IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenduskeag
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: ME-02-07-019-36
  • User Pedon ID: ME-02-07-019-36
  • Vegetation Plot ID: ME-02-07-019-36
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0492
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14093
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 44.9555000
  • Std. Longitude: -69.1813333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: WKB—Wassookeag-Kenduskeag complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Maine
  • County: ME019—Penobscot
  • MLRA: 144B—New England and Eastern New York Upland, Northern Part
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ME612—Penobscot County, Maine, Southern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DET/JER
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, semiactive, frigid Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenduskeag
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/2012
  • Classifier - SSOL
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenduskeag
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till over residuum
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: gentle hill
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9195-41
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ABBA

    ACRU

    ARNU2

    BEPO

    DRYOP

    LONIC

    OSCL2

    POTR5

    PRPE2

    TSCA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Aralia nudicaulis

    Betula populifolia

    Dryopteris

    Lonicera

    Osmunda claytoniana

    Populus tremuloides

    Prunus pensylvanica

    Tsuga canadensis

    balsam fir

    red maple

    wild sarsaparilla

    gray birch

    woodfern

    honeysuckle

    interrupted fern

    quaking aspen

    pin cherry

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    densic material

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    46 - 58

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

    fibric soil materials

    hemic soil materials

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    densic materials

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—3

    3—5

    20—38

    38—81

    46—58

    58—168

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    —43—

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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

    2

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; - 2 - percent of the total horizon.; observed in pit, small
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; - 1 - percent of the total horizon.; observed in pit, small
    A—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face gravelly fine sandy loam; 8 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 9 - percent of the total horizon; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) broken face gravelly silt loam; 26 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 11 - percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); 98 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silt loam; 21 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; 5 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-20-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 5 - percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); 94 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face silt loam; 34 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent coarse faint reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), moist, and 2 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and 2 percent coarse prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist,; 5 percent by volume flat subangular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-20-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 7 - percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); 94 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) broken face sandy loam; 58 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 3 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine faint reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3), moist, and 2 percent coarse prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and 2 percent coarse prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist,; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-50-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 14 - percent of the total horizon; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—81 to 131 centimeters (31.9 to 51.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face gravelly coarse sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent by volume flat angular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-20-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 29 - percent of the total horizon; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C3—131 to 168 centimeters (51.6 to 66.1 inches); 80 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face and 20 percent black (5Y 2.5/1) broken face channery sandy loam; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat angular extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-20-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular 2-20-150 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-15-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; - 22 - percent of the total horizon.; moist when described; observed in pit, small