Lakeland soils have sandy horizons more than 80 inches in thickness. Marlboro soils lack horizons that contain as much as 5 percent plinthite within 60 inches of the surface. All of these soils except Ardilla are in the same landscape positions as Varina soils. Ardilla soils are on slightly lower landscape positions. Because of wetting from above, water perches on the horizons with high plinthite during wet periods.
Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the B horizon and slow in the lower part.
Native vegetation consisted of mixed hardwood and pine, however, most areas are now in cultivation. Principal crops are cotton, tobacco, corn, and small grains. Native tree species included white oak, southern red oak, hickory, longleaf pine, loblolly pine, flowering dogwood, American holly, and sourwood. The upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. The series is probably of moderate extent.