IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958NJ015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958NJ015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958NJ015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0321
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32849
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 3,300 feet west of Janvier Church by way of dirt road to right angle intersecting dirt road, 400 feet south latter; 20 feet east from the latter dirt road. Gloucester County, New Jersey.
  • State: New Jersey
  • County: NJ015—Gloucester
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NJ015—Gloucester County, New Jersey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Markley and G. Quakenbush.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aura
  • PSC - 28 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CARYA

    GAYLU

    PTERI

    QUAL

    QUBE5

    QURU

    QUST

    QUVE

    SMILA2

    VACCI

    Carya

    Gaylussacia

    Pteridium

    Quercus alba

    Quercus berberidifolia

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus stellata

    Quercus velutina

    Smilax

    Vaccinium

    hybrid hickory

    huckleberry

    brackenfern

    white oak

    scrub oak

    northern red oak

    post oak

    black oak

    greenbrier

    blueberry

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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

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Not sampled; undecomposed oak leaves.
    O2—2 to 3 centimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Not sampled; very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2) decomposed leaves mixed with gray sand grains in the lower part; mycelia extending to 2 inches in places.
    A1—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A02349. Mycelia common.
    A2—4 to 6 centimeters (1.6 to 2.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02349. Mycelia common.
    B—6 to 7 centimeters (2.4 to 2.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02349
    A'2—7 to 31 centimeters (2.8 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky; 21.0 roots; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A02350. Roots are large.
    B'21t—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02351. patchy - phpvsfiid 183633; patchy - phpvsfiid 183633
    B'22t—44 to 54 centimeters (17.3 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 8 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A02352. patchy - phpvsfiid 183634; patchy - phpvsfiid 183634
    IIB'23—54 to 79 centimeters (21.3 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand, sandy loam; single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # 40A02353. Not sampled.
    IIIB'24t—79 to 79 centimeters (31.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; massive; very firm, moderately sticky; clay films on rock fragments and clay bridges on sand and gravel; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A02354