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Soil Summary 



Source of information: 



Soil Conservation Service, USDA. 1979. Soil Survey of 



Carteret County, N.C. (interim report). 

 Gina Boccetti , Soil Conservation Service, Beaufort, N.C. 



Series: Leon Sand 



Order: Aerie Haplaquod, fine loamy, silicious, thermic (Spodosol) 



pH Class: extremely acid to strongly acid (3.6-5.5) 



Moisture class: wet to droughty, cemented pan. 



Community: Pinus palustris , ridges. 



Series: Mandarin Sand 



Order: Typic Haplohumod, sandy silicious, thermic (Spodosol) 



pH Class: Extremely acid to medium acid (3.6-6.0) 



Moisture Class: wet to droughty. 



Community: Pinus palustris , rims of Carolina bays. 



Series: Murville Sand 



Order :Typic Haplaquod, sandy silicious, thermic (Spodosol) 



pH Class: Extremely acid to strongly acid (3.6-5.5) 



Moisture Class: V/et, floods, cemented pan. 



Community: Pinus serotina , Carolina Bays, and pocosin. 



Series: Ponzer Muck 



Order: Terric Medisaprist, loamy, mixed, dysic, thermic (Histosol) 



pH Class: Extremely acid to very strongly acid (3.6-A.5) 



Moisture class: ponding, floods, percolates slowly. 



Community: Pinus serotina , Carolina Bays. 



c. Hydrology Summary 



Drainage basin: Core Sound, Thorofare Bay, Long Bay 



Hydrologic System: 1. Terrestrial 2. Palustrine 



Hydrologic Subsystem: 1. Dry xeric t.o very dry xeric 



2. interaquecus 



Water Chemistry: fresh, very strongly acidic to acidic 



V/ater regime: 1. Terrestrial- permanently exposed 



2. Non-tidal- semipermanently flooded ^o saturated, 



d. Summary-Topography and Physiography 



Topographic site type characteristics: Irregular coastal plain 

 with slight relief 



Land form: Carolina bays, relict dunes and swales. 



Shelter: open 



