New England Soil Profiles

Newport Series

Above: Newport Soil from the Jamestown RI Community Farm (check back for pedon description and lab data)

Newport soils are well drained soils formed in dense glacial till dominated by dark colored (Carboniferous) mineralogy .

Photo by: Pete Fletcher, Little Compton, RI.

Newport Map Unit Description

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