IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hollis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000CT007004
  • User Pedon ID: S2000CT007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000CT007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0201
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11709
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 41.4749985
  • Std. Longitude: -72.3383331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: approx. 1000 feet north west of Hepyard Road from parking lot located in a forested area.
  • Map Unit: 76E—Rock outcrop-Hollis complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Connecticut
  • County: CT007—Middlesex
  • MLRA: 145—Connecticut Valley
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-TOL—Tolland, Connecticut
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: CT600—State of Connecticut
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41072-D3—Hamburg, Connecticut

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.P, D.F, S.M.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • PSC - 25 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Classifier - Marissa Theve
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hollis
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till derived from schist and/or coarse-loamy till derived from granite and/or coarse-loamy till derived from gneiss
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    QUAL

    TSCA

    Quercus alba

    Tsuga canadensis

    white oak

    eastern hemlock

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    48 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—18

    18—48

    48—

    —18—

    —30—

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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

    22

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    63

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    260

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01505
    Oe—3 to 7 centimeters (1.2 to 2.8 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular and 3.0 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01506
    A—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01507. rock frag.-kind: SCH
    Bw1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; very stony sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity interstitial and 3.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01508. rock frag-kind: SCH
    Bw2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dry; stony sandy loam; weak fine, and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 1.0 medium low-continuity interstitial and 1.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P01509. rock frag-kind: SCH; boundary-dst: V
    2R—48 centimeters (18.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.