RUSTON

Taxonomic class

Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults

Parent material

Acidic sandy marine deposits

Topography

Very gently sloping to undulating Coastal Plain

Geographic extent

East-central Mississippi

Use

Corn, cotton, tobacco, soybeans, velvet beans, and hay, lespedeza and bermuda grass pasture

Vegetation

Longleaf pine, blackjack, post, and white oaks, some dogwood and huckleberry

Climate

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