IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rainberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007MA023003
  • User Pedon ID: S2007MA023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2007MA023003-Berryland
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0687
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19120
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.9047775
  • Std. Longitude: -70.7211380
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In the town of Plymouth at the Plymouth Municipal Airport, 197 meters due south of Runway #33 and 1376 meters east-southeast of South Meadow Street at the intersection of the town lines for Carver and Plymouth.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Massachusetts
  • County: MA023—Plymouth
  • MLRA: 144A—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MA023—Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41070-H6—Plymouth, Massachusetts

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Al Averill, Bill Taylor, and Rob Tunstead
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, mesic Histic Endoaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rainberry (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berryland
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aeric Alaquods
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • Field Measured Properties: 46 cm of Depth to standing water. and 23 cm of Positive alpha, alpha-dipyridyl reaction and


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits derived from igneous rock
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods begining in jan
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 69-11
  • Plant Association Name: Shrub cover
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 28
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    MOREL2

    OSCI

    VACO

    Carex

    Morella

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Vaccinium corymbosum

    sedge

    bayberry

    cinnamon fern

    highbush blueberry

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

    aquic conditions

    aquic conditions

    hemic soil materials

    histic epipedon

    sapric soil materials

    albic materials

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—170

    0—170

    0—9

    0—20

    9—18

    23—32

    23—32

    32—42

    54—74

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/1/2007

    50

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    19
    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

    1

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    39.6

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    140

    1234

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    197

    9.4

    20.3

    -1.7

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    MA6486

    Plymouth

    WETS Station
    Oe—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed mucky peat; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04199; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Oa—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed and black (10YR 2/1) broken face muck; weak coarse granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04200; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; negative to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04201; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Eg—23 to 32 centimeters (9.1 to 12.6 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04202; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bh—32 to 37 centimeters (12.6 to 14.6 inches); black (5YR 2.5/1) coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04203; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—37 to 42 centimeters (14.6 to 16.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual broken boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg—42 to 54 centimeters (16.5 to 21.3 inches); 85 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) coarse sand; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented reddish black (2.5YR 2.5/1), moist, ortstein nodules with clear boundaries at top of horizon; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04204; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    B'hs—54 to 74 centimeters (21.3 to 29.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) gravelly coarse sand; structureless massive; very friable; 3 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04205; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—74 to 85 centimeters (29.1 to 33.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) gravelly coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; 7 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04206; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—85 to 170 centimeters (33.5 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; structureless single grain; loose; 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 07N04207; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket