IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999mi131005
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MI131005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999mi131005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11785
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 46.8147240
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5013885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 108A—GREENSTONE SILT LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MI612—Ontonagon County Area, Michigan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WA, RFT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenstone
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid, shallow Aquic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 8 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified at 114cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4905-80
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ACRU

    ACSA2

    ATHYR

    BOVI

    EQUIS

    FRPE

    ONSE

    POPU4

    POTRT

    TRIEN

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharinum

    Athyrium

    Botrychium virginianum

    Equisetum

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Onoclea sensibilis

    Polygonatum pubescens

    Populus tremula ssp. tremuloides

    Trientalis

    red maple

    silver maple

    ladyfern

    rattlesnake fern

    horsetail

    green ash

    sensitive fern

    hairy Solomon's seal

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    8—86

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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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    Oi—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) slightly decomposed plant material; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01960; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face silty clay; 12 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 80 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01961; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—25 to 74 centimeters (9.8 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face loam; 39 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak thick platy structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 60 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01962; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face silt loam; 26 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.3 medium roots throughout and 0.3 fine roots throughout; 1 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 5 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01963; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cr—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); bedrock; extremely firm; 0.3 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—114 centimeters (44.9 inches); bedrock; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-100-250 millimeter mixed fragments.; observed in pit, small