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.
The lower boundary of peat soil approximately coincides with the depth to which water in the soil descends in summer (from 30 to 50â60 cm, sometimes deeper). Peat soils differ from underlying rocks in their higher coefficient of filtration and greater permeability to water. Two types are distinguished: high-moor and low-moor. High-moor peat soils are formed under conditions in which precipitation provides the required moisture.