Soil Scientist: John Kelley with subsoil of a Rhodic soil
Rhodic soils are dark red and commonly clayey. The rhodic zone has hue of 2.5YR or redder; and value, moist, of 3 or less; and dry value no more than 1 unit higher than the moist value.
The Lloyd series is an example commonly correlated in the Piedmont of North Carolina. It consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. The soils formed in residuum derived from intermediate and mafic, igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. Slopes are commonly 2 to 10 percent but range to 50 percent. Near the type location, mean annual temperature is about 61 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is about 45 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kanhapludults
For a detailed description of the soil, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/L/LLOYD.html
For more information on Soil Taxonomy, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/
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Soil Scientist: John Kelley with subsoil of a Rhodic soil
Rhodic soils are dark red and commonly clayey. The rhodic zone has hue of 2.5YR or redder; and value, moist, of 3 or less; and dry value no more than 1 unit higher than the moist value.
The Lloyd series is an example commonly correlated in the Piedmont of North Carolina. It consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. The soils formed in residuum derived from intermediate and mafic, igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks. Slopes are commonly 2 to 10 percent but range to 50 percent. Near the type location, mean annual temperature is about 61 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is about 45 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kanhapludults
For a detailed description of the soil, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/L/LLOYD.html
For more information on Soil Taxonomy, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/
For more photos related to soils and landscapes visit: