LOCATION TALANTE PREstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, subactive, acid, isohyperthermic Aeric Fluvaquents
TYPICAL PEDON: Talante clay loam (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted).
Apg-- 0 to 4 inches; dark brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam, many medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure breaking to granular structure; friable, slightly plastic; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick.)
Alg--4 to 10 inches; grayish-brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam, many medium prominent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and yellowish-red (5YR 4/8) mottles; structureless, massive; friable, slightly plastic; many mica flakes; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (4 to 10 inches thick.)
Blg-- 10 to 18 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) light loam, many medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; structureless, massive; friable; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick.)
IIC1g--18 to 40 inches; mixed brown (7.5YR 4/4) and gray (5Y 5/1) loamy sand; structureless, massive; very friable; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (14 to 25 inches thick.)
IIIC2g--40 to 58 inches; gray (2.5Y 5/1) coarse sand, many medium prominent yellowish-brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; structureless, single grain; loose; strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Yabucoa, Puerto Rico; 1000 meters northeast of Central Roig and 600 feet north of the Guayanes River.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Color of the Ap horizon ranges from very dark grayish-brown (10YR 3/2) to yellowish-brown (10YR 5/3) and has common to many gray (10YR 5/1), dark brown (7.5YR 4/4), dark gray (5Y 4/1), yellowish-red (5YR 4/8) or dark reddish-brown (5YR 3/4) mottles. Texture of the Ap horizon ranges from sandy clay loam to clay loam.
Color of the upper part of control section ranges from grayish-brown (10YR 5/2) to brown (10YR 5/3) and contains common to many dark gray (5Y 4/1) to gray (5Y 5/1) mottles. Texture ranges from sandy loam to loam.
The IIC horizon ranges in color from dark brown (10YR 3/3-7YR 4/4), brown (10YR 5/3), gray (2.5YR 5/1) to dark greenish-gray (5BG 4/1) and contains common to many reddish-brown (5YR 4/6), dark reddish-brown (5YR 3/4), brownish-yellow (10YR 6/8) or dark bluish-gray (5B 4/1) mottles. Texture of the IIC horizons range from sandy loam to loam. Depth to water table ranges from 20 to 40 inches.
COMPETING SERIES: To date no other soils that are closely related taxonomically have been recognized.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Talante soils are on nearly level flood plains having slope of 0 to 1 percent. The regolith is medium to coarse textured sediments derived from granitic rock. The climate is humid tropical. Average annual precipitation is 87 inches, and the average annual temperature is 79 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are in the Fortuna, Josefa, Maunabo, Reilly, Vivi and Yabucoa soils, which have formed in somewhat similar sediments. The Maunabo and Fortuna soils are similar in color and drainage but are finer textured. The Josefa soils are somewhat poorly drained; they have higher chroma mottles, finer texture and are on slightly higher topographic positions. The Yabucoa soils are brighter colored and moderately fine textured soils. The Reilly soils are shallow gravelly soils and are on levees along the streams. The Vivi soils are deep and well drained and are on higher well drained topographic positions on the level flood plains.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained. Runoff is slow, and permeability is moderate.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of the soil is cultivated and used for growing sugar cane.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In the humid parts of Puerto Rico. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Puerto Rico, 1932
REMARKS: The Talante series was formerly classified in the Low Humic-Gley great soil group.