Description of soil QCUPD10000A (UPLANDS)

Orthic Humo-Ferric Podzol

The soil has been disturbed by agriculture.

The soil material is primarily composed of mineral particles.

The water table is not present in the soil at any time.

The growth of plant roots is not restricted by any soil layer.

Not Applicable

Water is removed from the soil very rapidly in relation to supply. Excess water flows downward very rapidly if underlying material is pervious. There may be very rapid subsurface flow during heavy rainfall provided there is a steep gradient. Soils have very low available water storage capacity (usually less than 2.5 cm) within the control section and are usually coarse textured, or shallow, or both. Water source is precipitation.

Unconsolidated deposits of clay, silt, sand, or gravel that are well to moderately well sorted and well to moderately well stratified (in some places containing shells). The deposits have settled from suspension in salt or brackish water bodies or have accumulated at their margins through shoreline processes such as wave action and longshore drift. Nonfossiliferous deposits may be judged marine if they are located in an area that may reasonably be considered to have contained salt water at the time the deposits were formed.

Coarse (USDA Texture Classes: FS,LCS,LS,LFS,GLS,CBLS).

pH < 5.6