Acidic Soil - Plants

Characteristics

Low pH (4.5-6.0)
High organic matter
Common in forest regions
Good for ericaceous plants

Ideal For

Blueberries, cranberries
Rhododendrons, azaleas
Potatoes

Challenges

Liming needed for most crops
Potential aluminum toxicity
Nutrient imbalances

Common In

Coniferous forests, Eastern US forests

Tree Crops & Agroforestry

6 Ideally Suited, 108 Adequate

Ideally Suited (6)

Black Spruce (Picea Mariana)
Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Rabbiteye Blueberry (Rabbiteye Blueberry)
Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
Wild/lowbush Blueberry (Wild/Lowbush Blueberry)
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)

Adequate (108)

African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
American Chestnut (Restoration) (American Chestnut (Restoration))
American Elderberry (American Elderberry)
American Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
American/hybrid Plums (American/Hybrid Plums)
Arborvitae (Thuja occidentalis)
Asian Pear Cultivars (Asian Pear Cultivars)
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
Black Currant (Black Currant)
Black Walnut Cultivars (Black Walnut Cultivars)
Blood Oranges (Blood Oranges)
Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus)
California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii)
Canadian Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis)
Cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
Casuarina (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Chilean Guava (Ugni molinae)
Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata)
Cider Apple Varieties (Cider Apple Varieties)
Coconut (Cocos nucifera)
Common Figs (Parthenocarpic) (Common Figs (Parthenocarpic))
Common Osier (Salix viminalis)
Crabapples (Crabapples)
Disease-Resistant Apple Cultivars (Disease-Resistant Apple Cultivars)
Disease-Resistant Peach (Disease-Resistant Peach)
Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes (Disease-Resistant Wine Grapes)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Dragon Spruce (Picea asperata)
Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus)
Efb-Resistant Hazelnut (EFB-Resistant Hazelnut)
European Plums (European Plums)
Feijoa (Acca sellowiana)
Finger Lime (Finger Lime)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium)
Gooseberry (Gooseberry)
Guava (Psidium guajava)
Haskap (Lonicera caerulea)
Heartnut (Heartnut)
Heritage Peach Varieties (Heritage Peach Varieties)
Heritage/diverse Banana Varieties (Heritage/Diverse Banana Varieties)
Heritage/heirloom Dessert Apples (Heritage/Heirloom Dessert Apples)
Hupeh Crabapple (Malus Hupehensis)
Hybrid Hazels (Hybrid Hazels)
Ice Cream Bean (Inga edulis)
Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Kumquat (Kumquat)
Littleleaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
M.111 Semi-Vigorous Rootstock (M.111 Semi-Vigorous Rootstock)
Macadamia Nut (Macadamia Integrifolia)
Mangium (Acacia Mangium)
Mango (Mangifera indica)
Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium)
Manzanita (Arctostaphylos manzanita)
Maritime Pine (Pinus pinaster)
Masson's Pine (Pinus massoniana)
Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana)
Muscadine Grape (Muscadine Grape)
Native/seedling Pecans (Native/Seedling Pecans)
Northern Pecan Cultivars (Northern Pecan Cultivars)
Norway Spruce (Picea abies)
Notoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng notoginseng)
Ohxf Series Rootstock (OHxF Series Rootstock)
Oregon Crabapple (Malus fusca)
Paper Birch (Betula Papyrifera)
Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Piwi Wine Grapes (PIWI Wine Grapes)
Polyembryonic/seedling Mango (Polyembryonic/Seedling Mango)
Radiata Pine (Pinus radiata)
Red Bay (Persea borbonia)
Red Maple (Acer Rubrum)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Red River Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)
Robusta Coffee (Coffea Canephora)
Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)
Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis)
Sasanqua Camellia (Camellia sasanqua)
Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Seckel Pear (Seckel Pear)
Seedling Rootstock Apple (Seedling Rootstock Apple)
Seville/bitter Orange (Seville/Bitter Orange)
Shade-Grown Arabica Coffee (Shade-Grown Arabica Coffee)
Shea Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa)
Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Sour/tart Cherries (Sour/Tart Cherries)
Southern Magnolia (Magnolia Grandiflora)
Stone Pine (Pinus pinea)
Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis)
Trifoliate Orange Rootstock (Trifoliate Orange Rootstock)
Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)
Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Willow (Salix)
Yuzu (Yuzu)

Cover Crops & Soil Builders

5 Ideally Suited, 61 Adequate

Ideally Suited (5)

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
Common Camellia (Camellia japonica)
Salal (Gaultheria shallon)
Sweet Gale (Myrica gale)
Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)

Adequate (61)

