Pedon Description Report

Print Date:

02/21/2006

Description Date:

05/18/2005

Describer:

Robbie Tunstead

Site ID:

MA023-2005-25102-Haven-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-2005-25102-Haven-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Haven
Soil Name as Correlated:	Haven
Classification:	Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Spodic Dystrudepts

Pedon Type:

typical pedon for series

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Carver, Deerfield, Merrimac, Plymouth, Sudbury, Tisbury

Location Information

Country:

State:

Massachusetts

County:

PLYMOUTH

MLRA:

144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part

Soil Survey Area:

MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Soil Survey Area:

SS144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part MLRA Soil Survey

Quad Name:

Plympton, Massachusetts

Location Description:

2000 feet South of Brook Street, 2200 feet North of Spring Street, 400 feet West of powerlines, and 200 feet South of abandoned gravel pit.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 57 minutes 12.40 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 46 minutes 33.90 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

352799 meters

UTM Northing:

4646133 meters

Physiographic Division:

Atlantic Lowland

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Plympton

Geomorphic Setting:

summit of interfluve of outwash terrace
summit of interfluve of outwash plain

Upslope Shape:

concave

Cross Slope Shape:

concave

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Plant Association Name:

Existing Vegetation:

birch, eastern white pine, highbush blueberry, lowbush blueberry, oak, red maple

Parent Material:

eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial deposits

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

9.8 to 39.4 in.

Diagnostic Features:

hemic soil materials	0.0 to 3.1 in.
ochric epipedon	0.0 to 5.1 in.
albic horizon	3.9 to 5.1 in.
spodic horizon	5.1 to 7.1 in.
cambic horizon	7.1 to 25.2 in.

Restrictions

Top Depth (in)	Bottom Depth (in)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness

Slope (%)	Elevation (feet)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (F)	MSAT (F)	MWAT (F)	MAP (in)	Frost Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (feet)	Upslope Length (feet)
2.5	145	270				50.12		well

Oe--0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) rubbed, moderately decomposed plant material; moderate excavation difficulty; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

A--8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) exterior; weak medium granular structure, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderate excavation difficulty; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 1 percent rounded 2- to 20-millimeter igneous rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

E--10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderate excavation difficulty; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; many fine low-continuity vesicular and many very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent rounded 2- to 20-millimeter igneous rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bhs--13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face; weak coarse subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; many very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 2 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bw1--18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, very fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; many medium roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; many very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 5 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

Bw2--37 to 53 centimeters (14.6 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; many very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 7 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

BC--53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderate excavation difficulty; common medium roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 40 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments and 2 percent rounded 76- to 250-millimeter igneous rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2C1--64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) exterior, extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; moderate excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments and 1 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments; 65 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments and 5 percent rounded 76- to 250-millimeter igneous rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2C2--79 to 140 centimeters (31.1 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) exterior, gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; moderate excavation difficulty; few very fine roots throughout; 30 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments and 3 percent rounded 76- to 250-millimeter igneous rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2C3--140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, extremely gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments and 1 percent fine prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries around rock fragments; 65 percent rounded 2- to 76-millimeter igneous rock fragments and 5 percent rounded 76- to 250-millimeter igneous rock fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red.