PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: 01/02/2006 Country:
Description Date: 06/01/1991 State: Massachusetts
Describer: P.C. Fletcher, Larry Brown, Judy Bartos, Angellica County: Plymouth
Site ID: 91MA023005 MLRA: 149B -- Long Island-Cape Cod Coastal Lowland
Site Note: Soil Survey Area:
Pedon ID: 91MA023005 Map Unit:
Pedon Note: Vegetation: Pitch Pine, White Oak, Red Oak, Tupelo, High Bush, Bull Brier. Quad Name:
Lab Source ID: SSL Location Description: Approximately 2000 feet E of County Rd at a point 1/05 miles N of the intersection of County Rd and point Rd in the town of Wareham, MA., located on the Marion Quad
Lab Pedon #: 91P0792 Legal Description:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Deerfield Latitude: 41 degrees 44 minutes 56.00 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated: Longitude: 70 degrees 46 minutes 27.00 seconds west
Classification: Datum:
Pedon Type: UTM Zone:
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description UTM Easting:
Taxon Kind: UTM Northing:
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division: Primary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Province: Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section: Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area: Parent Material:
Local Physiographic Area: Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: None Assigned Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: Surface Fragments: 0.0 percent
Diagnostic Features: ? to ? cm.



Cont. Site ID: 91MA023005 Pedon ID: 91MA023005

Slope (%) Elevation (meters) Aspect (deg) MAAT (C) MSAT (C) MWAT (C) MAP (mm) Frost-Free Days Drainage Class Slope Length (meters) Upslope Length (meters)
3.0 6.0 135




moderately well


O a--3 to 5 centimeters; (7.5YR 2/0) ; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; many very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; extremely acid, pH 4.2, Chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4624. common medium and coarse roots; many very fine and fine roots

E 1--5 to 8 centimeters; dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4625. no coarse fragments observed; common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots

E 2--8 to 18 centimeters; 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 80 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, Bromcresol green; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4626. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots

B hs--18 to 25 centimeters; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; massive; friable; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4627. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots

B w1--25 to 33 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; common very fine and fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4628. common very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots

B w2--33 to 48 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; massive; very friable; few very fine and fine roots and few medium and coarse roots; strongly acid, pH 5.5, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4629. few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots

BC--48 to 64 centimeters; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; 1 percent fine and medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 30 percent medium and coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; single grain; loose; moderately acid, pH 5.6, Chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4630. few fine and medium faint 2.5Y63 mottles; many medium and coarse faint 10YR56 mottles

C 1--64 to 97 centimeters; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; 1 percent fine and medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and 11 percent fine and medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; single grain; loose; strongly acid, pH 5.3, Chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P4631. few fine and medium faint 2.5Y63 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 10YR56 mottles

C 2--97 to 152 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; 11 percent fine and medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 30 percent medium and coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; single grain; loose; strongly acid, pH 5.2, Chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 91P4632. common fine and medium 2.5Y53 mottles; many medium and coarse 7.5YR56 mottles