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A state soil is a soil that has special significance to a particular state. Each state in the United States has selected a state soil, twenty of which have been legislatively established. These official state soils share the same level of distinction as official state flowers and birds .
About 1,000 soil subgroups are defined in the United States. [6] A soil family category is a group of soils within a subgroup and describes the physical and chemical properties which affect the response of soil to agricultural management and engineering applications. The principal characteristics used to differentiate soil families include ...
Downer is the New Jersey state soil. The Downer has four soil horizons: Surface layer: dark grayish brown loamy sand; Subsurface layer: grayish brown sandy loam; Subsoil - upper: yellowish brown gravelly sandy loam; Subsoil - lower: yellowish brown sand and coarse sand; The Downer Series was established in 1960 in Gloucester County. Downer ...
Another native species to consider is the Fothergilla major, also known as witch-alder.It is in the same family as witch-hazel. This is an excellent shrub for the residential landscape. The ...
A flowerpot filled with potting soil. Potting soil or growing media, also known as potting mix or potting compost (UK), is a substrate used to grow plants in containers. The first recorded use of the term is from an 1861 issue of the American Agriculturist. [1] Despite its name, little or no soil is usually used in potting soil.
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Epiphyllum (/ ˌ ɛ p ɪ ˈ f ɪ l əm /; [3] "upon the leaf" in Greek) is a genus of epiphytic plants in the cactus family (Cactaceae), native to Central America and South America. Common names for these species include climbing cacti, orchid cacti and leaf cacti, though the latter also refers to the genus Pereskia.