Gloucester soil series
A representative soil profile of the Gloucester series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne, USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
The Gloucester series consists of very deep, somewhat excessively drained soils formed in sandy till. They are nearly level through very steep soils on ground moraine uplands and moraines. Slope ranges from 0 through 50 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F. (9 degrees C) and mean annual precipitation is about 43 inches (1092 centimeters).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Solum thickness ranges from 37 through 76 centimeters. Gravel content ranges from 5 through 30 percent in the surface, from 15 through 35 percent in the upper part of the Bw horizon, and from 20 through 45 percent in the lower part of the Bw and in the C horizon. Total rock fragment content ranges from 5 through 40 percent in the surface, from 15 through 50 percent in the upper part of the Bw horizon and from 35 through 70 percent in the lower part of the Bw and in the C horizon. Below the particle-size control section the total rock fragment content ranges from 10 through 70 percent in the C horizon. Reaction of the A horizon ranges from extremely acid through moderately acid, unless limed. Reaction of the Bw and C horizons ranges from very strongly acid through moderately acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mainly in forest. Cleared areas are used for hay, pasture, and silage corn, or are idle. Common tree species are oaks, gray birch, eastern white pine, maples, and eastern hemlock. Unimproved pasture and idle land contain juniper, sweet fern, hardhack, and blueberry. A few areas are in urban uses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, eastern New York, and Rhode Island. MLRAs 144A, 145, and 149B. The series is extensive, more than 100,000 acres.
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Gloucester soil series
A representative soil profile of the Gloucester series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne, USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
The Gloucester series consists of very deep, somewhat excessively drained soils formed in sandy till. They are nearly level through very steep soils on ground moraine uplands and moraines. Slope ranges from 0 through 50 percent. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high or very high. Mean annual temperature is about 48 degrees F. (9 degrees C) and mean annual precipitation is about 43 inches (1092 centimeters).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
Solum thickness ranges from 37 through 76 centimeters. Gravel content ranges from 5 through 30 percent in the surface, from 15 through 35 percent in the upper part of the Bw horizon, and from 20 through 45 percent in the lower part of the Bw and in the C horizon. Total rock fragment content ranges from 5 through 40 percent in the surface, from 15 through 50 percent in the upper part of the Bw horizon and from 35 through 70 percent in the lower part of the Bw and in the C horizon. Below the particle-size control section the total rock fragment content ranges from 10 through 70 percent in the C horizon. Reaction of the A horizon ranges from extremely acid through moderately acid, unless limed. Reaction of the Bw and C horizons ranges from very strongly acid through moderately acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Mainly in forest. Cleared areas are used for hay, pasture, and silage corn, or are idle. Common tree species are oaks, gray birch, eastern white pine, maples, and eastern hemlock. Unimproved pasture and idle land contain juniper, sweet fern, hardhack, and blueberry. A few areas are in urban uses.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, eastern New York, and Rhode Island. MLRAs 144A, 145, and 149B. The series is extensive, more than 100,000 acres.
For additional information about New England soils, visit:
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/G/GLOUCESTER.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#gloucester