Service Forester's Handbook

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====== Management Interpretations for Soil/Land Forms ======
^Physiographic Regions ^Wet ^Moist ^Dry ^Aeration ^Nutrients   ^Competition ^Productivity ^Accessibility |
^Coastal Plain Soils                                                                             ^^^^^^^^|
|Swamps                |X   |      |    |Low      |Variable    |Low         |Low          |Poor          |
|Landlocked Bays       |X   |      |    |Low      |Variable    |Severe      |Mod-High     |Poor          |
|Floodplains           |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |Mod-High    |Severe      |High         |Poor-Fair     |
|Terraces              |    |X     |    |Mod      |Mod-High    |Mod-Sev     |High         |Fair-Good     |
|Upland Flats          |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |Mod         |Mod-Sev     |Mod-High     |Good-Fair     |
|Sandhills             |    |      |X   |High     |Low-Mod     |Low-Mod     |Low-Mod      |Good          |
|Flatwood              |X   |      |    |Low-Mod  |Low         |Mod-Sev     |Low-Mod      |Fair-Poor     |
^Piedmont Soils                                                                                  ^^^^^^^^|
|Narrow Ridgetops      |    |      |X   |High     |Low-Mod     |Low         |Low          |Good          |
|Steep Side Slopes     |    |X     |X   |Mod-High |Low-High    |Low-Severe  |Low-High     |Poor          |
|(Aspect Dependent)    |    |      |    |         |            |            |             |              |
|Broad Upland Flats    |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |Mod         |Mod-Severe  |Mod-High     |Good-Fair     |
|Stream Terraces       |    |X     |    |Mod      |Variable    |Mod-Severe  |High         |Fair-Good     |
|Floodplains           |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |High        |Severe      |High         |Poor-Fair     |
^Mountain Soils†                                                                                 ^^^^^^^^|
|Narrow Ridge Tops     |    |      |X   |High     |Low-Mod     |Low         |Low          |Good          |
|Steep Side Slopes     |    |X     |X   |Mod-High |Low-Variable|Low-Severe  |Low-High     |Poor          |
|(Aspect Dependent)    |    |      |    |         |            |            |             |              |
|Broad Upland Flats    |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |            |Mod-Severe  |Mod-High     |Good-Fair     |
|Stream Terraces       |    |X     |    |Mod      |Variable    |Mod-Severe  |High         |Fair-Good     |
|Narrow Valley Bottoms |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |Variable    |Severe      |High         |Poor          |
|Alluvial Fans         |X   |X     |    |Low-Mod  |Variable    |Severe      |High         |Fair-Good     |
† 1. Blue Ridge, 2. Ridge and Valley, 3. Appalachian, 4. Ozarks, 5. Ouachitas.
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