Print Date:   02/14/2003
Description Date:   07/08/1991
Describer:   Pete Fletcher and Jim Turenne

Site ID:   MA023-1991-06603-Matunuck-S
Site Notes:    
Pedon ID:   MA023-1991-06603-Matunuck-P
Pedon Notes:    
Lab Source ID:    
Lab Pedon #:    

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Matunuck
Soil Name as Correlated:    
Classification:   Mesic

Pedon Type:   typical pedon for series
Pedon Purpose:   full pedon description
Taxon Kind:   series
Associated Soils:   Hooksan, Ipswich, Pawcatuck

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
            Map Unit:   66A -- Ipswich-Pawcatuck-Matunuck complex
Quad Name:   Duxbury, Massachusetts

Location Description:   Saquish Neck on Duxbury USGS quadrangle in town of Plymouth, 4000 feet Northwest of Plymouth lighthouse, 6000 feet East of Clarks Island between Duxbury and Plymouth Bay.
Legal Description:    

Latitude:   42 degrees 0 minutes 32.00 seconds north
Longitude:   70 degrees 35 minutes 47.00 seconds west
Datum:    
UTM Zone:    
UTM Easting:    
UTM Northing:    

Physiographic Division:   Atlantic Lowland
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard lowland section
State Physiographic Area:    
Local Physiographic Area:   Saquish Neck

Geomorphic Setting:    
             toeslope of base slope of salt marsh on shore complex
Upslope Shape:   linear
Cross Slope Shape:   linear

Primary Earth Cover:   grass/herbaceous cover
Secondary Earth Cover:   marshland
Existing Vegetation:   saltmeadow cordgrass

Parent Material:   grassy organic material over sandy marine deposits over sandy glaciofluvial deposits
Bedrock Kind:    
Bedrock Depth:    
Bedrock Hardness:    
Bedrock Fracture Interval:    

Surface Fragments:    

Particle Size Control Section:   25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  
aquic conditions    0 cm.
hemic soil materials    0 to 14 cm.
histic epipedon    0 to 30 cm.
sulfidic materials    0 to 30 cm.
fibric soil materials    14 to 30 cm.


Restrictions

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


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 1
9 20 -2 1234
very poorly


Oe1--0 to 6 centimeters; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) rubbed and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) pyrophosphate extract, moderately decomposed plant material; massive; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; neutral, pH 6.6, Bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.

Oe2--6 to 14 centimeters; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) rubbed and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) pyrophosphate extract, moderately decomposed plant material; massive; friable; few very fine roots throughout; neutral, pH 6.6, Bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.

Oi--14 to 30 centimeters; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive gray (5Y 4/2) rubbed and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) pyrophosphate extract, slightly decomposed plant material; massive; friable; neutral, pH 6.6, Bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.

Cg1--30 to 71 centimeters; 90 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), sand; single grain; loose; neutral, pH 7, Bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.

Cg2--71 to 183 centimeters; UNKNOWN (2.5Y 6/0), sand; single grain; loose; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, Bromthymol blue.