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:   19
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.