IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Captina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967TN037004
  • User Pedon ID: 1967TN037004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967TN037004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5460
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42705
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tennessee A&I University farm
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN037—Davidson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN037—Davidson County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. F. Wharton and E. Davis
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41026
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium granular, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41027. common fine black and brown concretions; few clay films surrounding concretions
    Bt2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41028
    2Bt1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41029
    2Btg—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and massive; friable; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41030
    Bx—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy, and massive; very firm; brittle; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41031
    2Bt2—152 to 193 centimeters (59.8 to 76.0 inches); silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak coarse platy, and weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41032