Annual Bluegrass (Poa Annua)
Biofumigant Mustard (Biofumigant Mustard)
Black Gram (Vigna Mungo)
Black Oat (Avena Strigosa)
Black Oats (Black Oats)
Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii)
Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata)
Blackwood (Acacia Melanoxylon)
Bluebonnet (Lupinus angustifolius)
Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)
Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Bur Clover (Medicago polymorpha)
Camelina (Camelina)
Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
Cleavers (Galium aparine)
Coastal Strawberry (Fragaria Chiloensis)
Common Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Common Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Common Rush (Juncus Effusus)
Creeping Bentgrass (Agrostis Stolonifera)
Dayflower (Commelina communis)
Field Peas (Field Peas)
Gamba Grass (Andropogon Gayanus)
Golden Wattle (Acacia saligna)
Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica)
Green Alder (Alnus Viridis)
Grey Alder (Alnus incana)
Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
Horseweed (Conyza Canadensis)
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium Vimineum)
Lupins (Lupins)
Maiden Grass (Miscanthus sinensis)
Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum)
Non-Gmo Grain Soybean (Non-GMO Grain Soybean)
Nutgrass (Cyperus Rotundus)
Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea Quercifolia)
Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan)
Pigeon Peas (Pigeon Peas)
Pinto Peanut (Arachis Pintoi)
Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea)
Red Alder (Alnus Rubra)
Red Fescue (Festuca Rubra)
Rye (Secale cereale)
Sheep's Fescue (Festuca Ovina)
Shore Grass (Paspalum Vaginatum)
Showy Rattlebox (Crotalaria Spectabilis)
Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Subterranean Clover (Trifolium subterraneum)
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Teff (Eragrostis tef)
Tree Marigold (Tithonia Diversifolia)
Triticale (Triticosecale)
Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides)
Water Fern (Azolla pinnata)
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Wild Strawberry (Fragaria Vesca)
Yellow Lupin (Lupinus luteus)

Vegetables & Specialty Crops

4 Ideally Suited, 36 Adequate

Ideally Suited (4)

Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum)

Adequate (36)

American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)
Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)
Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum)
Black Soybean (Black Soybean)
Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major)
Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Citronella Grass (Cymbopogon Nardus)
Common Ragweed (Ambrosia Artemisiifolia)
Disease-Resistant Potato (Disease-Resistant Potato)
Fingerling Potatoes (Fingerling Potatoes)
Groundnut - (Apios americana)
Heirloom Dry Beans (Heirloom Dry Beans)
Heritage/heirloom Potatoes (Heritage/Heirloom Potatoes)
Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Korean Ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon Citratus)
Malanga (Xanthosoma Sagittifolium)
Non-Gmo/organic Cotton (Non-GMO/Organic Cotton)
Oca (Oxalis tuberosa)
Pineapple (Ananas Comosus)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Primocane/everbearing Raspberry (Primocane/Everbearing Raspberry)
Ramps (Allium tricoccum)
Schisandra (Schisandra chinensis)
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
Strawberry (Fragaria)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Sweet Sorghum (Sweet Sorghum)
Taro (Colocasia Esculenta)
Thornless Blackberry (Thornless Blackberry)
Tiger Nut (Cyperus esculentus)
Water Spinach (Ipomoea Aquatica)
Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Hay & Grazing Crops

1 Ideally Suited, 30 Adequate

Ideally Suited (1)

Heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Adequate (30)

Annual Ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum)
Bahia Grass (Paspalum Notatum)
Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii)
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Bmr Silage/forage Corn (BMR Silage/Forage Corn)
Bromegrass (Bromus inermis)
Bulrush Millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
California Blackberry (Rubus Ursinus)
Chinese Bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)
Crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis)
Forage Sorghum (Forage Sorghum)
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Kentucky 31 (Festuca arundinacea)
Kikuyu Grass (Pennisetum Clandestinum)
Lippia (Phyla nodiflora)
Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata)
Perennial Peanut (Arachis glabrata)
Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris Arundinacea)
Rhodes Grass (Chloris Gayana)
Signal Grass (Urochloa Brizantha)
Sorghum-Sudan Grass Hybrid (Sorghum-Sudan Grass Hybrid)
Sorghum-Sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor x Sorghum sudanense)
Spanish Needles (Bidens pilosa)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)
Wild Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
Yellow Bluestem (Bothriochloa Ischaemum)
Yellow Foxtail (Setaria Pumila)

Grains & Cereals

0 Ideally Suited, 10 Adequate

Adequate (10)

Chickpeas/garbanzo (Chickpeas/Garbanzo)
Finger Millet/ragi (Finger Millet/Ragi)
Hard Red Spring Wheat (Hard Red Spring Wheat)
Heritage/landrace Sorghum (Heritage/Landrace Sorghum)
Hulless/naked Oats (Hulless/Naked Oats)
Kernza Perennial Wheatgrass (Kernza Perennial Wheatgrass)
Milling/food Oats (Milling/Food Oats)
Pigmented/heritage Rice (Pigmented/Heritage Rice)
Spelt (Spelt)
Upland Rice (Upland Rice)

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