IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001mi131020
  • User Pedon ID: S2001MI131020
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001mi131020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0718
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15234
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.7980537
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9347916
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WCA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic, frigid Typic Haplohemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Dysic, frigid Typic Haplohemists
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: hemic organic material over hemic sandy outwash
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: bog
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    ANPO

    CHAMA5

    LALA

    LEGR

    PIMA

    SAPU4

    SPHAG2

    VACCI

    VAOX

    Acer rubrum

    Andromeda polifolia

    Chamaedaphne

    Larix laricina

    Ledum groenlandicum

    Picea mariana

    Sarracenia purpurea

    Sphagnum

    Vaccinium

    Vaccinium oxycoccos

    red maple

    bog rosemary

    leatherleaf

    tamarack

    bog Labrador tea

    black spruce

    purple pitcherplant

    sphagnum

    blueberry

    small cranberry

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

    histic epipedon

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—132

    0—13

    13—132

    132—145

    145—152

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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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed slightly decomposed plant material; massive; 10.0 very fine to coarse roots; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe1—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face and very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) rubbed and very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) crushed moderately decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 2.0 very fine to coarse roots; 15 percent by volume wood fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03536; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oe2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 15 percent by volume wood fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03537; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oe3—69 to 132 centimeters (27.2 to 52.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) rubbed and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) crushed and black (7.5YR 2.5/1) broken face moderately decomposed plant material; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume wood fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03538; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2E—132 to 140 centimeters (52.0 to 55.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Bs—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.1, pH meter.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket