Solons Fret About Typic Dystrudrept

Yes, when the Pennsylvania legislature is asked to establish an official State Soil for Pennsylvania, it's no wonder the senators get antsy. I would too--soil classification is even more abstruse than igneous petrology or microfossil stratigraphy. The candidate soil, called Hazleton, is an upland sandstone-based loam classed as a Typic Dystrudrept. State representative Kelly Lewis couldn't care less. He told the Associated Press, "Enough is enough. . . . My people didn't elect me to worry about that stuff." But civilization rests upon soils, which is why I've put together a whole category dedicated to the subject that includes all 52 state soils.