Virginia is a four-season state. August days can be - on the average - hot and humid, while January days can be cold and dry. The warmth in the air in early Spring, and the chill in the air in the Fall, feel different from other seasons. That's the climate pattern.
A hydric soil is a soil that is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. 1  This definition can be broken up into three component parts: 2  The soil is saturated, flooded or ponded. Saturated conditions are often the result of a high water table.
Hydric Soils. Soil Drainage Classification and Hydric Soil Indicators. EAS/CSS 260 - Intro Soil Science. Cornell University. Drainage classification of soils refers to the frequency and duration of periods when the soil. is saturated with water. Hydric soils , loosely corresponding to poorly and very poorly drainage. designations and to aquic moisture regimes in soil taxonomy, are water-saturated for sufficient.