Soils of the Bluegrass and Nashville Basin

 

The soils of the Bluegrass and Nashville Basin are alfisols (alfi=aluminum and iron, sol=soil) are rich, well-developed soils that were created in part by hardwood forests. Alfisols are richer than the ultisols of the Appalachian forests. Formed over limestone, they are rich in phosphorus, have a neutral pH and are highly fertile. The soils drain rapidly after precipitation and are droughty because of the karst topography. 

 

Soil map of the Bluegrass and Nashville Basin

Soil Orders of the Bluegrass and Nashville Basin. light green = mollisols, yellow = ultisols, orange = inceptisols, dark green = histisol