LOCATION SOLITE FLEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Siliceous, thermic Typic Psammaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Solite fine sand on a 2 percent convex south facing slope in a reshaped field. (Colors are for moist soil.)
A--0 to 5 inches; black (5YR 2/1) fine sand; single grained; loose; few fine roots; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C1--5 to 48 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; many sand grains coated with organic matter; few fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) mottles; sand grains; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--48 to 60 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; many sand grains coated with organic matter; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C3--60 to 72 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; many sand grains coated with organic matter; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C4--72 to 80 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine sand; single grained; loose; many clean sand grains; extremely acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Clay County, Florida; 0.9 mile north of Warner Road and 3.1 miles west of U. S. 17, 900 feet south and 900 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 20, T. 7 S., R. 26 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Soil reaction ranges from extremely acid to medium acid. Texture is fine sand or sand throughout the pedon.
The A horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 5, and chroma of 4 or less. If color value is 2 or 3, it is less than 6 inches thick.
The C horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 7, and chroma of 6 or less. Low chromas indicative of wetness occur in the upper 20 inches of the soil. Color stratification is evident in many pedons.
COMPETING SERIES: These include the Duckston and Osier series. Duckston soils are affected by storm tides. In Osier soils, the content of silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch control section is 5 to 15 percent.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Solite soils are on nearly level areas. Slopes are 0 to 2 percent. The soil formed in sandy mine spoil that has been smoothed and shaped by earth moving equipment.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are Hurricane, Leon, Mandarin, Pottsburg, and Neilhurst series. Hurricane, Leon, Mandarin and Pottsburg soils have a spodic horizons. In addition, Hurricane and Mandarin soils are somewhat poorly drained. Neilhurst soils are excessively drained.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained; very slow runoff; rapid permeability. The water table is within 12 inches of the surface for 3 to 6 months in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the acreage is idle. Some areas have been planted in slash and longleaf pines. The understory vegetation is mostly blackberries, grape vine, pineland threeawn, waxmyrtle, and gallberry.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Coastal plain of Florida. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Clay County, Florida; 1986.
REMARKS: Although the geographically associated Neilhurst soil is hyperthermic, its range includes Clay County, Florida.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--The zone from the surface to a depth of 5 inches (A horizon).
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation FL0481 SOLITE 0- 2 - - - -SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness FL0481 NONE 0-1.0 APPARENT JUN-NOV 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- FL0481 0-80 FS S 0- 0 100-100 0- 5 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll FL0481 0-80 3.6- 6.0 1.-5. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW