Bama soil profile. Surface layer is dark brown fine sandy loam. Subsurface layer is pale brown fine sandy loam. Subsoil is red clay loam and sandy clay loam

Bama is the official state soil of Alabama. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (786x1130, 529 KB) Surface layer is dark brown fine sandy loam. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (786x1130, 529 KB) Surface layer is dark brown fine sandy loam. ... A soil profile is a cross section through the soil which reveals its horizons (layers). ... This is a list of official U.S. state soils: This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ...

 The Professional Soil Classifiers Association of Alabama adopted a resolution at its 1996 annual meeting recommending the Bama Soil Series as the State Soil. The Association is composed of a group of soil classifiers representing the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Alabama A&M University, private soil consultants, the Board of Registration for Professional Soil Classifiers, and the Alabama Department of Public Health. The Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee and the Alabama Association of Conservation Districts also joined in recommending the Bama Soil Series as the official State Soil. [1] 

Bama soils are mainly in level to gently sloping areas on high stream terraces paralleling major river systems and on broad marine terraces. These very deep, well-drained, moderately permeable soils formed in thick deposits of loamy fluvial or marine sediments. The average annual precipitation is 56 to 64 inches. The average annual air temperature is 60 to 65 degrees F. These soils make up more than 360,000 acres, mainly in the western and central parts of Alabama. They occur in 26 counties. These soils are well suited to cultivated crops, pasture, hay, woodland, and most urban land uses. Cotton and corn are the main cultivated crops. Some areas are used as woodland. The Bama series was designated the official state soil by the Alabama Legislature on April 22, 1997.^[2] Soil classification deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics as well as criteria that dictate choices in use. ... The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is a relatively small government agency in the United States Department of Agriculture currently comprised of about 12,000 employees. ... Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, also known as Alabama A&M University or AAMU, is an accredited, public, coeducational land grant college established under the terms of the Morrill Act of 1890 located in Normal, Madison County, Alabama. ... Conservation districts are government entities that help control the use of land and water in U.S. states and insular areas. ... Stream Terraces are features, often flood plaines, left behind from periods when the stream was flowing at a different water level. ... The formation of a wave cut platform A wave cut platform refers to the narrow flat area often seen at the base of a sea cliff caused by the action of the waves. ... Deep drainage is defined as the volume of water flux passing below the depth at which plant roots extract water. ... Any membrane media that allows passage of small particles, as well as liquids and gasses from one side of the membrane to the other, is called permeable. ... The word fluvial is used in geography and earth science to refer to all topics related to flowing water. ... Pelagic sediments, also known as marine sediments, are those that accumulate in the abyssal plain of the deep ocean, far away from terrestrial sources that provide terrigenous sediments; the latter are primarily limited to the continental shelf, and deposited by rivers. ... A crop is any plant that is grown in significant quantities to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or for another economic purpose. ... Pastureland Pasture is land with lush herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulates as part of a farm or ranch. ... Hay is dried grass or legumes cut and used for animal feed. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... The city of Los Angeles is an example of urbanization. ... Cotton ready for harvest. ... Look up corn in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bama soils are classified in USDA soil taxonomy as fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults .^[3] Soil classification deals with the systematic categorization of soils based on distinguishing characteristics as well as criteria that dictate choices in use. ... USDA Soil Taxonomy developed by United States Department of Agriculture and the National Cooperative Soil Survey provides an elaborate classification of soil types according to several parameters (most commonly their properties) and in several levels: Order, Suborder, Great Group, Subgroup, Family, and Series. ...

See also

• Ultisols

Ultisols are an order in USA soil taxonomy. ...

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