Red Pine Upland: Soil profile description
Soil pit located approx. 2 m north of tripod (26 Sept 1998) and used for soil T/moisture measurements

Horizon	Depth (cm)	Texture	Rock  fragments (%)	Structure	Consistancy	Color	Effervesence	Other
Oi	0-8	fibric	none	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	mat of needles evidence fire (layer of charcoal) gradual boundary
Oe	8-11	moderately decomposed	none	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	gradual boundary
A	11-12	loamy sand	none	---	---	black	none	very thin layer
E	12-20	loamy sand	5	weak subangular blocky	very friable	7.5 YR 3/2	none	many medium roots few fine roots gradual boundary
B	20-31	loamy sand	20	weak subangular blocky	friable	7.5 YR 2.5/1	none	many medium roots few fine roots many root channels
C1	31-50	loamy sand	40	weak subangular blocky	friable	7.5 YR 3/3	none	few medium roots few fine roots
C2	50-100	loamy sand	60-70	firm subangular blocky	very firm	7.5 YR 3/4	none	few medium and fine roots very hard/dense till cemented peds