APPENDIX 



Pedon 1 



Unnamed series. The site location is 515m above sea level on an upper slope 

 position of the glaciated uplands. The pedon site is located in the southeast 

 corner of compartment 35, about 17 meters north of Bear Notch Road. This 

 well drained soil developed in glacial till underlain by sand and gravel at 58 cm. 

 Dominant vegetation is beech (Fagus grandifolia), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), 

 and yellow birch (Betula lutea). 



A2 



B23 



lie 



0-5 



B21h 5-13 



B22ir 13-33 



33-58 



58-102 



Description 

 Loose leaf litter. 



Well decomposed forest floor litter; black (10 YR 2/1); 

 extremely acid; many roots. 



Brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular 

 structure; friable; extremely acid; roots are common; abrupt 

 broken boundary. 



Dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; moderate 

 medium granular structure; friable; very strongly acid; many 

 roots; 5 percent coarse fragments; abrupt broken boundary. 



Strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; moderate medium 



granular structure; friable; very strongly acid; many roots; 15 



percent coarse fragments; clear wavy boundary. 



Yellowish brown (lOYR 5/6) very gravelly fine sandy loam; 



weak medium granular structure; friable; strongly acid; roots 



are common; 60 percent coarse fragments; abrupt smooth 



boundary. 



Dark yellowish brown (lOYR 4/4) sand and gravel; single grain 

 structure; loose; very strongly acid; roots are common. 



Pedon 2 



Unnamed series. The site location is 300m above sea level on a toe slope 

 position of the glaciated uplands. The pedon site is located in the southern part 

 of compartment 2, about 30 meters east of Bear Notch Road. This moderately 

 well drained soil developed in fine sandy loam glacial till. Dominant vegetation 

 includes sugar maple {Acer saccharum) , white birch (Betula papyrifera), yellow 

 birch (Betula lutea), and hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). 



Horizon Depth cm 



021 

 022 



A2 



6-5 

 5-0 



0-8 



B21h 8-18 



Description 

 Loose leaf litter. 



Well decomposed forest floor litter; black (5YR 2/1); ex- 

 tremely acid; many roots. 



Light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; weak 

 medium granular structure; friable; extremely acid; few roots; 

 10 percent coarse fragments; abrupt broken boundary. 



Very dusky red (2.5 YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium 



