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Atsion soil series

The Atsion series are very deep, poorly drained soils with moderately rapid or rapid permeability above 40 inches and moderately slow to rapid below 40 inches. They formed in sandy marine sediments with slopes of 0 to 2 percent,

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, mesic Aeric Alaquods

 

USE: Mostly in woods, but some areas are used for blueberries and cranberries. Wooded area are mostly pitch pine mixed with black gum and red maple. Undergrowth consists of highbush blueberries, sweet pepperbush, sheep laurel, and greenbriar.

 

DISTRIBUTION: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and New York. EXTENT: Large, more than 100,000 acres

 

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Suffolk County, New York, 1970

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/A/ATSION.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#atsion

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Uploaded on July 12, 2022
Taken sometime in 2020