Maryland Soiled With Loam, Sweet Loam

The quest to give Maryland an official state soil

You may call Maryland home, but can you name Maryland’s loam?

Maryland doesn’t have an official state soil – at least for now. One state delegate is attempting to do what so many lawmakers have tried to do in the past and failed: bring Maryland an official state soil.

It seems 24 official state symbols just aren’t enough!

Delegate Paul Stull of Frederick is backing a bill that would make “sassafras sandy loam” the state’s official soil. We’ve got a feeling he didn’t run for office with this as part of his platform.

A House committee will hold a hearing today on the legislation.

The federal government is on Stull’s side; the U.S. Department of Agriculture has already designated sassafras as Maryland’s state soil. State legislators, though, have never acted on the idea. 

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