LOCATION SHREWSBURY NJ+MDEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
TYPICAL PEDON: Shrewsbury fine sandy loam, cultivated. (Colors are for moist soils unless noted.)
Ap--0 to 10 inches, dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak, medium, granular structure; very friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid; abrupt, smooth boundary. (8 to 12 inches thick)
Ag--10 to 14 inches, gray (5Y 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak, medium, subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; many, medium, prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron concentrations; 5 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid; clear, smooth boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
Btg1--14 to 24 inches, mixed gray (5Y 5/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), greenish gray (5GY 5/1), light gray 5Y 7/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) gray sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky and plastic; many fine pores, many fine and medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) iron concentrations; thin discontinuous clay films on peds and in root channels; 10 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid, gradual wavy boundary.
Btg2--24 to 32 inches, greenish gray (5GY 5/1) sandy clay loam; weak, coarse, subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; common medium, prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concentrations; dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) thin clay films on peds and in root channels; 10 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid; abrupt, smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Btg horizon is 15 to 25 inches thick.)
Cg--32 to 60 inches, alternating strata of olive gray (5Y 5/2) loamy sand and fine sandy loam and white (10YR 8/1) sand; loamy sand is single grain and loose; fine sandy loam is massive and very friable; many coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron concentrations; 20 percent, by volume glauconite; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Burlington County, New Jersey, Springfield Township. Cultivated field .2 miles north of Oxmead Road 75 feet east of Gilbert's Lane.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 24 to 40 inches or more
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 120 inches
Content of Glauconite: 5 to 20 percent in the A horizon, and 10 to 20 percent in the B and C horizons. Below 60 inches, glauconite content ranges from 0 to 40 percent or more.
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 12 inches below the surface, mostly during the months of October to June
Rock Fragments: 0 to 15 percent, by volume in the A and B horizons and 0 to 35 percent in the C horizons above 40 inches. Below 40 inches, gravel content ranges from 0 to 50 percent by volume. The gravel is mainly rounded quartzose, ironstone, or fragments of discontinuous crusts.
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to very strongly acid, unless limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
O horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--Peat, mucky peat, or muck
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Redoximorphic features--iron accumulations in shades of red or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray (where present)
Ag horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Redoximorphic features--iron accumulations in shades of red or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray (where present)
Btg horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5Y to 5GY, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or loam
Redoximorphic features--iron accumulations in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive and (where present), iron depletions in shades of gray
Cg horizon:
Color-- hue of 2.5Y to 5GY, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--(fine-earth fraction) sand through sandy loam
Redoximorphic features--iron accumulations in shades of red, yellow, brown, or olive and (where present), iron depletions in shades of gray
COMPETING SERIES:
Chatuge--do not contain glauconite and formed in alluvium washed from surrounding residual soils,on stream terraces
Baile--do not contain glauconite and formed in local alluvium washed over residuum, on stream terraces
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Atlantic Coastal Plain
Landform: Flats and depressions
Elevation: 10 to 100 feet
Parent Material: Loamy marine sediments that contain moderate amounts of glauconite that have been influenced by eolian or alluvial action in places
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 48 inches
Frost Free Period: 160 to 215 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Adelphia--are moderately well drained, with similar glauconite contents, on slightly higher landforms
Keansburg--are very poorly drained, with thick dark surfaces, on lower landscapes
Jaderun--are poorly drained, lack argillic horizons, in a coarse-silty family, and contain less glauconite throughout the profile
Collington--are well drained, with similar glauconite contents, on higher landforms
Buddtown--are moderately well drained, contain less glauconite, , in a coarse-loamy family, on slightly higher areas
Holmdel--are moderately well drained, and contain lesse glauconite, on similar landforms
Pemberton--are moderately well to somewhat poorly drained, with thick sandy surfaces, on slightly higher landforms
Freehold--are well drained, with glauconitic mineralogy
Tinton--are well drained, with thick sandy surfaces, on higher landforms
MAJOR USES: Drained areas grow corn, soybeans, small grains, hay, pasture, and turf grasses. A few areas are used for blueberries and vegetables.
VEGETATION: Wooded areas are dominantly oaks, willow, yellow poplar, sweet gum, red maple, beech, and holly. Understory species include highbush blueberry, spicebush, viburnum, and greenbriar.
DISTRIBUTION: Southern New Jersey, and similar positions in Maryland and possibly Delaware
EXTENT: Moderate
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1927
REMARKS: This revision establishes a more definitive range for the glauconite content of these soils and places them in a class containing moderate amounts of glauconite within the control section (10 to 20 percent). In addition, it assigns an active cation-exchange activity class to the series.
Diagnostic horizons and other diagnostic soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 14 inches (Ap and Ag horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from a depth of 14 to 32 inches (Btg horizon)
Aquic conditions--the zone from 0 to 60 inches is periodically saturated (endosaturation)
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NJ0030 SHREWSBURY 0- 2 - - - -
NJ0073 SHREWSBURY 0- 2 50- 55 170-190 40- 48 -
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NJ0030 NONE 0-1.0 APPARENT OCT-JUN 60-60 NJ0073 NONE 0-1.0 APPARENT DEC-MAR 60-60SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NJ0030 0-14 FSL SL L 0- 0 95-100 5-20 - NJ0030 14-32 SL SCL CL 0- 0 95-100 15-35 - NJ0030 32-60 SR LS SL 0- 0 90-100 5-15 - NJ0073 0-18 FSL L 0- 0 85-100 8-20 8- 18 NJ0073 18-24 IND - - 0- 0 - NJ0073 24-60 SR L SL 0- 0 85-100 5-15 3- 6
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NJ0030 0-14 3.6- 5.5 3.-5. 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW NJ0030 14-32 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.2- 2.0 MODERATE NJ0030 32-60 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 2.0- 20 LOW NJ0073 0-18 3.6- 5.5 2.-4. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW NJ0073 18-24 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 LOW NJ0073 24-60 3.6- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW