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Tyden soil series

Profile of Tyden silt loam in an area of Tyden-Babco complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes. (Soil Survey of Tyler County, Texas by Levi Steptoe, Jr., Natural Resources Conservation Services)

 

The Tyden series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils. These nearly level soils formed in loamy alluvium of Quartenary age. Slope ranges from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 20 degrees C (68 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 1321 mm (52 in).

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Umbric Paleaquults

 

Soil Moisture: An aquic moisture regime)

Mean annual soil temperature: 20.6 to 21.7 degrees C (69 to 71 degrees F)

Solum thickness is more than 200 cm (80 in).

Particle-size control section (weighted average)

Clay content: 5 to 14 percent

CEC/clay ratio: 0.40 to 0.45

Reaction: extremely acid or very strongly acid throughout

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Primarily used for woodland and wildlife habitat. Native vegetation includes water oak, large gallberry, titi, buttonbush, and sweetbay.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southeast Texas; LRR-T; MLRA-152B (Western Gulf Coast Flatwoods; small extent.

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BABCO.html

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/T/TYDEN.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

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Uploaded on February 10, 2011
Taken in January 2005