LOCATION ANNANIAS MIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: coarse-silty, isotic, frigid Typic Endoaquods
TYPICAL PEDON: Annanias silt loam on a 1 percent slope in a forested area at an elevation of 227 meters. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oa--0 to 10 centimeters; black (7.5YR 2/1) well decomposed leaf litter; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many fine to coarse roots; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 13 centimeters thick)
E--10 to 18 centimeters; pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt loam, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine to coarse roots; extremely acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (5 to 13 centimeters thick)
Bhs--18 to 25 centimeters; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine to coarse roots; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; extremely acid; clear wavy boundary. (5 to 10 centimeters thick)
Bs--25 to 38 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine to coarse roots; few fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (8 to 25 centimeters thick)
BC--38 to 66 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine and medium roots; common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (13 to 30 centimeters thick)
C1--66 to 119 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) stratified silt loam and very fine sandy loam; massive parting to weak medium platy structure; friable; common fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; few thin 1/8 inch dark gray (7.5YR 4/1) organic stains; common coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (38 to 102 centimeters thick)
C2--119 to 203 centimeters; brown (7.5YR 5/3), reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) stratified silt loam and silt; massive parting to weak medium platy structure inherent from deposition; friable; common fine to coarse vesicular and tubular pores; common coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
TYPE LOCATION: Luce County, Michigan; 250 feet west and 800 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 20, T.48N., R.8W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The particle size control section averages less than 5 percent clay. The reaction of the solum is extremely acid to strongly acid and the substratum is very strongly acid to neutral.
The E horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2.
The Bhs horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 2.5 or 3, and chroma of 2 or 3.
The Bs horizon has hue of 7.5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 4. Some pedons have a Bs2 horizon with similar hue, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 6.
The BC horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 and chroma of 3 or 4. It is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.
The C horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 to 4.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Annanias soils are on lake plains. Slopes range from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 710 to 840 millimeters. Mean annual temperature ranges from 5 to 6 degrees C. Elevation ranges from 213 to 232 meters.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Auger, Hendrie, and Zandi soils. The moderately well drained Auger soils are on slightly higher landscape positions. The poorly drained Hendrie soils are in depressions. The well drained Zandi soils are on hills and ridges.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Somewhat poorly drained. This soil has wet soil moisture status that ranges from 15 to 46 centimeters below the surface from November through May. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high. Surface runoff is low.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are forested. Common trees are red maple, quaking aspen, balsam fir, paper birch, yellow birch, eastern hemlock, white spruce, and northern white cedar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Eastern and Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Luce County, Michigan; 2005.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in the pedon are: Albic horizon - the zone from 5 to 13 centimeters (E horizon); spodic horizon - the zone from 18 to 38 centimeters (Bhs and Bs horizon); aquic conditions within 50 centimeters..
ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to S02MI-095-001 for NSSL data on the typical pedon.