Mecklenburg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Mecklenburg soil series. These well drained soils are characterized by deep, clayey subsoil horizons and base saturation of more than 35 percent. (Soil Survey of Greene County, Georgia; by Dee C. Pederson and Gregory H. Clark, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Mecklenburg series consists of very deep, well drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in residuum weathered from intermediate and mafic crystalline rocks of the Piedmont uplands. Slopes range from 2 to 25 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 45 inches, and mean annual temperature is 59 degrees near the type location.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Hapludalfs
Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 60 inches. Depth to bedrock is greater than 5 feet. The soil ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the A horizon and is moderately acid to neutral in the B and C horizons. Content of rock fragments of gravel and cobble size range from 0 to 30 percent by volume in the A horizon and 0 to 10 percent in the B horizon. Manganese concretions are few to many in the A and B horizons. Content of flakes of mica ranges from none to few.
USE AND VEGETATION: Cleared areas are used primarily for corn, soybeans, small grain, hay, and pasture. Forested areas are in shortleaf, loblolly and Virginia pines, yellow- poplar, sweetgum, southern red oak, northern red oak, white oak and hickory. Flowering dogwood, Eastern red cedar, sourwood, winged elm, sassafras, greenbrier, and American holly are common in the understory.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The series is of moderate extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/georgia/greene...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MECKLENBURG.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#mecklenburg
Mecklenburg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Mecklenburg soil series. These well drained soils are characterized by deep, clayey subsoil horizons and base saturation of more than 35 percent. (Soil Survey of Greene County, Georgia; by Dee C. Pederson and Gregory H. Clark, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Mecklenburg series consists of very deep, well drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in residuum weathered from intermediate and mafic crystalline rocks of the Piedmont uplands. Slopes range from 2 to 25 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 45 inches, and mean annual temperature is 59 degrees near the type location.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Ultic Hapludalfs
Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 60 inches. Depth to bedrock is greater than 5 feet. The soil ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the A horizon and is moderately acid to neutral in the B and C horizons. Content of rock fragments of gravel and cobble size range from 0 to 30 percent by volume in the A horizon and 0 to 10 percent in the B horizon. Manganese concretions are few to many in the A and B horizons. Content of flakes of mica ranges from none to few.
USE AND VEGETATION: Cleared areas are used primarily for corn, soybeans, small grain, hay, and pasture. Forested areas are in shortleaf, loblolly and Virginia pines, yellow- poplar, sweetgum, southern red oak, northern red oak, white oak and hickory. Flowering dogwood, Eastern red cedar, sourwood, winged elm, sassafras, greenbrier, and American holly are common in the understory.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The series is of moderate extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/georgia/greene...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MECKLENBURG.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#mecklenburg