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This oak has an upright form when young, with a more rounded shape when mature, and grows in sandy, clay loam, or gravelly soils.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
The soil is a combination of clay loam and obsidian.
—Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Sandy soil drains well and dries out quickly, but the typical heavy, clay loam soils in the Chicago area do not.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
The terrain consists of alluvial plains, gravel, and clay loam.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
First, Bellpine soil in the area forms a shallow layer of silty clay loam over sandstone.
—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2021
Just as the soil in Georgia was suited for sweet onions, the clay loam of the southeast suburbs turned out to be just right to grow onion sets — onion bulbs that gardeners plant to give them a head start in a short, northern growing season.
—Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2021
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
The soil is a combination of clay loam and obsidian.
—Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Sandy soil drains well and dries out quickly, but the typical heavy, clay loam soils in the Chicago area do not.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
The terrain consists of alluvial plains, gravel, and clay loam.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
First, Bellpine soil in the area forms a shallow layer of silty clay loam over sandstone.
—Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2021
Just as the soil in Georgia was suited for sweet onions, the clay loam of the southeast suburbs turned out to be just right to grow onion sets — onion bulbs that gardeners plant to give them a head start in a short, northern growing season.
—Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2021
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“Clay loam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clay%20loam. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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