and schistose rocks. Dominant vegetation is beech (Fagus grandifolia) and 

 striped maple (Acer perisylvanicum) with scattered hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). 



Description 

 Loose leaf litter. 



Black (SYR 2/1) well decomposed forest floor litter; very 

 strongly acid; many roots. 



A2 0-5 Gray (lOYR 5/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; 



friable; very strongly acid; roots are common; 5 percent coarse 

 fragments; abrupt broken boundary. 



B21h 5-13 Dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium 

 granular structure; friable; very strongly acid; many roots; 5 

 percent coarse fragments; abrupt broken boundary. 



B22ir 13-48 Yellowish brown (lOYR 5/6) coarse sandy loam; moderate 

 medium granular structure; friable; strongly acid; many roots; 

 15 percent coarse fragments; clear wavy boundary. 



B3 48-74 Yellowish brown (lOYR 5/4) sandy loam with few medium 



faint yellowish brown (lOYR 5/8) mottles; weak coarse platy 

 structure; friable; strongly acid; few roots; 15 percent frag- 

 ments; abrupt wavy boundary. 



CI 74-99 Light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam with few 



medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish 

 brown (lOYR 5/8) mottles; 'weak coarse platy structure; 

 friable; strongly acid; few roots; 15 percent coarse fragments; 

 abrupt wavy boundary. 



C2x 99-114 Light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam with many coarse 



distinct dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; massive; firm; 

 strongly acid; few roots; 12 percent coarse fragments. 



Pedon 8 



Marlow series, sandy subsoil variant. The site location is 305m above sea level on 

 a low slope position of the glaciated uplands. The pedon site is located in the 

 southeast corner of compartment 14, about 50 meters west of Bear Notch Road. 

 This well drained soil developed in glacial till and has a compact pan at 64 cm. 

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

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



Description 

 Loose leaf litter. 



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

 tremely acid; many roots; 



A2 0-13 Light brownish gray (lOYR 6/2) loamy fine sand; moderate 



medium granular structure; friable; extremely acid; roots 

 common; 10 percent coarse fragments; abrupt broken bound- 

 ary. 



