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

154D SUCCESS

Texture: GRAVELLY LOAMY COARSE SAND

Slope Percent: 15 TO 25

Important Forest Soil Group: IB Ordination Code: 8R

Parent Material: Glacial Till Loose (no hardpan)

Drainage: Somewhat Excessively Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Limitations due to steepness of slope.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 1.4
cords or 114.4
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Moderate

Equipment Limitations Moderate

Seedling Mortality Moderate

Windthrow Hazard Severe

Plant Competition Severe

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

68 8 white pine

42 6 red spruce

48 3 paper birch

50 2 sugar maple

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TREES TO PLANT

white spruce

balsam fir

white 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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