IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963VT005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963VT005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963VT005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5485
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42729
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Southeast of Lyndon State Forest
  • State: Vermont
  • County: VT005—Caledonia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VT005—Caledonia County, Vermont

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adams
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8612-29-4
  • 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

    2MOSS

    EQUIS

    PIST

    PISY

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    Equisetum

    Pinus strobus

    Pinus sylvestris

    Moss

    horsetail

    eastern white pine

    Scots pine

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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

    10

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    225.6

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    250

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41223
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); gray (N 6/0) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # 40A41224
    Bs—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loamy fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41225
    B1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41226
    B2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.1 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41227
    C1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41228
    C2—81 to 147 centimeters (31.9 to 57.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41229
    C3—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; structureless massive; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # 40A41230