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Alabama Symbols
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Alabama State Soil
Bama Soil Series
Adopted in April 22, 1997.
The official state soil of Alabama is the Bama Soil Series. The Bama Soil Series includes fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, and thermic Typic Paledults and occurs throughout the state. 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.
The Bama Soil Series was specified as the state soil of Alabama by the legislature in 1997. (Act no. 233)
Source:
Acts of Alabama, April 24 1997
Senate Joint Resolution No. 107, adopted by the Legislature of Alabama on April 22, 1997, made soils of the Bama Series the official state soil of Alabama.
A typical Bama soil profile consists of a five inch topsoil of dark brown fine sandy loam; a six inch subsurface of fine sandy loam; and a red clay loam and sandy clay loam subsoil to sixty inches or more.
The Bama soil is in the Ultisols soil order and is classified as fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults. Ultisols are old, highly weathered soils developed under woodland vegetation. They are generally low in natural fertility. The term "fine-loamy" indicates that the subsoil has between 18-35 percent clay with more than 15 percent sand. The term "siliceous" means that the sand and silt-size particles in the upper part of the subsoil is more than 90 percent (by weight) silica minerals or other extremely durable minerals that are resistant to weathering. The term "subactive" implies that the clay fraction in the upper part of the subsoil is dominantly low activity clays. "Thermic" refers to an average annual soil temperature of between 15° and 22° C (59°–72° F).
Bama soils occur in 26 counties in Alabama. The Bama soils occur on more than 360,000 acres, mainly in the western and central part of the state, paralleling major river systems. They formed in thick deposits of loamy fluvial or marine sediments. Bama soils are well drained, have desirable physical properties, and are on high positions of the landscape, making them well suited for most agricultural and urban uses. They are well suited to cultivated crops, pasture, hay, woodland, and most urban uses. Cotton and corn are the principal cultivated crops.
Taxonomic class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
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State Symbols
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State symbols represent things that are special to a
particular state.
symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun
Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in
other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token
of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together,
compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century
1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or
convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.
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