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State Soil of Louisiana
By USDA - NRCA
Apr 20, 2008, 22:48 PST
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The State Soil of Louisiana
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Ruston Soil Profile
- Surface layer: dark grayish brown fine sandy loam
- Subsurface layer: pale brown fine sandy loam
- Subsoil - upper: red clay loam
- Subsoil - middle: yellowish red fine sandy loam
- Subsoil - lower: red sandy clay loam
Ruston soils are used mainly for woodland consisting of
southern pine and some hardwoods with understories of shrubs
or grasses. Some areas of understory vegetation are managed
as range, which provides grazing for cattle, and some are
managed for wildlife habitat. A small acreage is used for cotton,
corn, soybeans, small grain, truck crops, or pasture. A
considerable portion of the formerly cultivated acreage has been
converted to pasture or southern pine woodland. These soils
occur on 733,714 acres in Louisiana.
The Ruston series consists of very deep, well drained,
moderately permeable soils that formed in loamy marine or
stream deposits. These soils are low in fertility and within the
root zone have moderately high levels of exchangeable
aluminum that are potentially toxic to some agricultural crops but
are ideal for the production of loblolly, slash, and longleaf pine.
The soils have slight limitations for woodland use and
management.
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