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DOTHAN SOIL SERIES

The Dothan series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in thick beds of unconsolidated, medium to fine-textured marine sediments. Dothan soils are on interfluves. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent.

 

Left: An horizonated and scaled Dothan pedon from Lee County, SC

Center: Typical landscape of Dothan soil from the Soil Survey of Lee County, South Carolina.

Right: Closeup of a plinthic horizon from the Dothan soil.

 

For additional information about Plinthic and non-plinthic Upper Coastal Plain soils, visit Polygenesis and Cementation Pathways...

 

For more information about describing, sampling, classifying, and/or mapping soils, please refer to the following references: "Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils", "Keys to Soil Taxonomy", and the "Soil Survey Manual".

 

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Uploaded on January 5, 2024
Taken on August 9, 2005