LOCATION ATSION NJ+MD NY DEEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, mesic Aeric Alaquods
TYPICAL PEDON: Atsion sand, in second growth woodland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches, dark gray (10YR 4/1) sand, gray (10YR 5/1) dry; single grain; loose; many fine roots; less than 1 percent white rounded quartzose pebbles; extremely acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (6 to 10 inches thick)
E--8 to 18 inches, light gray (10YR 6/1) sand, (10YR 7/1) dry; single grain; loose; few roots; less than 1 percent white rounded quartzose pebbles; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (5 to 24 inches thick)
Bh--18 to 24 inches, very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) sand, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; massive; firm to friable; few or common medium roots; less than 1 percent rounded quartzose pebbles; extremely acid; diffuse wavy boundary. (4 to 10 inches thick)
Bg--24 to 36 inches, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sand, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; single grain; loose; few medium roots; 5 percent rounded quartzose pebbles; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
Cg--36 to 60 inches, brown (10YR 5/3) sand, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; single grain; loose; few fine roots; 5 percent rounded quartzose pebbles; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Burlington County, New Jersey, Washington Township near Chatsworth, on Country Road 563, 2.8 miles south of Speedwell.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 6 to 12 inches, January to December
Depth to the Spodic Horizon: 16 to 40 inches
Rock Fragments: 0 to 10 percent, by volume in the A, E, and B horizons and 0 to 20 percent in the C horizon
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile
Other Features: Some pedons have a sequence of Bh horizons, varying in thickness, alternating with uneven, paler C horizons at depths of 60 inches or more
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--mucky peat or muck. Some pedons have a thin surface layer of peat.
A or Ap horizons:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 2 to 4
Texture--loamy sand or sand
E horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--loamy sand or sand
Bh horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--loamy sand or sand, less commonly sandy loam
Bg horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma 1 to 3, or is neutral with value of 3 to 6
Texture--loamy sand or sand
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
Cg horizon:
Color--hue 7.5YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value if 3 to 6
Texture--loamy sand or sand to a depth of 40 inches and below 40 inches is sand, fine sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, sandy clay, or silt loam
Redoximorphic Features--iron depletions in shades of olive, gray, or white and iron accumulations in shades of red, brown, yellow, or olive
COMPETING SERIES: None
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Flats and depressions
Elevation: 25 to 150 feet
Parent Material: Sandy marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 55 inches
Frost Free Period: 180 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Berryland soils--very poorly drained on slightly lower-lying positions
Evesboro soils--excessively drained with seasonal high water table at more than 6.0 feet, on higher lying landforms
Galloway soils--moderately well drained with a seasonal high water table at 2.0 to 4.0 feet, on slightly higher landforms
Klej soils--do not have a spodic horizon and are somewhat poorly drained with a seasonal high water table at 1.0 to 2.0 feet, on higher lying positions
Lakehurst soils--moderately well drained with a seasonal high water table at 18 to 42 feet, on higher landforms
Manahawkin soils--very poorly drained organic soils with a seasonal high water table at or near the surface, on lower-lying positions
USE: Mostly in woods, but some areas are used for blueberries and cranberries.
VEGETATION: Wooded area are mostly pitch pine mixed with black gum and red maple. Undergrowth consists of highbush blueberries, sweet pepperbush, sheep laurel, and greenbriar.
DISTRIBUTION: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and New York.
EXTENT: Large, more than 100,000 acres
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Suffolk County, New York, 1970
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Aquic conditions--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 80 inches is periodically saturated (endosaturation)
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 8 inches (Ap horizon)
Albic horizon--the zone from 8 to 18 inches (E horizon)
Spodic horizon--the zone from 18 to 25 inches (Bh horizon)
SERIES INTERPRETATION RECORDS(s): NJ0015, NJ0086
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NJ0015 ATSION 0- 2 52-58 180-210 40-55 - NJ0086 ATSION 0- 2 - - - -SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0015 NONE RARE 0-1.0 APPARENT NOV-JUN 60-60 NJ0086 FREQ 0-1.0 APPARENT JAN-DEC 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0015 0-18 S FS LS 0- 0 90-100 1- 6 - NJ0015 18-24 LS S SL 0- 0 85-100 2- 7 - NJ0015 24-40 S LS 0- 0 85-100 2-10 - NJ0015 40-60 SR S SIL 0- 0 70-100 2-15 - NJ0086 0-18 S 0- 0 90-100 1- 6 - NJ0086 18-24 LS S SL 0- 0 90-100 2- 7 - NJ0086 24-40 S LS 0- 0 85-100 3-10 - NJ0086 40-60 SR S LS 0- 0 85-100 3-10 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0015 0-18 3.5- 5.0 2.-4. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0015 18-24 3.5- 5.0 - 0- 0 2.0- 20 LOW NJ0015 24-40 3.5- 5.0 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0015 40-60 3.5- 5.0 - 0- 0 0.2- 20 LOW NJ0086 0-18 3.5- 5.0 2.-4. 0- 4 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0086 18-24 3.5- 5.0 - 0- 4 2.0- 6.0 LOW NJ0086 24-40 3.5- 5.0 - 0- 4 6.0- 20 LOW NJ0086 40-60 3.5- 5.0 - 0- 4 6.0- 20 LOW