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Fuquay soil series

The Fuquay series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in sandy and loamy marine sediments of the upper Coastal Plain. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the subsoil and slow in the lower part. Slopes range from 0 to 10 percent.

 

Taxonomic class: Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Arenic Plinthic Kandiudults

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major Uses: Cropland

Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--tobacco, cotton, corn, soybeans, and small grains. Where wooded--loblolly pine, longleaf pine, and slash pine, with some hardwoods, understory plants including American holly, flowering dogwood, persimmon, and greenbrier.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina

Extent: Large

 

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Johnston County, North Carolina; 1965. The Fuquay series is a Benchmark soil.

A benchmark soil is one of large extent within one or more major land resource areas (MLRAs), one that holds a key position in the soil classification system, one for which there is a large amount of data, one that has special importance to one or more significant land uses, or one that is of significant ecological importance.

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/F/FUQUAY.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#fuquay

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