 centimeters thick
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y; value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 or 2; or is neutral with value of 2 to 4. Where moist value and chroma are 3 or less, thickness of the A horizon is less than 25 centimeters (about 10 inches).
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy fine sand or, loamy sand, or their mucky analogues
Clay content: 1 to 10 percent
Eg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2; or is neutral with value of 5 to 8
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
Clay content: 1 to 10 percent
Redoximorphic features--iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, or gray and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown. Iron depletions may be zones of uncoated sand grains.
BEg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2; or is neutral with value of 5 to 7
Texture--loamy sand or loamy fine sand
Clay content: 1 to 12 percent
Redoximorphic features--iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, or gray and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown. Iron depletions may be zones of uncoated sand grains.
Btg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2; or is neutral with value of 5 to 7
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam or sandy clay loam and may have pockets of loamy sand or sandy clay
Clay content: 12 to 35 percent
Redoximorphic features--iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, or gray and masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown
COMPETING SERIES:
Starke soils--have an umbric epipedon
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Upper, middle, and lower coastal plains
Landform: Flats, depressions
Geomorphic Component: Talfs, dips
Hillslope Profile Position: Not assigned
Parent Material: Marine or fluviomarine deposits
Slope: 0 to 5 percent, dominantly less than 1 percent
Elevation: 5 to 135 meters (about 15 to 450 feet)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 14 to 21 degrees C. (about 59 to 70 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 965 to 1320 millimeters (about 38 to 52 inches)
Frost Free Period: 190 to 275 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Alapaha soils--have an arenic epipedon and have plinthite in the Bt horizons
Atmore soils--have 6 to 18 percent clay in upper 50 centimeters of the Bt horizon and plinthite in the lower Bt horizon
Ellabelle soils--have an umbric epipedon
Johnston soils--have a thick umbric epipedon
Leefield soils--have combined A and E horizons of less than 100 centimeters thick
Leon soils--have a spodic horizon
Lynn Haven soils--have a spodic horizon
Mascotte soils--have a spodic horizon
Ocilla soils--have combined A and E horizons of less than 100 centimeters thick
Olustee soils--have a spodic horizon
Osier soils--do not have an argillic horizon
Pelham soils--have an arenic epipedon
Rains soils--have combined A and E horizons of less than 100 centimeters thick
Rutlege soils--have an umbric epipedon
Surrency soils--have an umbric epipedon
Torhunta soils--have a thick umbric epipedon
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Poorly or very poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very shallow, persistent
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: Depressional areas are occasionally or frequently ponded for long or very long periods
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to low
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high (4.2 to 14.1 micrometers per second)
Shrink-swell Potential: Low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Woodland
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded--mixed stands of slash, loblolly, and longleaf pine with swamp tupelo and bald cypress and an understory of gallberry, waxmyrtle, southern bayberry, wiregrass, pitcher plants, and bracken fern. Where cleared--pasture.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Georgia, Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
Extent: Large
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Duval County, Florida; 1910.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface of the soil to a depth of about 127 centimeters (A, Eg1, and Eg2 horizons)
Grossarenic feature--sandy materials from the surface of the soil to a depth of approximately 127 centimeters (A, Eg1, and Eg2 horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from approximately 127 to 200 centimeters (Btg horizon)
Aquic conditions--periodic saturation and reduction in a zone from the soil surface to 200 centimeters at some time during the year (endosaturation).
Redox concentrations--the zone from 127 to 200 centimeters (Btg horizon)
Redox depletions with chroma of 2 or less--the zone from the soil surface to 200 centimeters (A, Eg, and Btg horizons)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 200 centimeters
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory Data: Characterization data are not available from NRCS-Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, NE.
Database Information:
Data Mapunit ID--To be developed
Typical Pedon User Pedon ID--To be developed