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Sapelo soil series

A representative soil profile of Sapelo fine sand, in an area of Mascotte-Sapelo complex. This profile is unique with intermittent pockets of clean white sand surrounded by spodic material. (Soil Survey of Suwannee County, Florida; by Robert L. Weatherspoon, Natural Resources Conservation Service)

 

Depth Class: very deep

Drainage Class (Agricultural): somewhat poorly and poorly drained

Internal Free Water Occurrence: very shallow, persistent

Index Surface Runoff: negligible to low

Permeability: moderate

Landscape: Coastal Plain

Landform: flats

Hillslope Profile Position:

Geomorphic Component: talf and dips

Parent Material: marine sediments

Slope: 0 to 2 percent

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Ultic Alaquods

 

Depth to the top of the Spodic: 10 to 30 inches

Depth to the top of the Argillic: 40 to 70 inches

Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches

Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 18 inches, November to April

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

Other Features: silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch PSCS ranges from 5 to 15 percent

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major Uses: mostly wooded

Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded-- Natural vegetation consists of longleaf pine, loblolly pine, pond pine, blackgum, and water oak. Understory plants are gallberry, sawtooth palmetto, and dwarf huckleberry.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Lower Coastal Plain of Georgia, Florida and possibly North Carolina and South Carolina.

Extent: moderate

 

For additional information about the survey area, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/florida/FL121/...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

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

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

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