Berryland soil series
A representative soil profile of the Berryland series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne, USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Very poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High
Landscape: Coastal plain, upland or lowland
Parent Material: Sandy eolian deposits and /or fluviomarine sediments
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C. (56 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1143 mm (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, mesic Typic Alaquods
Solum Thickness: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: + 15 cm (6 inches) to 25 cm (10 inches), October to June. Unless drained, the water table is at depths of 30 to 61 cm (12 to 24 inches) in summer months.
Depth to the Spodic Horizon: 25 to 41 cm (10 to 16 inches)
Rock Fragments: less than 15 percent, by volume throughout the profile, mostly quartzose pebbles, commonly less than 5 percent. The Bh horizon contains firm nodules that range from non-cemented to strongly cemented and are hard to very hard when dry.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Iron content is low in most pedons and specimens from the Bh horizon do not normally turn red when heated unless the soils are limed.
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses--Mostly in woodland. Some of the soil has been cleared for growing high-bush blueberries and cranberries. Drained areas have been used for growing vegetables, corn, soybeans and small grain
Where wooded--predominantly pitch pine, widely spaced Atlantic white cedar, red maple, and black gum. The dense understory is commonly high-bush blueberry, sweet pepperbush, bay magnolia, leather leaf, gallberry, and greenbriar. In Maryland, loblolly pine, pond pine, red maple, sweetgum, black gum, willow oak, swamp chestnut oak, and American holly are important forest trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution--Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, and possibly Long Island, New York
Extent--Moderate
For additional information about New England soils, visit:
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BERRYLAND.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#berryland
Berryland soil series
A representative soil profile of the Berryland series. (Photo provided by Jim Turenne, USDA-NRCS; New England Soil Profiles)
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Very poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High
Landscape: Coastal plain, upland or lowland
Parent Material: Sandy eolian deposits and /or fluviomarine sediments
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C. (56 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1143 mm (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, mesic Typic Alaquods
Solum Thickness: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 183 cm (72 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: + 15 cm (6 inches) to 25 cm (10 inches), October to June. Unless drained, the water table is at depths of 30 to 61 cm (12 to 24 inches) in summer months.
Depth to the Spodic Horizon: 25 to 41 cm (10 to 16 inches)
Rock Fragments: less than 15 percent, by volume throughout the profile, mostly quartzose pebbles, commonly less than 5 percent. The Bh horizon contains firm nodules that range from non-cemented to strongly cemented and are hard to very hard when dry.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: Iron content is low in most pedons and specimens from the Bh horizon do not normally turn red when heated unless the soils are limed.
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses--Mostly in woodland. Some of the soil has been cleared for growing high-bush blueberries and cranberries. Drained areas have been used for growing vegetables, corn, soybeans and small grain
Where wooded--predominantly pitch pine, widely spaced Atlantic white cedar, red maple, and black gum. The dense understory is commonly high-bush blueberry, sweet pepperbush, bay magnolia, leather leaf, gallberry, and greenbriar. In Maryland, loblolly pine, pond pine, red maple, sweetgum, black gum, willow oak, swamp chestnut oak, and American holly are important forest trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution--Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, and possibly Long Island, New York
Extent--Moderate
For additional information about New England soils, visit:
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BERRYLAND.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#berryland