LOCATION RESOTA FLEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Thermic, coated Spodic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Resota fine sand -- woodland. (Colors are for moist soil)
A--0 to 4 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) rubbed, fine sand; single grained; loose; many fine and medium roots; surface has salt and pepper appearance when dry; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (2 to 5 inches thick)
E--4 to 19 inches; light gray (10YR 7/1) sand; single grained; loose; few medium roots; moderately acid; abrupt, wavy boundary. (6 to 34 inches thick)
Bw1--19 to 27 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grained; loose; about 20 percent of horizon is light gray (10YR 7/1) tongues from the E horizon and having yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) organic stained exteriors; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (4 to 20 inches thick)
Bw2--27 to 42 inches; yellow (10YR 7/6) sand; single grained; loose; few coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) redoximorphic accumulations; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (6 to 30 inches thick)
C1--42 to 51 inches; very pale brown (10YR 8/4) fine sand; single grained; loose; few fine and medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) areas of redoximorphic depletions; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--51 to 80 inches; white (10YR 8/1) sand; single grained; loose; common medium distinct streaks and masses of very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and few medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of redoximorphic accumulation; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Bay County, Florida; approximately 8.0 miles west of Panama City and about 100 feet north of U.S. Highway 98 and State Road 30A; NE 1/4, SE 1/4, Sec. 21, T. 3 S., R. 16 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The solum is 40 inches or more in thickness. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to slightly acid throughout.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 6, and chroma of 2 or less. A mixture of dark organic matter and uncoated sand grains in shades of gray gives the surface a salt and pepper appearance. Texture is sand or fine sand.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 6 or 8, and chroma of 2 or less. Texture is sand or fine sand.
The Bw horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8. Areas of redoximorphic accumulations in shades of red and yellow below depths of 40 inches range from few to common. Some pedons have thin discontinuous Bh bodies at the base of E horizon and surrounding tongues of E material. Texture is sand or fine sand.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 4. Redoximorphic features in shades of yellow, brown, red, or gray range from few to common. Texture is sand or fine sand.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no known series in the same family.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Resota soils are on moderately high coastal ridges near the Gulf of Mexico. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. They formed in thick beds of sandy marine deposits. The climate is humid subtropical. The average annual precipitation ranges from 55 to 65 inches and average annual temperature ranges from 68 to 72 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Centenary, Chipley, Dorovan, Foxworth, Kureb, Lakeland, Osier, Pottsburg, and Rutlege soils. Centenary and Pottsburg soils have well developed spodic horizons. In addition, the well drained to somewhat excessively drained Centenary soils are on higher positions and the poorly to somewhat poorly drained Pottsburg soils are on lower positions. Chipley and Osier soils are on lower positions and do not have weak spodic or cambic horizons. In addition, Chipley soils are somewhat poorly drained and Osier soils are poorly drained. The very poorly drained Dorovan soils are on adjacent lower positions and are organic. Foxworth and Lakeland soils do not have weakly expressed spodic horizons. In addition, the somewhat poorly drained to somewhat excessively drained Foxworth soils are on similar to higher positions while the excessively drained Lakeland soils are on higher positions. The excessively drained Kureb soils are on higher positions and are in the uncoated family. The very poorly drained Rutlege soils are on adjacent lower positions and have an umbric epipedon.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained; very rapid permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Resota soils are cut over woodlands or cleared for urban development. Native vegetation consists of sand pine, slash pine, longleaf pine, dwarf live oak, and turkey oak with an understory of native shrubs, sawpalmetto, rosemary and sparse pineland threeawn.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Coastal thermic areas of north Florida and possibly Alabama and Georgia. The series is of small known extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Bay County, Florida, 1982.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of about 19 inches. (A and E horizon)
Albic horizon - the zone from approximately 4 to 19 inches. (E horizon)
A water table is at depths of 40 to 60 inches for 6 months or more in most years and 60 to 80 inches in dry seasons.
Resota soils were formerly mapped as inclusions in the Kureb and later as a Variant of the Orsino series.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization sample: Sampled as S3-4-(1-6) IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.