Osier soilscape on a low stream terrace; Florence County, South Carolina

The Osier series (foreground and wooded area) consists of very deep, poorly drained, rapidly permeable soils on flood plains or low stream terraces. They formed in sandy alluvium. Near the type location, the mean annual temperature is about 67 degrees F, and the mean annual precipitation is about 46 inches. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent.

Hydric soils are formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part (Federal Register, 1994). Most hydric soils exhibit characteristic morphologies that result from repeated periods of saturation or inundation that last more than a few days.

To download the latest version of "Field Indicators of Hydric Soils" and additional technical references, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/ref/?cid=s...

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Siliceous, thermic Typic Psammaquents

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of Osier soil is in forest. The vegetation consists primarily of sweetgum, blackgum, water oak, red maple, swamp holly, bay, slash pine, and longleaf pine. The understory vegetation is mostly briars, vine, canes, myrtle, and gallberry.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The Coastal Plain of Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, northern Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. The series is of moderate extent.

For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/O/OSIER.html

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/O/OSIER.html

Taken on: November 29, 2007

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