Soils are mostly Udults. Hapludults are on ridgetops, benches, and upper slopes. Paleudults and Hapludults occur on middle and lower slopes. Udifluvents and Hapludults are on flood plains, while Fragiudults and Hapludults are on valley terraces. These soils have a thermic temperature regime, a udic moisture regime, and siliceous or mixed mineralogy.
Soils are generally medium textured, stony to nonstony, and shallow to moderately deep.
Potential Natural Vegetation. Common oak species in the oak-hickory forest type include white oak, black oak, and northern red oak. Hickories include pignut and mockernut. The shortleaf pine-oak cover type occurs on drier sites where post, scarlet, and blackjack oaks dominate with shortleaf pine. The turkey, bobwhite, and mourning dove are game birds in various parts of this Section.