Forest Soils of Coös County, New Hampshire
Based on the Coös County Soil Survey by USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Published to the Web by Sam Stoddard, UNH Cooperative Extension, March 21, 1999.


Soil Map Unit Name

55B HERMON

Texture: SANDY LOAM, VERY STONY

Slope Percent: 3 TO 8

Important Forest Soil Group: IB Ordination Code: 7S

Parent Material: Glacial Till Loose (no hardpan)

Drainage: Somewhat Excessively Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Limitations due to dry, sandy soils.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.2
cords or 100.1
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Slight

Seedling Mortality Moderate

Windthrow Hazard Slight

Plant Competition Slight

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

55 2 sugar maple

59 7 white pine

65 8 red pine

46 7 red spruce

45 7 white spruce

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TREES TO PLANT

European larch

white pine

red pine

Contacts: (for forestry) UNH Cooperative Extension, 629A Main St, Lancaster, NH 03584

phone: (603)788-4961

(for soils) USDA-NRCS, 4 Mayberry Lane, Lancaster, NH 03584

phone: (603)788-3818

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