Berryland Pedon Description 2301102

Print Date: 8/9/02
Description Date: 9/2/97
Describer: Meredith Ashworth and K. Ensor

Site ID: 2301102

Site Note:  
Pedon ID: 2301102
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Berryland
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Classification:  

Pedon Type: modal pedon for map unit
Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
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:   11A -- Berryland mucky loamy coarse sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes

Location Description:   Town of Duxbury, a depression between two homes in a subdivision off Winter Street, 800 feet North of town line, 25 feet North of subdivsion road, 1500 feet East of Pine Street, and 1250 feet North of Winter Street.
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Datum: NAD27
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UTM Easting: 354925 meters
UTM Northing: 4653475 meters

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Geomorphic Setting:   footslope of outwash plain
footslope of outwash plain
Upslope Shape: linear
Cross Slope Shape: concave

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

Parent Material:   glaciofluvial deposits
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Particle Size Control Section: 25 to 100 cm.

Diagnostic Features:   aquic conditions 0 to cm.
fibric soil materials 0 to 6 cm.
hemic soil materials 6 to 13 cm.
cambic horizon 19 to 34 cm.

Restrictions
Top Depth (cm) Bottom Depth (cm) Restriction Kind Restriction Hardness

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

 20



1273
very poorly


Oi--0 to 6 cm; brown (7.5YR 4/2), slightly decomposed plant material; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; abrupt wavy boundary.

Oe--6 to 13 cm; black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moderately decomposed plant material; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and common very fine roots throughout; abrupt wavy boundary.

Ap--13 to 19 cm; black (10YR 2/1) broken face, mucky sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine faint irregular very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 5 percent medium prominent irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.

Bg1--19 to 28 cm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries at top of horizon and 5 percent medium prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries infused into matrix along ped faces and 5 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries infused into matrix along ped faces and 5 percent coarse faint irregular dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries at top of horizon; 5 percent subrounded 2 to 75 millimeter mixed rock fragments; clear wavy boundary.

Bg2--28 to 34 cm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; faint irregular very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries at top of horizon and prominent irregular dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries lining pores and distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries at top of horizon; clear wavy boundary.

BC--34 to 91 cm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, noncemented, nonsticky, nonplastic.

C--91 cm; sand; single grain; loose.