Print Date: 7/30/02
Description Date: 3/6/02
Describer: Robert Tunstead

Site ID: 2330901
Site Note:  
Pedon ID: 2330901
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Moshup
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:   Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Dystrudepts

Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
Taxon Kind: series

Location Information
County:   Plymouth
State:   Massachusetts
MLRA:   149B -- Long Island-cape Cod Coastal Lowland
Soil Survey Area:   MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Map Unit:   309C -- Moshup loam, 8 to 15 %, v. stony

Location Description:   Duxbury USGS quadrangle. East of Forest Street and West of Carolina Hill.
Legal Description:   Township Marshfield

Latitude: 42 degrees 7 minutes 14.6 seconds north
Longitude: 70 degrees 44 minutes 35 seconds west
Datum: NAD83
UTM Zone: 19
UTM Easting: 355913 meters
UTM Northing: 4664648 meters

Physiographic Division:   Atlantic Lowland
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard Lowland Section
State Physiographic Area:  
Local Physiographic Area:   Carolina Hills

Geomorphic Setting:   backslope of side slope of ground moraine
backslope of side slope of glaciated upland
Upslope Shape: convex
Cross Slope Shape: linear

Primary Earth Cover: tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover: intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Parent Material:   sandy eolian sands over coarse-loamy flow till over loamy glaciomarine deposits
Bedrock Kind:
Bedrock Depth:
Bedrock Hardness:
Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:  

Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 33 cm.

Diagnostic Features:   ochric epipedon 0 to 13 cm.
cambic horizon 13 to 33 cm.
aquic conditions 30 to 200 cm.
densic materials 33 to 61 cm.

Restrictions
Top Depth (cm) Bottom Depth (cm) Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
33 61 densic material

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
20 46 115




moderately well


Oe--0 to 8 cm; black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent nonflat subrounded granite fragments and 1 percent nonflat subangular granite fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.2, Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.

A--8 to 13 cm; brown (10YR 4/3) interior, loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine to coarse roots throughout; 5 percent nonflat subrounded granite fragments and 1 percent nonflat subangular granite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, Bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.

Bw1--13 to 23 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent nonflat subrounded granite fragments and 1 percent nonflat subangular granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--23 to 33 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent coarse distinct irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.

2Cd--33 to 61 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, loamy coarse sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; many very fine vesicular and many fine vesicular pores; 20 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse distinct irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

3C1--61 to 91 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; 15 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent very coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 30 percent coarse prominent irregular light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 30 percent very coarse prominent irregular light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

3C2--91 to 127 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots in cracks; 15 percent coarse distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent very coarse distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 30 percent coarse prominent irregular light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 30 percent very coarse prominent irregular light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; strongly acid, pH 5.4, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.

3C3--127 cm; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, sandy clay loam; massive.