IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lignumvitae
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06FL087004
  • User Pedon ID: S2006FL087-004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S06FL087-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18826
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 24.9518333
  • Std. Longitude: -80.5907500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 63 S
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of NE 1/4. About 1750 feet west and 1560 feet south of the northeast corner of
  • Location Description: Tidal area on Windley Key
  • Map Unit: 9—Lignumvitae marl, tidal
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL087—Monroe
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL687—Monroe County, Keys Area, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hurt, Wade
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lignumvitae
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2006
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty marl over coral limestone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace, reef, tidal flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for very brief periods begining in jan
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent limestone, unspecified at 60cm
  • Geology: Silver Bluff formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/6/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: Mangrove Swamp (SFWMD Community)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Lma1

    Lma2

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Lma1

    Lma2

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Lma1

    Lma2

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    112

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AVNI2

    SALIC

    Avicennia nitida

    Salicornia

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    pickleweed

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    strongly coherent

    60 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    marl

    lithic contact

    0—60

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    365

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    Key West Airport

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    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); 50 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and 50 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior marly clay loam; 24 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 40 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02951; very moist when described;
    Lma1—12 to 30 centimeters (4.7 to 11.8 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1) interior marly clay; 19 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 49 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02952; very moist when described;
    Lma2—30 to 60 centimeters (11.8 to 23.6 inches); white (2.5Y 8/1) interior marly clay; 10 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 55 percent clay; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 06N02953; very moist when described;
    2R—60 centimeters (23.6 inches); bedrock; fragments.