Rex Ellis

Pedologist focusing on SE coastal plain wetland and subaqueous soils in estuaries | |

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@SwampThingPaul Hope y'all are ok. Been praying you and all our friends in Ft Meyers are safe.

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

This pit ended up a bit wet after the rain

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@LandJudging Loaded up with signs, shovels, scorecards, and a pump for the pits. Overnight rain, but looks like we may have a break for the contest

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@fl_muck He taught us all a lot and he will be sorely missed. It was also a great privilege to be his TA for so many years and then teach along side him following that. Connecting with you all in classroom and field to better understand hydric soils has been a blessing in my life.

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@vaughan_soil Elevation gradient was just a few inches between sites. The soil plugs are laid in a staggered arrangement roughly equal to the elevation difference between sites.

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@vaughan_soil There's a chance the middle site meets S8 Poly Value Below the Surface. We would have sliced into the darkened layer to determine whether there was some depth where it met the minimum masking. These sites were from @_FAESS hydric soil workshop we put on every year.

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@vaughan_soil Elevation-induced drainage gradient resulting in OM gradient. Left is from a mesic flatwoods, non-hydric landscape position. It's been a while, but the middle was likely non-hydric at the wetland edge. The right is inside the wetland and meets S7 Dark Surface.

[UF/IFAS Dept of Soil, Water & Ecosystem Sciences @SoilWaterSci]

"Clams can filter up to 25 gallons of water per day, removing excess #algae, #nitrogen, and #phosphorus."
A good article on Dr. Todd Osborne's project in the IRL.
https://t.co/axjamicLjT @Whitney_Lab

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@Whitney_Lab @SoilWaterSci professor Todd Osborne restoring clams in the IRL https://t.co/VH2SyOkY96

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@TheMuddyTiger Was in a zoom talking about OM amendments for water retention, remembered your interest in water repellancy when we were at UF, googled and came across your soil grapes tweet. These look similar to organic bodies in wetlands (NRCS indicator A6. Organic Bodies)

[USDA NRCS Soil & Plant Science @USDA_NRCS_SPSD]

Soil Color Posters for each state in the continental U.S. are available at: https://t.co/pk1iVYphXd. Both Powerpoint (for customization) and PDF files are included.

[FAESS @_FAESS]

We just redesigned the website. Take a look. Hydric Soil Workshop coming up on 4/7/2020!

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

@thisisfoster Wonderful news! Happy for y'all 👍😁

[Florida Gators Football @GatorsFB]

Got the win! 😁

@Freddie_iball2 // @VanJefferson12

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Dan Mullen is the first coach to win a BCS/New Year's Six bowl in each of his first two seasons at a school.

[Soil Society SNE @SoilSNE]

Another fine example of a Coastal Zone Soil Survey block diagram, this one is for the Mid-Atlantic soils. @SaveBarnegatBay @NRCS_NJ @NCSS1899

[Soil Society SNE @SoilSNE]

Nice example of a block diagram of our Coastal Zone Soil Survey map units creating a seamless soil data set. This will be linked to the SoilWeb maps/data soon. @NRCS_RI @NCSS1899 @uricels

[UF/IFAS Dept of Soil, Water & Ecosystem Sciences @SoilWaterSci]

#WorldSoilDay #Pedology #SoilPit #handsonlearning

[Rex Ellis @Pedologist]

#WorldSoilsDay Munsell book published in 1953. Looks like Vic had outlined colors of depleted matrix. Not sure what year he would have done that, early 90s I suppose.