IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lignum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012NC135004
  • User Pedon ID: S2012NC135004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2012NC135004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSl
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N4949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71362
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.1631944
  • Std. Longitude: -79.1065639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Samples from NCSU Breeze Farm location in Orange Co.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC135—Orange
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-GRN—Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC135—Orange County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36079-B1—Caldwell, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R Jay Ham, Steve Evans, James Lewis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lignum
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 6 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: formed in the residuum weathered from Carolina slate or other fine grained metavolcanic rocks
  • Landscape: piedmont slope
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    LIST2

    ULAL

    Carya

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Ulmus alata

    hybrid hickory

    sweetgum

    winged elm

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—6

    6—185

    67—200

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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

    12

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    199.6

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    1221

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    210

    14.5

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; 25 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 20 percent clay; strong coarse granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03319; observed in pit, small
    BA—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; 20 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout and 0.1 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03320; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 67 centimeters (7.1 to 26.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 20 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 45 percent clay; 5 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine faint and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; faint red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03321; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—67 to 87 centimeters (26.4 to 34.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; 10 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 45 percent clay; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; faint red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03322; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—87 to 170 centimeters (34.3 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 10 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 45 percent clay; 20 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) coarse faint mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; faint red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03323; observed in pit, small
    BCt—170 to 185 centimeters (66.9 to 72.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 6 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 49 percent clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse faint mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03324; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1040541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1040541
    C—185 to 200 centimeters (72.8 to 78.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 15 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 25 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 35 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 13N03325; observed in auger, bucket