IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Birdwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NE111010
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NE111010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2005NE111010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0822
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17815
  • 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: 41.3614197
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1707687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1580 feet south and 1040 feet east of northwest corner
  • Map Unit: VcF—Valentine complex, hilly
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE111—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 65—Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE111—Lincoln County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. HAMMER, A. PEREZ, C.MARKLEY, J. WILSON, J. IDRACH, S. SCHEINOST, J. WARNER, C.REMLEY
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Birdwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Haplustepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: valley side
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 343-165
  • Plant Association Name: sandy range site
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    AMCA6

    BOGR2

    CALO

    CIUN

    DIOLS

    EUMA8

    OPPO

    PASM

    SCSC

    STIPA

    YUCCA

    Amorpha canescens

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Calamovilfa longifolia

    Cirsium undulatum

    Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum

    Euphorbia marginata

    Opuntia polyacantha

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Schizachyrium scoparium

    Stipa

    Yucca

    leadplant

    blue grama

    prairie sandreed

    wavyleaf thistle

    Scribner's rosette grass

    snow on the mountain

    plains pricklypear

    western wheatgrass

    little bluestem

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—18

    18—78

    50—203

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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

    20

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    914

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    270

    483

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    140

    9.5

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    10.6

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    NE3810

    Hershey 5 SSE

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 1 to 10 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04341; observed in cut
    Bw—18 to 50 centimeters (7.1 to 19.7 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) crushed, olive (5Y 5/3) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent cylindrical mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; 5 to 20 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N04342; observed in cut
    Bk—50 to 78 centimeters (19.7 to 30.7 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) crushed, pale olive (5Y 6/3) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent cylindrical mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent coarse prominent cylindrical weakly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 1 percent medium prominent cylindrical weakly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; fragments; 5 to 15 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04343; observed in cut
    2C1—78 to 130 centimeters (30.7 to 51.2 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) crushed, pale olive (5Y 6/3) crushed, moist; very fine sandy loam; 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent cylindrical mottles; moderate thick platy structure; hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent coarse prominent platy weakly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 5 percent medium prominent platy weakly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; 1 to 10 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04344; observed in cut
    2C2—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) crushed, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) crushed, moist; loamy very fine sand; 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium prominent cylindrical and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent threadlike mottles; moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent coarse prominent platy weakly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces and 5 percent medium prominent platy weakly coherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; 1 to 5 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 05N04345; observed in cut