Print Date:   02/11/2003
Description Date:   10/22/1985
Describer:   P.C. Fletcher, W.H. Taylor, and K.R. Bernard

Site ID:   MA005-1985-001-Hollis-S
Site Notes:    
Pedon ID:   MA005-1985-001-Hollis-P
Pedon Notes:    
Lab Source ID:    
Lab Pedon #:    

Soil Name as Described/Sampled:   Hollis
Soil Name as Correlated:    
Classification:   Loamy, mixed, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts

Pedon Type:   map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:   full pedon description
Taxon Kind:   series
Associated Soils:   Canton, Charlton, Chatfield, Paxton

Location Information
Country:    
State:   Massachusetts
County:   PLYMOUTH
MLRA:   144A -- New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
Soil Survey Area:   MA603 -- Bristol County, Massachusetts, Southern Part
Quad Name:   Assawompset Pond, Massachusetts

Location Description:   North of Negus Way and West of Little Quittacas Pond in the town of Freetown.
Legal Description:    

Latitude:   41 degrees 47 minutes 17.00 seconds north
Longitude:   70 degrees 55 minutes 29.00 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:   Freetown

Geomorphic Setting:    
             shoulder of side slope of
Upslope Shape:   convex
Cross Slope Shape:   convex

Primary Earth Cover:   tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover:   hardwoods
Existing Vegetation:   hickory, huckleberry, sassafras

Parent Material:   ablation till
Bedrock Kind:    
Bedrock Depth:    
Bedrock Hardness:    
Bedrock Fracture Interval:    

Surface Fragments:    

Particle Size Control Section:   25 to 36 cm.

Diagnostic Features:  
fibric soil materials    0 to 3 cm.
ochric epipedon    0 to 10 cm.
hemic soil materials    3 to 8 cm.
sapric soil materials    8 to 9 cm.
cambic horizon    14 to 39 cm.


Restrictions

Top Depth (cm) Bottom Depth (cm) Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness
39
bedrock (lithic)  


Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
6 26 180 9 20 -2 1225
somewhat excessively


Oi--0 to 3 centimeters; slightly decomposed plant material; abrupt wavy boundary.

Oe--3 to 8 centimeters; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior, moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 3.8, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

Oa--8 to 9 centimeters; black (5YR 2/1) interior, highly decomposed plant material; very friable; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 3.8, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

AE--9 to 10 centimeters; dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, loam; massive; friable; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; extremely acid, pH 4, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bh--10 to 14 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, loam; massive; friable; many very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

Bw1--14 to 25 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, loam; massive; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, LaMotte-Morgan; clear wavy boundary.

Bw2--25 to 39 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior, loam; massive; friable; common very fine roots throughout and common medium roots throughout; 5 percent 2- to 75-millimeter mixed rock fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, LaMotte-Morgan; abrupt wavy boundary.

2R--39 centimeters; bedrock.