IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marlow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990ME019004
  • User Pedon ID: 90ME019004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63097
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Maine
  • County: ME019—Penobscot

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Brown, Ken LaFlamme and Janet Cormeir
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • PSC - 35 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/2014
  • Classifier - Roger DeKett
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marlow
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

    noncoherent

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    densic contact

    0—15

    10—15

    15—48

    91—

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    —5—

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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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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 91P00311. loose litter of needles, leaves, and twigs
    Oa—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) and dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) highly decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00310. common fine roots; common medium roots
    E—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 22 percent by volume , 33 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00311. few medium roots; common fine roots
    Bhs—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume , 31 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00312. few medium roots; few coarse roots
    Bs1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 24 percent by volume , 37 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00313. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bs2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume , 30 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00314. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    BC—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume , 29 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00315. few fine roots; few very fine roots
    Cd—91 to 160 centimeters (35.8 to 63.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 24 percent by volume , 37 percent by weight 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 91P00316