South Carolina State Soil LYNCHBURG
The Lynchburg soil series was selected as South Carolina’s state soil in 1991 by the South Carolina Professional Soil Classifiers. The soil profile used in the Smithsonian exhibit “Dig It! The Secret of Soil” was taken in Colleton County South Carolina near the town of Walterboro.
Lynchburg soils support forest of oak, blackgum, and slash pine. These forest are home to a huge variety of wildlife including the South Carolina state animal, the white-tailed deer, and the South Carolina state game bird, the wild turkey. When used for agricultural production farmers are able to grow corn, soybeans, cotton, tobacco, and wheat. Other uses for the Lynchburg soil are timber production, grazing and hay production for cattle,
and recreational uses such as hiking, biking, horseback riding, and atv/motocross trails.
For more information about this and other State Soils, visit the Soil Science Society of America "Around the World-State Soils" website.
South Carolina State Soil LYNCHBURG
The Lynchburg soil series was selected as South Carolina’s state soil in 1991 by the South Carolina Professional Soil Classifiers. The soil profile used in the Smithsonian exhibit “Dig It! The Secret of Soil” was taken in Colleton County South Carolina near the town of Walterboro.
Lynchburg soils support forest of oak, blackgum, and slash pine. These forest are home to a huge variety of wildlife including the South Carolina state animal, the white-tailed deer, and the South Carolina state game bird, the wild turkey. When used for agricultural production farmers are able to grow corn, soybeans, cotton, tobacco, and wheat. Other uses for the Lynchburg soil are timber production, grazing and hay production for cattle,
and recreational uses such as hiking, biking, horseback riding, and atv/motocross trails.
For more information about this and other State Soils, visit the Soil Science Society of America "Around the World-State Soils" website.