Massasoit soil series
A representative soil profile of the Massasoit series. (Photo provided by New England Soil Profiles)
The Massasoit series consists of poorly drained soils formed in sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial deposits. They are shallow to cemented subsoil and very deep to bedrock. They are on outwash plains or terraces and deltas, in depressions and along drainageways and adjacent to swamps and bogs. Slope ranges from 0 through 5 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the surface horizon, very low or low in the cemented subsoil (ortstein), and high or very high in the substratum. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F. (9 degrees C.) and mean annual precipitation is about 43 inches (1092 millimeters).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, isotic, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods
Depth to bedrock is greater than 65 inches (165 centimeters). Depth to continuous ortstein ranges from 7 through 20 inches (18 through 50 centimeters). Continuous ortstein is 4 through 12 inches (10 through 30 centimeters) thick and greater than 90 percent cemented. Rock fragments range from 0 through 20 percent throughout and typically consist of sub-rounded granite, gneiss, and schist gravel. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are forested. Some areas are used for hay or pasture-land, and some areas are used for cranberry or blueberry production. Common trees include red maple, pitch pine, eastern white pine, gray birch, tupelo, American holly, and white oak. The sapling and shrub layer commonly consists of sweet pepperbush, high bush blueberry, green briar, and swamp azalea. The herbaceous layer typically consists of cinnamon fern, sphagnum moss, teaberry, and starflower.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New England, New York and New Jersey. MLRA 144A and 149B. The series is of small extent.
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Massasoit soil series
A representative soil profile of the Massasoit series. (Photo provided by New England Soil Profiles)
The Massasoit series consists of poorly drained soils formed in sandy and gravelly glaciofluvial deposits. They are shallow to cemented subsoil and very deep to bedrock. They are on outwash plains or terraces and deltas, in depressions and along drainageways and adjacent to swamps and bogs. Slope ranges from 0 through 5 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high in the surface horizon, very low or low in the cemented subsoil (ortstein), and high or very high in the substratum. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F. (9 degrees C.) and mean annual precipitation is about 43 inches (1092 millimeters).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, isotic, mesic, shallow, ortstein Typic Duraquods
Depth to bedrock is greater than 65 inches (165 centimeters). Depth to continuous ortstein ranges from 7 through 20 inches (18 through 50 centimeters). Continuous ortstein is 4 through 12 inches (10 through 30 centimeters) thick and greater than 90 percent cemented. Rock fragments range from 0 through 20 percent throughout and typically consist of sub-rounded granite, gneiss, and schist gravel. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are forested. Some areas are used for hay or pasture-land, and some areas are used for cranberry or blueberry production. Common trees include red maple, pitch pine, eastern white pine, gray birch, tupelo, American holly, and white oak. The sapling and shrub layer commonly consists of sweet pepperbush, high bush blueberry, green briar, and swamp azalea. The herbaceous layer typically consists of cinnamon fern, sphagnum moss, teaberry, and starflower.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: New England, New York and New Jersey. MLRA 144A and 149B. The series is of small extent.
For additional information about New England soils, visit:
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MASSASOIT.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#massasoit