Soil Series Descriptions

Official Soil Series Descriptions

We sampled the Woodburn soil series at the SW Campus Way (Covered Bridge) soil pit. Woodburn series soils are classified as fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquultic Argixerolls. See the link below for a full description.

https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WOODBURN.html


The Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture was the site of the Bashaw soil series we collected. Bashaw soils are classified as a very-fine, smectitic, mesic Xeric Endoaquerts. See the link below for a full description.

https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BASHAW.html


At the OSU organic farm site we sampled the Chehalis soil series. Chehalis soils are considered fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Ultic Haploxerolls. See the link below for a full description.

https://soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CHEHALIS.html


Source:

"Official Soil Series Descriptions." Natural Resource Conservation Service. USDA.Web. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/class/?cid=nrcs142p2_053587