326 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
tion. The soil for the first few inches consists of a black, mucky 
fine sand, containing somewhat more organic matter than the higher 
lying typical soil. Below this is a gray to white fine sand extend¬ 
ing to a depth of 3 feet and more. Hardpan is-not encountered in 
these depressed areas. In all respects except vegetation, these areas 
—locally known as cypress ponds or swamps—resemble the water 
and grass ponds in the southern part of the survey. They are dis¬ 
tinguished by a growth of cypress and bay, with some swamp maple 
and myrtle around the edges. (Fig. 77.) 
No attempt has been made to clear and drain any of these areas. 
If drainage could be successfully accomplished, the soil would no 
doubt be productive. Their position, however, makes it impracti¬ 
cable to drain the greater part of these areas and their value must 
lie mainly in the forest growth which they support. 
Fellowship Series. 
The Fellowship series is characterized by the black to dark-gray 
or brownish-gray color of the surface soils and by the plastic, sticky 
character of the subsoil or substratum, which is dominantly drab in 
color or drab mottled with shades of yellow and brown and some¬ 
times red. These soils occupy rolling, low, flat or nearly flat areas. 
The rolling portion has good surface drainage, but frequently is 
poorly drained in the subsoil on account of seepage resulting from 
the imperviousness of the plastic clay subsoil and substratum. The 
low, flat areas are always poorly drained and require ditching or 
tiling for their profitable utilization. The Fellowship soils support 
a “hammock” growth and forests of pine. The hammock growth 
consists ordinarily of several varieties of oak, including especially 
water oak. along with cabbage palmetto, magnolia, bay, sweet gum, 
and hickory. The material is derived largely, or in part, from lime¬ 
stone and associated sandstone or arenaceous sandstone belonging to 
the Vicksburg and related formations. A portion of the sandy sur¬ 
face material may represent originally unconsolidated Coastal Plain 
deposits. 
FELLOWSHIP FINE SANDY LOAM. 
The soil of the Fellowship fine sandy loam is a gray to dark- 
gray or black fine sand 6 to 8 inches deep. The subsoil to a depth of 
14 inches is an orange to ocherous-yellow fine sand, grading into a 
fine sandy clay of the same color. Below this is found a yellow to 
gray fine sandy clay mottled with orange or brown. In the lower 
