Protected areas are subject to rare or occasional flooding for very brief periods. In addition to the competing soils, there are the Chatuge , Toxaway , and Transylvania series, on alluvial flood plains, and the Dillard and Tate series on higher stream terraces. Both Dillard and Tate soils have argillic horizons. Chatuge soils are poorly drained. Transylvania soils are well to moderately well drained.
Toxaway soils are very poorly or poorly drained.
Somewhat poorly drained. Runoff is slow and permeability is moderate. Most of acreage is used for pasture, corn, and truck crops. The native trees are mixed hardwoods. The Mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, and possibly Tennessee and Virginia.