Print Date: 7/30/02
Description Date: 10/29/96
Describer: Meredith Ashworth
Site ID: 2332307
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Pedon ID: 2332307
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Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Poquonock
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| Classification: | Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts |
Pedon Type: outside range of series
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: | 323B -- Poquonock loamy sand, 3 to 8 %, v. stony |
| Location Description: | Rocky Gutter - 54 meters South of Rocky Gutter Road, 800 meters North of Route 495 and 1000 meters East of Route 28 in Middleborough |
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| Local Physiographic Area: | Rocky Gutter Wildlife Management Area |
| Geomorphic Setting: | shoulder of side slope of drumlin on glaciated upland |
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Primary Earth Cover: tree cover
Secondary Earth Cover: intermixed conifers and hardwoods
| Parent Material: | sandy eolian sands over coarse-loamy lodgement till |
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Particle Size Control Section: 0 to 100 cm.
| Diagnostic Features: | fibric soil materials 0 to 2 cm. ochric epipedon 0 to 8 cm. hemic soil materials 2 to 5 cm. cambic horizon 8 to 66 cm. densic materials 126 to cm. |
Restrictions
| Top Depth (cm) | Bottom Depth (cm) | Restriction Kind | Restriction Hardness |
|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 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) |
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| 2 | 38 | somewhat excessively |
Oi--0 to 2 cm; abrupt wavy boundary.
Oe--2 to 5 cm; moderately decomposed plant material; abrupt wavy boundary.
A--5 to 8 cm; black (10YR 2/1), sandy loam; weak medium granular structure, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt wavy boundary.
Bw1--8 to 19 cm; olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary.
Bw2--19 to 48 cm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 5; clear wavy boundary.
Bw3--48 to 66 cm; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 5; clear wavy boundary.
BC--66 to 101 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), loamy coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure parting to granular structure; friable; few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; very strongly acid, pH 5; clear wavy boundary.
C--101 to 126 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; friable; few fine roots throughout and few medium roots throughout; 2 percent prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; 15 percent; very strongly acid, pH 5; abrupt wavy boundary.
2Cd1--126 to 155 cm; pale olive (5Y 6/3), gravelly loamy sand; massive; firm; 3 percent prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; very strongly acid, pH 5; clear wavy boundary.
2Cd2--155 cm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), gravelly loamy sand; massive; firm; 3 percent prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses and 2 percent faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions; very strongly acid, pH 5.
