IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elve
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MT043009
  • User Pedon ID: 93MT043009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MT043009
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 29
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0679
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66022
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet E and 120 feet S of NW corner NW 1/4
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT043—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elve
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Typic Cryochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1993
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mountainside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 25.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABLA

    ACHIL

    ANTEN

    ARTR

    CAREX

    CARU

    KOCR

    PILO

    POSE

    PSME

    Abies lasiocarpa

    Achillea

    Antennaria

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Carex

    Calamagrostis rubescens

    Koeleria cristata

    Pinus longaeva

    Poa secunda

    Pseudotsuga menziesii

    subalpine fir

    yarrow

    pussytoes

    Jack in the pulpit

    sedge

    pinegrass

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    Great Basin bristlecone pine

    Sandberg bluegrass

    Douglas-fir

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    30

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    2288

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 93P04701. mostly decomposed leaves and needles.
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; cobbly loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04700. high organic material.
    E1—16 to 36 centimeters (6.3 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04701
    E2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P04702
    E\Bw—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 80 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; very cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P04703
    Bw\E—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very cobbly loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 93P04704