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

209A CHARLES

Texture: SILT LOAM

Slope Percent: 0 TO 3

Important Forest Soil Group: Ordination Code: 7W

Parent Material: Alluvium (floodplains)

Drainage: Poorly Drained HYDRIC

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Excess water causes limitations for woodland use.

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 Severe

Seedling Mortality Moderate

Windthrow Hazard Moderate

Plant Competition Severe

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

40 6 red spruce

50 3 black spruce

tamarack

60 7 white pine

55 2 red maple

50 7 balsam fir

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TREES TO PLANT

European larch

red spruce

black spruce

tamarack

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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