La Tea soil series
Profile of a La Tea soil in an area of La Tea-Limestone outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes. La Tea soils are characterized by a surface layer of very cobbly clay and a subsurface layer of gravelly clay over hard, unweathered limestone bedrock from the Cretaceous period. They are in the udic soil moisture regime. (Soil Survey of San Germán Area, Puerto Rico by Jorge L. Lugo-Camacho, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The La Tea series consists of shallow, well drained, slowly permeable soils on summits and side slopes of limestone hills and mountains of the Humid Mountains and Valleys MLRA of southern Puerto Rico. They formed in material that weathered from limestone bedrock. Near the type location, the mean annual temperature is about 77 degrees F., and the mean annual precipitation is about 75 inches. Slopes range from 20 to 60 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Clayey, vermiculitic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Argiudolls
Depth to a lithic contact with limestone bedrock ranges from 14 to 20 inches. The upper few inches of the limestone bedrock is highly fractured in most pedons. Reaction ranges from slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline throughout the profile. Rock fragments include pebbles, cobbles, and stones composed of limestone. The combined total of rock fragments in the control section is less than 35 percent, by volume. Soil Survey of San Germán Area, Puerto Rico By Jorge L. Lugo-Camacho, Natural Resources Conservation Service
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of La Tea soils are used for forestland or for wildlife. The vegetation consists of Flamboyant, Turpentine, White cedar and White manjack trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Summits and side slopes of the humid limestone hills and mountains of southern Puerto Rico. This series is of small extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
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For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/L/LA_TEA.html
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La Tea soil series
Profile of a La Tea soil in an area of La Tea-Limestone outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes. La Tea soils are characterized by a surface layer of very cobbly clay and a subsurface layer of gravelly clay over hard, unweathered limestone bedrock from the Cretaceous period. They are in the udic soil moisture regime. (Soil Survey of San Germán Area, Puerto Rico by Jorge L. Lugo-Camacho, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The La Tea series consists of shallow, well drained, slowly permeable soils on summits and side slopes of limestone hills and mountains of the Humid Mountains and Valleys MLRA of southern Puerto Rico. They formed in material that weathered from limestone bedrock. Near the type location, the mean annual temperature is about 77 degrees F., and the mean annual precipitation is about 75 inches. Slopes range from 20 to 60 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Clayey, vermiculitic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Argiudolls
Depth to a lithic contact with limestone bedrock ranges from 14 to 20 inches. The upper few inches of the limestone bedrock is highly fractured in most pedons. Reaction ranges from slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline throughout the profile. Rock fragments include pebbles, cobbles, and stones composed of limestone. The combined total of rock fragments in the control section is less than 35 percent, by volume. Soil Survey of San Germán Area, Puerto Rico By Jorge L. Lugo-Camacho, Natural Resources Conservation Service
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of La Tea soils are used for forestland or for wildlife. The vegetation consists of Flamboyant, Turpentine, White cedar and White manjack trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Summits and side slopes of the humid limestone hills and mountains of southern Puerto Rico. This series is of small extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/puerto_rico/PR...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/L/LA_TEA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: