Osito soil series
A representative soil profile of the Osito series. The Osito series consists of shallow, well drained soils formed in material weathered from interbedded sandstone and shale. Osito soils are on uplands and have slopes of 15 to 70 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 432 centimeters (17 inches) and mean annual temperature is 14 degrees C (58 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Typic Haploxerepts
Soil Moisture: usually dry below 10 cm (4 inches) for at least 45 consecutive days within the 4 months following the summer solstice.
Mean annual soil temperature: 15 to 21 degrees C (59 to 70 degrees F)
Depth to a paralithic contact: 25 to 50 cm (10 to 20 inches)
Rock fragments: less than 15 percent gravel in the solum
Reaction: neutral or mildly alkaline.
Organic carbon: averages less than 0.6 percent after mixing the upper 18 cm (7 inches)
USE AND VEGETATION: Used for watershed, wildlife habitat and recreation. The vegetation is chamise, manzanita, ceonothus, scrub oak, mountain mahogony, black sage, white sage, yerba santa, laurel sumac, buckwheat, and annual grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern California Mountain and foothills. This soil is moderately extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/los...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/O/OSITO.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#osito
Osito soil series
A representative soil profile of the Osito series. The Osito series consists of shallow, well drained soils formed in material weathered from interbedded sandstone and shale. Osito soils are on uplands and have slopes of 15 to 70 percent. Mean annual precipitation is 432 centimeters (17 inches) and mean annual temperature is 14 degrees C (58 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic, shallow Typic Haploxerepts
Soil Moisture: usually dry below 10 cm (4 inches) for at least 45 consecutive days within the 4 months following the summer solstice.
Mean annual soil temperature: 15 to 21 degrees C (59 to 70 degrees F)
Depth to a paralithic contact: 25 to 50 cm (10 to 20 inches)
Rock fragments: less than 15 percent gravel in the solum
Reaction: neutral or mildly alkaline.
Organic carbon: averages less than 0.6 percent after mixing the upper 18 cm (7 inches)
USE AND VEGETATION: Used for watershed, wildlife habitat and recreation. The vegetation is chamise, manzanita, ceonothus, scrub oak, mountain mahogony, black sage, white sage, yerba santa, laurel sumac, buckwheat, and annual grasses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southern California Mountain and foothills. This soil is moderately extensive.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/california/los...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/O/OSITO.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#osito