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Gritney soil and landscape

The Gritney series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in fine-textured sediments on Coastal Plain uplands. Permeability is slow. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Average annual precipitation is about 50 inches and mean annual temperature is about 65 degrees F. near the type location.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults

 

For more information on Soil Taxonomy, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/

 

For a detailed description of the soil, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/G/GRITNEY.html

 

For more photos related to soils and landscapes visit:

www.flickr.com/photos/soilscience/sets/72157622983226139/

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Uploaded on February 2, 2011
Taken in January 2005