(Thickness is of the Anz horizon is 8 to 46 cm. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)Īnz-0 to 13 cm (0 to 5 in) grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand, light gray (10YR7/2) dry weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure soft, very friable 5 percent very fine and fine and 3 percent medium roots 5 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores 1 percent fine shell fragments strongly saline SAR is about 35 slightly effervescent moderately alkaline clear smooth boundary. TYPICAL PEDON: Malaquite fine sand-in an area of Madre-Malaquite complex on a slightly concave 0 to 1 percent slope in rangeland at an elevation of 0.6 m (2 ft). TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Typic Halaquepts Mean annual precipitation is about 686 mm (27 in) and mean annual air temperature is about 22 degrees C (72 degrees F). These soils are subject to occasional flooding by high storm surge from strong tropical storms, and are ponded after periods of heavy rainfall. These nearly level soils are on planar to concave barrier flats. The Malaquite series consists of very deep, poorly drained, very slowly permeable soils that formed in sandy eolian and storm washover sediments on barrier islands. Official Series Description - MALAQUITE Series LOCATION MALAQUITE TX
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