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

61D TUNBRIDGE-LYMAN-ROCK OUTCROP COMPLEX

Texture:

Slope Percent: 15 TO 25

Important Forest Soil Group: Ordination Code:

Parent Material:

Drainage:

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation:

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

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard

Equipment Limitations

Seedling Mortality

Windthrow Hazard

Plant Competition

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

50 6 white pine

50 8 red spruce

55 9 white spruce

balsam fir

northern red oak

65 3 white ash

paper birch

55 2 yellow birch

60 3 sugar maple

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TREES TO PLANT

Scotch pine

tamarack

white pine

red spruce

white spruce

balsam fir

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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