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

214B NAUMBURG

Texture: FINE SANDY LOAM

Slope Percent: 3 TO 8

Important Forest Soil Group: IIB Ordination Code: 2W

Parent Material: Glaciofluvial (outwash)

Drainage: Poorly Drained HYDRIC

Depth to Hardpan:

Limitation: Excess water causes limitations for woodland use.

Typical timber productivity on this soil type is 0.4
cords or 28.6
cubic feet per acre per year.

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MANAGEMENT CONCERNS

Erosion Hazard Slight

Equipment Limitations Moderate

Seedling Mortality Severe

Windthrow Hazard Moderate

Plant Competition

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PRODUCTIVITY

SiteIndex ProdClass Species

eastern hemlock

60 7 white pine

50 8 white spruce

American elm

green ash

black ash

paper birch

yellow birch

55 2 sugar maple

60 3 red maple

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TREES TO PLANT

Norway spruce

eastern hemlock

white pine

white spruce

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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