Be_Baymeade fine sandBe-Baymeade fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes.
This well drained soil is on flats and low ridges that are on the uplands and in small areas that are along
drainageways but are not subject to flooding. The areas are irregular in shape. Most of the acreage is used
as residential and industrial sites, and the rest is forested. The dominant vegetation is longleaf pine, turkey
oak, bluejack oak, post oak, dwarf waxmyrtle, dwarf huckleberry, and pineland three-awn. This vegetation
increases in density on the lower slopes along with additional species, such as hickory, American holly,
red oak, black oak, and bracken.
Typically, the surface layer is dark gray fine sand 3 inches thick. The subsurface layer is fine sand 33 inches
thick. It is light gray in the upper part and very pale brown in the lower part. The subsoil is 22 inches thick.
It is strong brown fine sandy loam in the upper part and strong brown loamy fine sand in the lower part.
The underlying layer, to a depth of 78 inches, is mottled white and very pale brown fine sand in the upper
part and very pale brown fine sand and loamy fine sand in the lower part.
Included with this soil in mapping are a few small areas of Norfolk, Kenansville, Seagate, and Wakulla
soils.
The organic-matter content of the surface layer is very low. Permeability is moderately rapid, available
water capacity is very low, and shrink-swell potential is low. Reaction is strongly acid to slightly acid
throughout, unless the soil is limed. The seasonal high water table is at a depth of more than 4 feet.
Very low available water capacity, moderately rapid permeability, leaching of plant nutrients,
droughtiness, and soil blowing are the main limitations in the use and management of this soil. If
supplemental irrigation is not used, available moisture capacity in this soil is generally inadequate for the
establishment and maintenance of most lawn grasses, shrubs, and trees. Soil conditioners may also be
needed. Capability subclass IIIs; woodland group 3s.