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

73C BERKSHIRE

Texture: FINE SANDY LOAM, VERY STONY

Slope Percent: 8 TO 15

Important Forest Soil Group: IA Ordination Code: 9A

Parent Material: Glacial Till Loose (no hardpan)

Drainage: Well Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Only slight limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.6
cords or 128.7
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Slight

Seedling Mortality Slight

Windthrow Hazard Slight

Plant Competition

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

52 2 sugar maple

72 9 white pine

65 8 red pine

55 9 white spruce

60 8 balsam fir

50 8 red spruce

62 3 white ash

60 4 paper birch

55 2 yellow birch

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TREES TO PLANT

white pine

red pine

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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