Appling

Taxonomic class

Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults 

Parent material

Residuum from felsic igneous and metamorphic rocks

Topography

Well drained sloping Piedmont uplands

Geographic extent

Piedmont, Alabama to Virginia

Use

Corn, tobacco, wheat, cotton, soybeans, some garden vegetables, pasture, and forest

Vegetation

Post, red, and blackjack oaks, hickory, shortleaf pine, dogwood, sourwood, and poplar

Climate

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