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

23E MASARDIS

Texture: GRAVELLY FINE SANDY LOAM

Slope Percent: 15 TO 60

Important Forest Soil Group: IIA Ordination Code: 7R

Parent Material: Glaciofluvial (outwash)

Drainage: Somewhat Excessively Drained

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Limitations due to steepness of slope.

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 Severe

Equipment Limitations Severe

Seedling Mortality Moderate

Windthrow Hazard Slight

Plant Competition Moderate

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

55 8 balsam fir

60 7 white pine

52 6 red pine

48 7 white spruce

55 6 northern white cedar

45 7 red spruce

55 4 paper birch

55 2 yellow birch

55 2 sugar maple

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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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