Soil Management Group 30 



Brimfield very stony loam 

 Canaan very stony fine sandy loam 



HoLLis very ledgy loam 

 Mollis very stony loam 



Rolling stony land, shallow soil material 

 a. Brimfield soil material c. Rockingham soil material 



B. Mollis soil material 



Rough stony land, shallow soil material 



A. 

 B. 



c. 



Brimfield soil material 

 Canaan soil material 



COLRAIN soil material 



(Strafford county) 

 Mollis soil material 



E. Lyman soil material 



F. Rockingham soil material 



G. Shapleigh soil material 



H. Very' stony' or ledgy, shallow 



SOILS 



These shallow, very stony, and very ledgv soils are also quite common in 

 New Hampshire, especially in the mountainous terrain. The soils are usually 

 well drained but include smaller scattered areas of all degrees of natural 



drainage. 



Adaptations 



This soil group has a more restricted forestry use than the deeper, 

 very stony areas in Group 29 due to the numerous outcroppings of ledge 

 that will he found throughout the indicated areas on soil survey maps. The 

 shallowness of the soil offers a very limited reservoir for tree roots to draw 

 from for water and plant nutrients. 



The major value of this type of soil is for forestry and wildlife man- 

 agement and recreational use. Tree species and logging operations would 

 vary somewhat from those recommended under the deep, very stony soils 

 because of the shallower nature of these soils. 



Soil Management Group 31 



Rockland 



A. Brimfield 



B. Canaan 

 c. Lempster 



D. Marlow 



e. Rock oi tcrop 



F. Shapleigh 



These are areas where rock cliffs, bare rock mountain peaks, and 

 nearly bare bedrock occur. Much of this land lies above the timberline in 

 the White Mountains. On the soil survey inaps, the areas designated as 

 rock outcrop are at least two or three acres in size. Where bedrock outcrops, 

 but the area of the outcrop is not large enough to show as a separate condi- 

 tion, a small check mark "\/" is put on the soil map to indicate the presence 

 of the outcrop. These areas obviously are non-agricultural but have very 

 high recreational and scenic values. Most of the areas support no vegetation, 

 but a few have a growth of a sparse, scrubby nature. They are also of 

 value for some forms of wildlife. It is estimated that at least 50,000 acres 

 in New Hampshire belong to this Soil Management Group. 



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