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Dothan soil series

Dothan soil series (with nodular plinthite) GA

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults

 

The Dothan series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in thick beds of unconsolidated, medium to fine-textured marine sediments. Dothan soils are on interfluves. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent.

 

Most areas of Dothan soils have been cleared and are used for the production of corn, cotton, peanuts, vegetable crops, hay, and pasture. Forested areas are in longleaf pine, loblolly pine, sweetgum, southern red oak, and hickory.

 

The series is extensive through the Southern Coastal Plain, but it also occurs to a lesser extent in the Atlantic Coast Flatwoods (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, and VA).

 

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DOTHAN.html

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Uploaded on December 26, 2010
Taken in January 2007