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Podzol Soils in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Author(s) -
Coile T. S.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1939.036159950003000c0056x
Subject(s) - podzol , appalachian region , citation , soil water , archaeology , forestry , library science , history , geography , geology , computer science , physical geography , soil science
The Southern Appalachian highlands, whose summits reach elevations of nearly 5,000 feet above sea level in West Virginia and nearly 7,000 feet in North Carolina, once supported extensive stands of red spruce (Picea rubra, Link) forests. Red spruce occurred as pure stands above elevations of approximately 3,500 feet in West Virginia and extended southward into southwestern North Carolina and eastern Tennessee above elevations_ of 4,500 to 5,000 feet. Podzol soils, characteristic of much more northerly latitudes, have developed under the influence of the spruce forest and the cool mo'ist climate. Soils of the spruce type have developed from two broad types of parent rock; sandstones, sandstone conglomerate, and shale, in the eastern part of