Print Date: 8/1/02
Description Date: 11/13/01
Describer: Jim Turenne and Rob Tunstead

Site ID: 2331109
Site Note:  
Pedon ID: 2331109
Lab Pedon #:
Lab Source ID:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Woodbridge
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:  

Pedon Type: modal pedon for map unit
Pedon Purpose: research site
Taxon Kind: series

Location Information
County:   Plymouth
State:   Massachusetts
MLRA:   144A -- New England And Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
Soil Survey Area:   MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Map Unit:   311A -- Woodbridge fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 %, v. stony

Location Description:   Located in the town of Marshfield, 30 meters West of Union Street, 480 meters North of Corn Hill Lane on conservation property.
Legal Description:   Township Marshfield

Latitude: 42 degrees 8 minutes 49.44 seconds north
Longitude: 70 degrees 46 minutes 17.12 seconds west
Datum: NAD83
UTM Zone: 19
UTM Easting: 353634 meters
UTM Northing: 4667626 meters

Physiographic Division:   Appalachian Highlands
Physiographic Province:   New England Province
Physiographic Section:   Seaboard Lowland Section
State Physiographic Area:  
Local Physiographic Area:   Corn Hill

Geomorphic Setting:   footslope of base slope of drumlin on upland
Upslope Shape: concave
Cross Slope Shape: linear

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

Parent Material:   loamy eolian deposits over sandy ablation till over loamy lodgement till
Bedrock Kind:
Bedrock Depth:
Bedrock Hardness:
Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:  

Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 99 cm.

Diagnostic Features:   ochric epipedon 0 to 18 cm.
cambic horizon 18 to 79 cm.
densic materials 99 to cm.

Restrictions
Top Depth (cm) Bottom Depth (cm) Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
99
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)
4 27 10




moderately well


Oe--0 to 10 cm; very dusky red (2.5YR 2.5/2), moderately decomposed plant material; structureless; many coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many very fine roots throughout; clear smooth boundary.

AE--10 to 18 cm; 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), sandy loam sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; clear smooth boundary.

Bhs--18 to 25 cm; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; gradual wavy boundary.

Bw1--25 to 41 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--41 to 56 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), stony sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions; clear wavy boundary.

Bw3--56 to 79 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), stony sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions; clear wavy boundary.

C--79 to 99 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), loamy sand sandy loam; massive; friable; few very fine roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 20 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine prominent strongly cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, iron-manganese nodules; clear wavy boundary.

2Cd--99 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior, gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; firm; few very fine roots around fragments and few fine roots around fragments; common fine vesicular pores; 20 percent very coarse prominent irregular weakly cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions.