Downer (soil)
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
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Downer Soil Horizon |
The Downer Series was established in 1960 in Gloucester County. Downer soils are formed in fluviomarine deposits in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plains.
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