Soil Interpretation Score Card
- Select soil series to be used in this exercise from the attached
aerial photo and soil map. Ans. The site is located on a Snead
Series, soil map unit 50006.
- Answers for the Soil Interpretation Scorecard are:
- D Surface Texture - Silty clay loam
- A Chert and gravel content of surface layer (The A Horizons) - less than 15%
- C Slope (Assume 6%) - 5-<9%
- B Depth of Soil (or Zone) limiting root depth - 20-<40 in.
- D Drainage class - Moderately well drained
- D Depth of Surface layer (The A Horizons) - 12 inches
- B Permeability of most limiting layer or to 60 inches - .06
- B Available water capacity to most limiting layer (fragipan or bedrock) .36
- D Land Capability Class - IV
- C Major factors, if any, that keep area out of Class I - Erosion
- Forage Adaptation
| | Forage | Adapted | Not Adapted |
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| 1. | Alfalfa | X | |
| 2. | Annual Lespedeza | X | |
| 3. | White or Ladino Clover | X | |
| 4. | Bermuda Grass | X | |
| 5. | Caucasian Bluestem | X | |
| 6. | Big Bluestem | X | |
| 7. | Reed Canary Grass | X | |
| 8. | Tall Fescue | X | |
| 9. | Kentucky Bluegrass | X | |
| 10. | Orchardgrass | X | |
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