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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