Surrency soil series

A representative soil profile of the Surrency soil series in Florida.

 

Depth Class: Very deep

Drainage Class (Agricultural): Very poorly drained

Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very shallow, persistent to permanent

Permeability: Moderately slow to moderate

Landscape: Lower coastal plain

Landform: Flats, depressions, swamps

Geomorphic Component: Dips

Parent Material: Marine and fluvial sediments

Slope: 0 to 1 percent

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Arenic Umbric Paleaquults

 

Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches

Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 6 inches January to December, ponded December to April with ponding occurring less frequently May to November

Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, except where limed

Thickness of solum: 60 to 100 inches

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major Uses: Forest or water-tolerant grasses; some pasture

Dominant Vegetation: Loblolly pine, slash pine, baldcypress, sweetgum, black gum, red maple, sweetbay magnolia, and water oak; shrubs are inkberry, southern wax myrtle, and titi

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Florida, Georgia, and possibly Alabama and South Carolina

Extent: Moderate

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SURRENCY.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

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