Alkalinity problems are more pronounced in clay soils than in loamy, silty or sandy soils. In grows in mallee shrubland on loamy soils. It requires moist soil, growing suitably in fertile sandy, loamy, or well-drained clay soils. Soils are fine, loamy, and well-drained glacial tills overlaying limestone and sandstone. The plant also prefers sandy, loamy, and clay soils. These soils are loamy, sandy and lateritic in nature. It prefers lower elevations, with dry loamy soils. Milfoil thrives in areas with a light sandy bottom and medium loamy soils. Soils in Columbia are well drained in most cases, with grayish brown loamy sand topsoil. River basins or alluvial or loamy soils are best for jute cultivation. They tend to be loamy sand or gravelly loamy sand. Sandy loams and loamy sands are common in the eastern part adjoining Oak Bay. It grows in well-drained, loamy or sandy soils. Although, it will tolerate loamy soils. Most of the land is predominantly sand and loamy soils.