Pedon Description Report - Birchwood 2332111

Print Date:

11/08/2002

Description Date:

05/31/2001

Describer:

Jim Turenne

Site ID:

2332111

Site Notes:

Pedon ID:

2332111

Pedon Notes:

Lab Source ID:

Lab Pedon #:

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:	Birchwood
Soil Name as Correlated:
Classification:	Mixed, mesic Aquic Udipsamments

Pedon Type:

modal pedon for map unit

Pedon Purpose:

full pedon description

Taxon Kind:

series

Associated Soils:

Mattapoisett, Montauk, Poquonock, Scituate

Location Information

Country:

United States

State:

Massachusetts

County:

PLYMOUTH

MLRA:

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

Soil Survey Area:

MA023 -- Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Map Unit:

321A -- Birchwood loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent, very stony

Quad Name:

Marion, Massachusetts

Location Description:

550 meters West of Brant Island Road, 190 meters East of the Plymouth/Bristol County line in the town of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

Legal Description:

Latitude:

41 degrees 37 minutes 59.10 seconds north

Longitude:

70 degrees 50 minutes 29.60 seconds west

Datum:

NAD83

UTM Zone:

UTM Easting:

346605 meters

UTM Northing:

4610678 meters

Physiographic Division:

Appalachian Highlands

Physiographic Province:

New England Province

Physiographic Section:

Seaboard lowland section

State Physiographic Area:

Local Physiographic Area:

Nasketucket Bay State Reservation

Geomorphic Setting:

shoulder of drumlin on upland

Upslope Shape:

linear

Cross Slope Shape:

convex

Primary Earth Cover:

tree cover

Secondary Earth Cover:

intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Existing Vegetation:

eastern white pine, oak

Parent Material:

sandy eolian sands over coarse-loamy basal till

Bedrock Kind:

granite

Bedrock Depth:

Bedrock Hardness:

Bedrock Fracture Interval:

Surface Fragments:

Particle Size Control Section:

28 to 86 cm.

Diagnostic Features:

hemic soil materials	0 to 8 cm.
cambic horizon	28 to 64 cm.
densic materials	86 cm.

Restrictions

Top Depth (cm)	Bottom Depth (cm)	Restriction Kind	Restriction Hardness
86		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)
2	11	180	9	20	-2	1225		moderately well

Oe--0 to 8 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face, moderately decomposed plant material; many fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; abrupt wavy boundary.

Ap--8 to 28 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) interior, sandy loam; massive; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter granite fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bw1--28 to 51 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loamy sand; massive; very friable; 5 percent angular 75- to 250-millimeter schist fragments and 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter granite fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--51 to 64 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.

C--64 to 86 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), sand; single grain; loose; few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions; abrupt wavy boundary.

2Cd1--86 to 130 centimeters; 80 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), gravelly fine sandy loam loamy fine sand; massive; firm; few fine roots in cracks and few medium roots in cracks; 4 percent patchy distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, silt coats on top surfaces of rock fragments; 15 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint irregular gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine prominent cylindrical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 15 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.

2Cd2--130 to 165 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, gravelly sandy loam; massive; very firm; 4 percent discontinuous distinct olive (5Y 5/3), moist, silt coats on top surfaces of rock fragments; 5 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent fine prominent cylindrical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions around rock fragments; 15 percent subangular 2- to 75-millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent subangular 75- to 250-millimeter unspecified fragments.