LOCATION LAKELAND FL+AL GA LA MD MS NC NJ SC VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Lakeland sand--forested. (Colors are for moist soil.)
A--0 to 3 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and rubbed sand; single grained; loose; common uncoated sand grains; common fine and medium roots; strongly acid, clear wavy boundary. (2 to 9 inches thick)
C1--3 to 10 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; common medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) splotches; single grained; loose; common fine and medium roots; few uncoated sand grains; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--10 to 43 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; single grained; loose; few fine roots; few uncoated sand grains; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C3--43 to 64 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sand; few medium faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) splotches and streaks; single grained; loose; many uncoated sand grains; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C4--64 to 80 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grained; loose; many uncoated sand grains; few medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid. (Combined thickness of the C horizons ranges from 71 to more than 98 inches)
TYPE LOCATION: Calhoun County, Florida; approximately 6.0 miles west of Chason on Florida State Highway 274; NE1/4, NE1/4, Sec. 3l, T. 2 N., R. l0 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the sand exceeds 80 inches. Silt plus clay in the 10 to 40-inch control section ranges from 5 to 10 percent. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout except where the surface has been limed.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of l to 4. Texture is sand or fine sand.
The C horizon has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8. Horizons with chroma of 2 are not indicative of wetness. Small pockets of sand grains in shades of gray not related to wetness or masses of iron accumulation in shades of yellow or brown may occur in some pedons below depths of 40 inches. Some pedons have an A/C horizon that is a mixture in shades of gray, yellow, and brown. Texture is sand or fine sand.
COMPETING SERIES: These include the Alaga, Bigbee, Cainhoy, Darden, Foxworth, McNeely, Tonkawa, Turkey, and Wando series. Alaga and Darden soils have 10 to 25 percent silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch control section. Bigbee soils are on lower adjacent positions, have a water table 20 to 40 inches below the surface for short periods, and are subject to flooding. Cainhoy soils have a Bh horizon below 80 inches. Foxworth soils have a water table at 48 to 72 inches below the surface. McNeely soils have weakly developed Bw horizons. Tonkawa soils have a moisture control section that is dry for 125-150 cumulative days for most years. The somewhat excessively drained Turkey soils have 10 to 18 percent silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch control section. The well drained Wando soils have 5 to 20 percent silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Lakeland soils are on broad uplands in the Lower Coastal Plain. They formed in eolian or marine sands. Slopes are dominantly 0 to 12 percent but may range up to 85 percent in highly dissected areas. The climate is humid subtropical. The average annual air temperature ranges from 62 to 71 degrees F., and the average annual precipitation ranges from 45 to 60 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These include the competing Foxworth soils and the Chipley, Kershaw, Kureb, Osier, Plummer, Troup, and Wakulla soils. Chipley soils occur closer to streams or in hillside seep areas. They have chroma of 2 or less between 20 and 40 inches and are seasonally wet. Kershaw soils have less than 5 percent silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch control section. Kureb soils have less than 5 percent silt plus clay in the 10- to 40- inch control section, and have weakly developed spodic horizons. Osier and Plummer soils are poorly drained and are on lower adjacent drainageways. In addition, Plummer soils have an argillic horizon 40 to 80 inches below the surface. Troup soils occur in the same landscape with Lakeland and they have Bt horizons within 40 to 80 inches of the surface. The somewhat excessively drained Wakulla soils have argillic horizons with 10 to 10 percent silt plus clay.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Excessively drained; rapid permeability; slow runoff.
USE AND VEGETATION: Many areas are cleared and used for peanuts, watermelons, peaches, corn, tobacco, and improved pasture. The natural vegetation consists of blackjack oak, turkey oak, post oak; scattered long leaf pine; and an understory of creeping bluestem, sandy bluestem, lopsided indiangrass, hairy panicum, fringeleaf paspalum, and native annual forbs.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain and sand hills of the thermic belt from Texas to Virginia. The series is extensive.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Alachua County, Florida; 1947.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon - 0 to 3 inches (A horizon).
Coated feature - The fine-earth fraction contains 5 to 10 percent by weight silt plus clay.
Depth to seasonal water table is more than 80 inches.