Darden soil series
A soil profile of Darden loamy fine sand. (Soil Survey of Union County, Arkansas; by Leodis Williams, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Darden series consists of very deep, excessively drained, rapidly permeable soils formed in sandy sediments. These nearly level to moderately steep soils are on convex terraces and uplands. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
Thickness of sandy horizons exceeds 80 inches. The 10 to 40 inch control section contains 10 to 25 percent silt plus clay. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the A horizon and upper C horizon and very strongly acid to neutral in the lower C horizon. The soil is dry in some part of the moisture control section for 75 to 90 cumulative days in most years. Small rounded pebbles range from none to few.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for woodland and improved pasture. A few areas are cultivated to watermelons and vegetables. Native vegetation includes shortleaf and loblolly pine, blackjack, bluejack, and post oaks. Understory vegetation consists of sassafras, persimmon, hawthorn, bull nettle, little bluestem, indiangrass, and dewberries.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Texas, southern Arkansas and northwestern Louisiana. The series is moderately extensive. This soil was formerly included with the Lakeland and Alaga series.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/arkansas/AR139...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DARDEN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#darden
Darden soil series
A soil profile of Darden loamy fine sand. (Soil Survey of Union County, Arkansas; by Leodis Williams, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Darden series consists of very deep, excessively drained, rapidly permeable soils formed in sandy sediments. These nearly level to moderately steep soils are on convex terraces and uplands. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
Thickness of sandy horizons exceeds 80 inches. The 10 to 40 inch control section contains 10 to 25 percent silt plus clay. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the A horizon and upper C horizon and very strongly acid to neutral in the lower C horizon. The soil is dry in some part of the moisture control section for 75 to 90 cumulative days in most years. Small rounded pebbles range from none to few.
USE AND VEGETATION: Used mainly for woodland and improved pasture. A few areas are cultivated to watermelons and vegetables. Native vegetation includes shortleaf and loblolly pine, blackjack, bluejack, and post oaks. Understory vegetation consists of sassafras, persimmon, hawthorn, bull nettle, little bluestem, indiangrass, and dewberries.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern Texas, southern Arkansas and northwestern Louisiana. The series is moderately extensive. This soil was formerly included with the Lakeland and Alaga series.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/arkansas/AR139...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/D/DARDEN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#darden