Pedon Description Report - Massasoit Series 2303704

Print Date:

03/17/2003

Description Date:

09/20/2001

Describer:

Jim Turenne & Rob Tunstead

Site ID:

MA023-2001-03704-Massasoit-S

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

MA023-2001-03704-Massasoit-P

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Massasoit
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Sandy, isotic, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods

Pedon Type:

within range of series

Pedon Purpose:

research site

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Berryland, Carver, Deerfield, Wareham

Location Information

Country:

State:

Massachusetts

County:

PLYMOUTH

MLRA:

149B -- Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland

Soil Survey Area:

MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Map Unit:

37A -- Massasoit-Mashpee complex

Quad Name:

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Location Description:

Town of Carver, near the Southeast corner of Queen bog, 130 meters North of Rocky Neck Road, USGS Plymouth quadrangle.

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 53 minutes 36.10 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 43 minutes 36.60 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

356748 meters

UTM Northing:

4639360 meters

Physiographic Division:

Atlantic Lowland

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Embayed section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Geomorphic Setting:

toeslope of base slope of outwash plain on outwash plain

Upslope Shape:

linear

Cross Slope Shape:

linear

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

greenbrier, highbush blueberry, pitch pine, red maple

Parent Material:

sandy glaciofluvial deposits

Bedrock Kind:

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

fibric soil materials	0 to 3 cm.
ochric epipedon	0 to 13 cm.
hemic soil materials	3 to 10 cm.
aquic conditions	10 cm.
albic horizon	13 to 30 cm.
ortstein	30 to 48 cm.
spodic horizon	30 to 69 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
30	48	ortstein	Moderately cemented

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
0	35		9	20	-2	1234		poorly

Oi--0 to 3 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material; clear wavy boundary.

Oe--3 to 10 centimeters; very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moderately decomposed plant material; extremely acid, pH 4.4, Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.

AE--10 to 13 centimeters; 75 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 25 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), loamy sand; massive; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.

Eg--13 to 30 centimeters; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; 5 percent medium distinct irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent coarse distinct irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, with clear boundaries throughout; 3 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear irregular boundary.

Bhsm--30 to 48 centimeters; reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1), loamy coarse sand; massive; firm, moderately cemented, cemented by humus and iron, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate excavation difficulty; few very fine roots in cracks; 25 percent medium prominent irregular weakly cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries infused into matrix along ped faces; 7 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; 10 to 25 percent albic tongues (volume percent); 10 percent albic tongues (lateral area percent); strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; gradual irregular boundary.

Bs--48 to 69 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 4/4), sand; single grain; friable; 15 percent coarse faint irregular extremely weakly cemented brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent subrounded 2- to 76-millimeter mixed rock fragments; 10 to 25 percent albic tongues (volume percent); 10 percent albic tongues (lateral area percent); moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Cg1--69 to 84 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent medium prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cg2--84 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), fine sand; single grain; loose; moderately acid, pH 5.8, Chlorophenol red.