Moderately well drained Collins soils are in slightly lower positions. Somewhat poorly drained Falaya soils, which are in lower areas, have a gray matrix at about 16 inches below the surface. Well drained Vicksburg soils, which are near channels, are structureless and have bedding planes in the upper 20 inches of the soil. Most areas of the Ariel soils are used for pasture. Small acreages are used for woodland and cropland.
Woodlands are bottomland hardwoods with pines intermingled.
Cotton, corn, and soybeans are grown. The series is of moderate extent. Laboratory data were obtained on 4 pedons from the Soil Genesis and Morphology Laboratory of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. The data for the four pedons are published respectively in the Soil Surveys for Amite, Madison, Webster, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi.