IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SUNNYHAY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962AK201008
  • User Pedon ID: S1962AK201008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1962AK201008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0648
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33726
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: north drainage basin of Sunnyhay Mountain
  • State: Alaska
  • County: AK201—Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. E. Stevens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic, shallow Lithic Cryosaprists
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SUNNYHAY
  • Taxonomic Class - Dysic, shallow Lithic Cryosaprists
  • PSC - 0 to 25 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: solid rock derived from intermediate igneous rock
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ASAL3

    COPTI

    PISI

    TSME

    Aster alpinus

    Coptis

    Picea sitchensis

    Tsuga mertensiana

    alpine aster

    goldthread

    Sitka spruce

    mountain hemlock

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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

    60

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    747

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    338

    3048

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    4.4

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04838; moist when described;
    O2—2 to 8 centimeters (0.8 to 3.1 inches); highly decomposed plant material; 21.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04839; moist when described;
    A1—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04840; moist when described;
    C—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) gravelly loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04841; moist when described;
    R—33 to 100 centimeters (13.0 to 39.4 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04842; moist when described;