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Sassafras Soil

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A picture of Sassafras soil.MLRA(S): 133A, 148, 149A, 153A, 153B, 153C, 153D
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
DEPTH CLASS: Very deep
DRAINAGE CLASS: Well drained
PERMEABILITY: Moderate or moderately slow
SURFACE RUNOFF: Slow or medium
PARENT MATERIAL: Sandy marine and old alluvial sediments
SLOPE: 0 to 60 percent
MEAN ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURE (type location): 52 degrees F.
MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION (type location): 45 inches

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults

 

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