LOCATION MONMOUTH NJEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Monmouth fine sandy loam, forested. (Colors are for moist soil.)
A--0 to 1 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; nonplastic, nonsticky; many roots; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (1 to 15 inches thick)
BA--1 to 7 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; nonplastic, nonsticky; common roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)
Bt1--7 to 11 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable to firm; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; common roots; 5 percent, by volume glauconite; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--11 to 19 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderately plastic, very sticky; few roots; common distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; few fine concretions; 5 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt3--19 to 33 inches; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy clay; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately sticky and moderately plastic; few roots in upper part if the horizon; distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 20 to 45 inches.)
BC--33 to 48 inches; olive (5Y 4/3) sandy clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable to firm; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few prominent olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid; gradual irregular boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
C--48 to 60 inches; dark olive (5Y 3/3) sandy clay loam; massive; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: About 0.6 mile north of St. Barnabas Church, on Church Road near Leeland, Prince George's County, Maryland.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 35 to 55 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 60 inches,
Rock Fragments: 0 to 10 percent, by volume throughout the profile
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, throughout the profile, unless limed
Other Features: 5 to 40 percent, by volume glauconite in the Bt horizon. The particle-size control section has a weighted average of more than 40 percent sand.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 3 or 4, chroma 1 or 2
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, or loamy fine sand
Ap horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, or loamy fine sand
E, BE or BA horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 3 or 4
Texture--loam, fine sandy loam, or loamy fine sand
Bt horizon:
Color--7.5YR to 5Y, value of 3 or 4, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture--clay, sandy clay, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
BC horizon:
Color--7.5YR to 5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 3 to 6
Texture--sandy clay, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam
Mottles (if they occur)--are at depths of 36 inches or more and in shades of olive, brown, yellow, or red
C horizon:
Color--7.5YR to 5Y, value of 2 to 5, chroma of 2 to 6. The darker C horizons are those with higher glauconite content.
Texture--sandy clay, sandy clay loam, clay loam, loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam
Mottles (if they occur)--shades of olive, brown, yellow, or red
COMPETING SERIES:
Bentley soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in alluvium and colluvium capping the Piedmont
Braddock soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in alluvium and colluvium derived form a mixture of crystalline rocks
Buffstaff soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in residuum from schist with B horizons 5YR or yellower
Clover soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in residuum from Triassic materials
Howell soils--generally have less glauconite in the subsoil and have less than 40 percent weighted average sand in the particle-size control section
Littlejoe soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in residuum from schist with B horizons 2.5YR or redder
Pervina soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in colluvium and residuum from sedimentary rocks
Warminster soils--do not have horizons that contain glauconite and formed in residuum from Triassic shale and are deep to paralithic contact
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: uplands
Elevation: 25 to 150 feet
Parent Material: Fine-textured marine sediments high in glauconite
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 50 to 58 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 44 to 55 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 210 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Adelphia soils--moderately well drained, have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, and have 10 to 40 percent glauconite in the subsoil, on slightly lower-lying landforms
Colemantown soils--poorly drained, on lower-lying landforms
Collington soils--well drained and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, 5 to 40 percent glauconite in the subsoil, and a subsoil hue of 7.5YR or yellower, on similar landforms
Colts Neck soils--well drained, have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, and a subsoil hue of 5YR or redder, on similar landforms
Donlonton soils--moderately well drained, on slightly lower-lying landforms
Downer soils--do not have glauconite in the subsoil and have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Fallsington soils--poorly drained, have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, and do not have glauconite in the subsoil, on lower-lying landforms
Freehold soils--well drained and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, have less than 10 percent glauconite in the subsoil, and a subsoil hue of 7.5YR or yellower, on similar landforms
Holmdel soils--moderately well drained, have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, and have less than 10 percent glauconite in the subsoil, on slightly lower-lying landforms
Howell soils---generally have less glauconite in the subsoil and have less than 40 percent weighted average sand in the particle-size control section, on similar landforms
Keansburg soils--very poorly drained, have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, and have 5 to 20 percent glauconite throughout, on slightly lower-lying landforms
Kresson soils--somewhat poorly drained and have more than 40 percent glauconite in the subsoil, on lower-lying landforms
Marlton soil--moderately well drained and have more than 40 percent glauconite in the subsoil, on similar landforms
Marr soils--have a fine-loamy particle-size control section that is dominated by fine or very fine sand, and do not contain glauconite, on similar landforms
Sassafras soils--have a fine-loamy particle-size control section and do not contain glauconite, on similar landforms
Shrewsbury soils--poorly drained and have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, on lower-lying landforms
Westphilia soils--do not have glauconite in the subsoil, have a coarse-loamy particle-size control section, and a less than 10 inch thick argillic horizon, on similar landforms
Woodstown soils--Moderately well drained, have a fine-loamy particle-size control section, and do not contain glauconite, on slightly lower-lying landforms
USE: General farm and truck crops, with some livestock farms producing hay and pasture. Locally, tobacco is a very important crop, particularly in Southern Maryland.
VEGETATION: Native vegetation is mixed hardwoods, dominated by oaks, with hickory, yellow poplar, and dogwood common. Cutover areas may have shortleaf, Virginia, or loblolly pine, but usually only in scattered stands.
DISTRIBUTION: Coastal Plain of Maryland and New Jersey
EXTENT: Small
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Burlington County, New Jersey, 1943
SERIES INTERPRETATION RECORD(S): A series interpretation record was not created for this soil.
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip ElevationSOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll