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Lauderdale Soil

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[A profile of a Lauderdale soil.]The Lauderdale series consists of shallow, well drained soils that are underlain by alternating layers of horizontally bedded soft to hard claystone, siltstone, and sandstone at a depth of 12 to 20 inches. These soils are in rugged, dissected uplands of the Southern Coastal Plain Major Land Resource Area. Slopes range from 2 to 30 percent.

Taxonomic class: Loamy, mixed, active, thermic, shallow Typic Hapludults     

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